Estée Lauder Companies (EL) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IPAR or EL?

Estée Lauder Companies received 721 more outperform votes than Inter Parfums when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.10% of users gave Estée Lauder Companies an outperform vote while only 64.34% of users gave Inter Parfums an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Inter Parfums	Outperform Votes 451 64.34%	Underperform Votes 250 35.66%
Estée Lauder Companies	Outperform Votes 1172 69.10%	Underperform Votes 524 30.90%

Is IPAR or EL a better dividend stock?

Inter Parfums pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Estée Lauder Companies pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Inter Parfums pays out 69.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Estée Lauder Companies pays out 148.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is IPAR or EL more profitable?

Inter Parfums has a net margin of 10.50% compared to Inter Parfums' net margin of 4.18%. Estée Lauder Companies' return on equity of 15.85% beat Inter Parfums' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Inter Parfums	10.50%	15.85%	10.22%
Estée Lauder Companies	4.18%	13.08%	3.18%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, IPAR or EL?

Estée Lauder Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Inter Parfums. Inter Parfums is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Estée Lauder Companies, 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	$1.32B	3.35	$152.65M	$4.34	31.79
Estée Lauder Companies	$15.91B	2.27	$1.01B	$1.78	56.58

Which has more risk & volatility, IPAR or EL?

Inter Parfums has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Estée Lauder Companies has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend IPAR or EL?

Inter Parfums presently has a consensus price target of $163.75, suggesting a potential upside of 18.68%. Estée Lauder Companies has a consensus price target of $147.87, suggesting a potential upside of 46.83%. Given Inter Parfums' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Estée Lauder Companies is more favorable than Inter Parfums.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Inter Parfums	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Estée Lauder Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.39

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor IPAR or EL?

In the previous week, Estée Lauder Companies had 11 more articles in the media than Inter Parfums. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Estée Lauder Companies and 20 mentions for Inter Parfums. Estée Lauder Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Inter Parfums' score of 0.30 indicating that Inter Parfums is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Inter Parfums	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Estée Lauder Companies	4 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Inter Parfums beats Estée Lauder Companies on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.