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WALD vs. LVWR, EPC, OLPX, YSG, ETD, KODK, CODI, GPRO, VIOT, and SLSN

Should you be buying Waldencast stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waldencast include LiveWire Group (LVWR), Edgewell Personal Care (EPC), Olaplex (OLPX), Yatsen (YSG), Ethan Allen Interiors (ETD), Eastman Kodak (KODK), Compass Diversified (CODI), GoPro (GPRO), Viomi Technology (VIOT), and Solesence (SLSN). These companies are all part of the "consumer goods" industry.

Waldencast vs. Its Competitors

LiveWire Group (NYSE:LVWR) and Waldencast (NASDAQ:WALD) are both small-cap consumer goods companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

LiveWire Group has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waldencast has a beta of -0.39, indicating that its stock price is 139% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Waldencast has a consensus price target of $4.97, indicating a potential upside of 165.85%. Given Waldencast's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Waldencast is more favorable than LiveWire Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
LiveWire Group
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
Waldencast
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

Waldencast has higher revenue and earnings than LiveWire Group.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
LiveWire Group$26.63M40.78-$93.93M-$0.40-13.33
Waldencast$273.87M0.83-$42.44MN/AN/A

Waldencast has a net margin of 0.00% compared to LiveWire Group's net margin of -350.82%. Waldencast's return on equity of 0.00% beat LiveWire Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
LiveWire Group-350.82% -77.81% -59.24%
Waldencast N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, LiveWire Group had 2 more articles in the media than Waldencast. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for LiveWire Group and 0 mentions for Waldencast. LiveWire Group's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Waldencast's score of 0.00 indicating that LiveWire Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
LiveWire Group Positive
Waldencast Neutral

0.9% of LiveWire Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.0% of Waldencast shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of LiveWire Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Waldencast shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Waldencast beats LiveWire Group on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WALD vs. The Competition

MetricWaldencastCOSMETICS&TLTRS IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$228.28M$3.39B$15.73B$10.54B
Dividend YieldN/A2.40%3.19%4.69%
P/E RatioN/A19.1018.0526.71
Price / Sales0.833.0647.94204.35
Price / Cash17.0018.7814.7431.09
Price / Book0.314.287.166.57
Net Income-$42.44M-$103.99M$680.75M$276.78M
7 Day Performance-6.50%1.00%1.54%1.96%
1 Month Performance5.06%20.05%2.12%9.11%
1 Year Performance-47.91%-20.73%-1.29%31.60%

Waldencast Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WALD
Waldencast
1.4694 of 5 stars
$1.87
flat
$4.97
+165.9%
-47.9%$228.28M$273.87M0.00272Positive News
LVWR
LiveWire Group
0.0244 of 5 stars
$4.64
-1.4%
N/A-9.2%$957.57M$26.63M-11.59220Gap Down
EPC
Edgewell Personal Care
4.2687 of 5 stars
$19.92
+0.9%
$28.29
+42.0%
-40.5%$917.20M$2.25B14.766,700
OLPX
Olaplex
3.6568 of 5 stars
$1.33
-2.2%
$1.88
+41.0%
-44.4%$907.23M$423.08M33.50170News Coverage
YSG
Yatsen
1.0442 of 5 stars
$9.19
+2.1%
N/A+136.1%$844.63M$464.90M-12.091,350News Coverage
ETD
Ethan Allen Interiors
3.2237 of 5 stars
$29.41
+0.6%
$30.00
+2.0%
-6.8%$743.32M$614.65M14.633,211High Trading Volume
KODK
Eastman Kodak
1.0487 of 5 stars
$6.44
+2.0%
N/A+37.8%$511.11M$1.04B-64.353,900
CODI
Compass Diversified
3.1477 of 5 stars
$6.59
-2.0%
$26.00
+294.8%
-69.1%$505.59M$2.20B-5.143,753
GPRO
GoPro
2.2757 of 5 stars
$2.14
-6.6%
$0.75
-65.0%
+73.8%$362.24M$801.47M-3.10880
VIOT
Viomi Technology
1.2152 of 5 stars
$3.35
-2.9%
N/A+97.2%$235.37M$290.30M55.831,470News Coverage
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SLSN
Solesence
N/A$3.20
-3.3%
N/AN/A$233.29M$52.35M45.7160

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This page (NASDAQ:WALD) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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