EPC vs. COTY, ODD, MBC, IMAX, FOXF, OLPX, YSG, LVWR, ETD, and KODK
Should you be buying Edgewell Personal Care stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Edgewell Personal Care include Coty (COTY), ODDITY Tech (ODD), MasterBrand (MBC), IMAX (IMAX), Fox Factory (FOXF), Olaplex (OLPX), Yatsen (YSG), LiveWire Group (LVWR), Ethan Allen Interiors (ETD), and Eastman Kodak (KODK). These companies are all part of the "consumer goods" industry.
Edgewell Personal Care vs. Its Competitors
Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC) and Coty (NYSE:COTY) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Edgewell Personal Care has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coty has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Edgewell Personal Care presently has a consensus target price of $33.00, suggesting a potential upside of 31.37%. Coty has a consensus target price of $7.80, suggesting a potential upside of 57.84%. Given Coty's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Coty is more favorable than Edgewell Personal Care.
In the previous week, Coty had 2 more articles in the media than Edgewell Personal Care. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Coty and 2 mentions for Edgewell Personal Care. Edgewell Personal Care's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Coty's score of 0.55 indicating that Edgewell Personal Care is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Edgewell Personal Care has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Coty. Coty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Edgewell Personal Care, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
91.9% of Edgewell Personal Care shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of Coty shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Edgewell Personal Care shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Coty shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Edgewell Personal Care has a net margin of 3.81% compared to Coty's net margin of -6.60%. Edgewell Personal Care's return on equity of 9.20% beat Coty's return on equity.
Summary
Edgewell Personal Care beats Coty on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EPC) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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