Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, EPC or IPAR?

Edgewell Personal Care has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Inter Parfums has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor EPC or IPAR?

In the previous week, Inter Parfums had 2 more articles in the media than Edgewell Personal Care. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Inter Parfums and 4 mentions for Edgewell Personal Care. Inter Parfums' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Edgewell Personal Care's score of 0.49 indicating that Inter Parfums is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Edgewell Personal Care	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in EPC or IPAR?

91.9% of Edgewell Personal Care shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.6% of Inter Parfums shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Edgewell Personal Care shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 43.9% of Inter Parfums shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate EPC or IPAR?

Edgewell Personal Care currently has a consensus price target of $33.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.10%. Inter Parfums has a consensus price target of $157.60, suggesting a potential upside of 11.94%. Given Edgewell Personal Care's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Edgewell Personal Care is more favorable than Inter Parfums.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Edgewell Personal Care	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Inter Parfums	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is EPC or IPAR a better dividend stock?

Edgewell Personal Care pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Inter Parfums pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Edgewell Personal Care pays out 35.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Inter Parfums pays out 62.3% 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 raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Edgewell Personal Care is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EPC or IPAR?

Edgewell Personal Care received 22 more outperform votes than Inter Parfums when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.24% of users gave Inter Parfums an outperform vote while only 57.59% of users gave Edgewell Personal Care an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Edgewell Personal Care	Outperform Votes 493 57.59%	Underperform Votes 363 42.41%
Inter Parfums	Outperform Votes 471 65.24%	Underperform Votes 251 34.76%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, EPC or IPAR?

Inter Parfums has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Edgewell Personal Care. Edgewell Personal Care 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
Edgewell Personal Care	$2.22B	0.54	$98.60M	$1.71	14.83
Inter Parfums	$1.47B	3.08	$152.65M	$5.14	27.39

Is EPC or IPAR more profitable?

Inter Parfums has a net margin of 10.60% compared to Edgewell Personal Care's net margin of 4.09%. Inter Parfums' return on equity of 16.34% beat Edgewell Personal Care's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Edgewell Personal Care	4.09%	9.29%	3.87%
Inter Parfums	10.60%	16.34%	10.82%

Summary

Inter Parfums beats Edgewell Personal Care on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.