ELF vs. COTY, NTCOY, IPAR, KVUE, SCI, PPC, ARMK, ACI, COKE, and LW
Should you be buying e.l.f. Beauty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of e.l.f. Beauty include Coty (COTY), Natura &Co (NTCOY), Inter Parfums (IPAR), Kenvue (KVUE), Service Co. International (SCI), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Aramark (ARMK), Albertsons Companies (ACI), Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE), and Lamb Weston (LW). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
e.l.f. Beauty (NYSE:ELF) and Coty (NYSE:COTY) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, e.l.f. Beauty had 11 more articles in the media than Coty. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for e.l.f. Beauty and 20 mentions for Coty. e.l.f. Beauty's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Coty's score of 0.27 indicating that e.l.f. Beauty is being referred to more favorably in the media.
e.l.f. Beauty has a net margin of 14.53% compared to Coty's net margin of 5.39%. e.l.f. Beauty's return on equity of 28.98% beat Coty's return on equity.
92.4% of e.l.f. Beauty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of Coty shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of e.l.f. Beauty shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Coty shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
e.l.f. Beauty currently has a consensus price target of $184.33, indicating a potential upside of 4.36%. Coty has a consensus price target of $13.19, indicating a potential upside of 12.70%. Given Coty's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Coty is more favorable than e.l.f. Beauty.
Coty has higher revenue and earnings than e.l.f. Beauty. Coty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than e.l.f. Beauty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Coty received 128 more outperform votes than e.l.f. Beauty when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.16% of users gave e.l.f. Beauty an outperform vote while only 54.93% of users gave Coty an outperform vote.
e.l.f. Beauty has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coty has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
e.l.f. Beauty beats Coty on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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