Estée Lauder Companies (EL) Competitors

Inter Parfums (NASDAQ:IPAR) and Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IPAR or EL?

Estée Lauder Companies received 728 more outperform votes than Inter Parfums when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.55% of users gave Estée Lauder Companies an outperform vote while only 65.24% of users gave Inter Parfums an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Inter Parfums	Outperform Votes 471 65.24%	Underperform Votes 251 34.76%
Estée Lauder Companies	Outperform Votes 1199 67.55%	Underperform Votes 576 32.45%

Is IPAR or EL more profitable?

Inter Parfums has a net margin of 10.60% compared to Estée Lauder Companies' net margin of -4.61%. Estée Lauder Companies' return on equity of 16.82% beat Inter Parfums' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Inter Parfums	10.60%	16.34%	10.82%
Estée Lauder Companies	-4.61%	16.82%	4.00%

Is IPAR or EL a better dividend stock?

Inter Parfums pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Estée Lauder Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Inter Parfums pays out 62.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Estée Lauder Companies pays out -57.9% 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. Inter Parfums has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Inter Parfums is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media favor IPAR or EL?

In the previous week, Estée Lauder Companies had 3 more articles in the media than Inter Parfums. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Estée Lauder Companies and 6 mentions for Inter Parfums. Estée Lauder Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Inter Parfums' score of 0.87 indicating that Estée Lauder Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Inter Parfums	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Estée Lauder Companies	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, IPAR or EL?

Inter Parfums has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Estée Lauder Companies has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation and earnings, IPAR or EL?

Estée Lauder Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Inter Parfums. Estée Lauder Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Inter Parfums, 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
Inter Parfums	$1.47B	3.07	$152.65M	$5.14	27.32
Estée Lauder Companies	$14.79B	1.72	$390M	-$2.42	-29.18

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of IPAR or EL?

55.6% of Inter Parfums shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.2% of Estée Lauder Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.9% of Inter Parfums shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.8% of Estée Lauder Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate IPAR or EL?

Inter Parfums currently has a consensus target price of $157.60, indicating a potential upside of 12.23%. Estée Lauder Companies has a consensus target price of $75.15, indicating a potential upside of 6.43%. Given Inter Parfums' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Inter Parfums is more favorable than Estée Lauder Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Inter Parfums	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Estée Lauder Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	18 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.18

Summary

Inter Parfums beats Estée Lauder Companies on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.