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EL vs. HELE, IPAR, COTY, ELF, PBH, HLF, USNA, NUS, NATR, and MED

Should you be buying Estee Lauder Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Estee Lauder Companies include Helen of Troy (HELE), Interparfums (IPAR), Coty (COTY), e.l.f. Beauty (ELF), Prestige Consumer Healthcare (PBH), Herbalife (HLF), USANA Health Sciences (USNA), Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS), Nature's Sunshine Products (NATR), and Medifast (MED).

Estee Lauder Companies vs. Its Competitors

Helen of Troy (NASDAQ:HELE) and Estee Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

55.2% of Estee Lauder Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Helen of Troy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.8% of Estee Lauder Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Helen of Troy currently has a consensus target price of $44.33, suggesting a potential upside of 83.88%. Estee Lauder Companies has a consensus target price of $84.50, suggesting a potential downside of 6.47%. Given Helen of Troy's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Helen of Troy is more favorable than Estee Lauder Companies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Helen of Troy
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Estee Lauder Companies
0 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.48

Estee Lauder Companies has a net margin of -5.89% compared to Helen of Troy's net margin of -17.89%. Estee Lauder Companies' return on equity of 15.60% beat Helen of Troy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Helen of Troy-17.89% 8.96% 4.70%
Estee Lauder Companies -5.89%15.60%3.57%

Estee Lauder Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Helen of Troy. Estee Lauder Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Helen of Troy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Helen of Troy$1.91B0.29$123.75M-$14.52-1.66
Estee Lauder Companies$15.61B2.08$390M-$2.42-37.33

In the previous week, Estee Lauder Companies had 6 more articles in the media than Helen of Troy. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Estee Lauder Companies and 5 mentions for Helen of Troy. Estee Lauder Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Helen of Troy's score of 0.84 indicating that Estee Lauder Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Helen of Troy
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Estee Lauder Companies
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Helen of Troy has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Estee Lauder Companies has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Estee Lauder Companies beats Helen of Troy on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding EL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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EL vs. The Competition

MetricEstee Lauder CompaniesCOSMETICS&TLTRS IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$31.22B$3.32B$16.30B$21.12B
Dividend Yield1.61%2.30%3.14%3.60%
P/E Ratio-37.3330.1920.1028.44
Price / Sales2.0821.2146.2160.38
Price / Cash17.6918.9415.0222.92
Price / Book6.104.226.134.69
Net Income$390M$37.65M$691.82M$995.51M
7 Day Performance3.61%0.59%1.15%1.64%
1 Month Performance16.40%-2.56%4.43%5.92%
1 Year Performance-9.56%-16.89%1.21%11.50%

Estee Lauder Companies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EL
Estee Lauder Companies
3.8954 of 5 stars
$90.35
+4.1%
$84.50
-6.5%
-13.0%$31.22B$15.61B-37.3362,000Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
HELE
Helen of Troy
2.5885 of 5 stars
$21.81
-0.6%
$44.33
+103.3%
-57.3%$502.27M$1.91B-1.511,883
IPAR
Interparfums
4.6805 of 5 stars
$128.97
-0.4%
$162.00
+25.6%
-9.8%$4.15B$1.45B25.13530News Coverage
Positive News
COTY
Coty
4.3722 of 5 stars
$4.79
-2.7%
$7.80
+63.0%
-48.4%$4.18B$6.00B-9.9911,791
ELF
e.l.f. Beauty
3.989 of 5 stars
$111.98
-4.8%
$123.38
+10.2%
-31.6%$6.36B$1.31B58.03300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PBH
Prestige Consumer Healthcare
3.8971 of 5 stars
$75.83
+0.1%
$93.33
+23.1%
+8.4%$3.74B$1.14B17.65540Positive News
HLF
Herbalife
4.3039 of 5 stars
$9.24
-0.3%
$11.50
+24.5%
-15.4%$943.74M$4.99B3.388,600Positive News
USNA
USANA Health Sciences
4.5614 of 5 stars
$30.37
+0.1%
$36.00
+18.5%
-27.5%$568.10M$854.50M16.761,700Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
NUS
Nu Skin Enterprises
2.4431 of 5 stars
$8.52
+2.2%
$6.88
-19.3%
-12.7%$420.92M$1.73B-10.653,100
NATR
Nature's Sunshine Products
1.8889 of 5 stars
$14.84
-0.2%
$18.33
+23.5%
-8.3%$275.42M$454.36M28.15850Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
MED
Medifast
3.1196 of 5 stars
$13.87
+4.8%
$16.50
+19.0%
-19.7%$152.65M$602.46M-21.37870

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This page (NYSE:EL) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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