WALD vs. IMAX, FOXF, OLPX, LVWR, ETD, KODK, SNBR, YSG, COOK, and HBB
Should you be buying Waldencast stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waldencast include IMAX (IMAX), Fox Factory (FOXF), Olaplex (OLPX), LiveWire Group (LVWR), Ethan Allen Interiors (ETD), Eastman Kodak (KODK), Sleep Number (SNBR), Yatsen (YSG), Traeger (COOK), and Hamilton Beach Brands (HBB). These companies are all part of the "consumer goods" industry.
Waldencast vs.
Waldencast (NASDAQ:WALD) and IMAX (NYSE:IMAX) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.
Waldencast has a beta of -0.49, meaning that its stock price is 149% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IMAX has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
IMAX has higher revenue and earnings than Waldencast.
42.0% of Waldencast shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of IMAX shares are held by institutional investors. 24.1% of IMAX shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, IMAX had 21 more articles in the media than Waldencast. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for IMAX and 3 mentions for Waldencast. Waldencast's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat IMAX's score of 0.17 indicating that Waldencast is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Waldencast currently has a consensus target price of $5.76, suggesting a potential upside of 88.85%. IMAX has a consensus target price of $27.38, suggesting a potential upside of 20.38%. Given Waldencast's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Waldencast is more favorable than IMAX.
IMAX has a net margin of 6.74% compared to Waldencast's net margin of 0.00%. IMAX's return on equity of 7.53% beat Waldencast's return on equity.
IMAX received 1003 more outperform votes than Waldencast when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 88.00% of users gave Waldencast an outperform vote while only 77.95% of users gave IMAX an outperform vote.
Summary
IMAX beats Waldencast on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:WALD) was last updated on 1/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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