Compass Diversified (CODI) Competitors

Coty (NYSE:COTY) and Compass Diversified (NYSE:CODI) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Is COTY or CODI more profitable?

Compass Diversified has a net margin of 6.24% compared to Coty's net margin of 0.22%. Compass Diversified's return on equity of 12.25% beat Coty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coty	0.22%	6.34%	2.14%
Compass Diversified	6.24%	12.25%	3.74%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in COTY or CODI?

Coty received 207 more outperform votes than Compass Diversified when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.54% of users gave Compass Diversified an outperform vote while only 54.59% of users gave Coty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coty	Outperform Votes 553 54.59%	Underperform Votes 460 45.41%
Compass Diversified	Outperform Votes 346 58.54%	Underperform Votes 245 41.46%

Is COTY or CODI a better dividend stock?

Coty pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. Compass Diversified pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Coty pays out -5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Compass Diversified pays out -78.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Coty is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to COTY or CODI?

In the previous week, Coty had 13 more articles in the media than Compass Diversified. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Coty and 2 mentions for Compass Diversified. Compass Diversified's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Coty's score of 0.60 indicating that Compass Diversified is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Coty	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Compass Diversified	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of COTY or CODI?

42.4% of Coty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.7% of Compass Diversified shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of Coty shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Compass Diversified shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, COTY or CODI?

Compass Diversified has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Coty. Coty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Compass Diversified, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Coty	$6.09B	0.72	$89.40M	-$0.01	-500.00
Compass Diversified	$2.20B	0.58	$246.29M	-$1.28	-13.34

Which has more risk & volatility, COTY or CODI?

Coty has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Compass Diversified has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer COTY or CODI?

Coty presently has a consensus price target of $8.24, suggesting a potential upside of 64.89%. Compass Diversified has a consensus price target of $34.00, suggesting a potential upside of 99.18%. Given Compass Diversified's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Compass Diversified is more favorable than Coty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coty	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42
Compass Diversified	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Summary

Compass Diversified beats Coty on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.