Natura &Co (NTCOY) Competitors

Inter Parfums (NASDAQ:IPAR) and Natura &Co (NYSE:NTCOY) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk and dividends.

Do analysts prefer IPAR or NTCOY?

Inter Parfums currently has a consensus target price of $178.67, suggesting a potential upside of 51.68%. Given Natura &Co's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Inter Parfums is more favorable than Natura &Co.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Inter Parfums	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Natura &Co	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has better valuation and earnings, IPAR or NTCOY?

Natura &Co has higher revenue and earnings than Inter Parfums.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Inter Parfums	$1.32B	2.86	$152.65M	$4.75	24.80
Natura &Co	$5.36B	0.86	$595.64M	N/A	N/A

Is IPAR or NTCOY more profitable?

Inter Parfums has a net margin of 11.59% compared to Inter Parfums' net margin of 11.13%. Natura &Co's return on equity of 17.62% beat Inter Parfums' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Inter Parfums	11.59%	17.62%	11.11%
Natura &Co	11.13%	-3.74%	-1.78%

Which has more volatility & risk, IPAR or NTCOY?

Inter Parfums has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Natura &Co has a beta of 2.02, indicating that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is IPAR or NTCOY a better dividend stock?

Inter Parfums pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Natura &Co pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Inter Parfums pays out 63.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Inter Parfums has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Inter Parfums is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media refer more to IPAR or NTCOY?

In the previous week, Inter Parfums had 18 more articles in the media than Natura &Co. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Inter Parfums and 0 mentions for Natura &Co. Natura &Co's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Inter Parfums' score of 0.00 indicating that Inter Parfums is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Inter Parfums	Neutral
Natura &Co	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals believe in IPAR or NTCOY?

55.6% of Inter Parfums shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.1% of Natura &Co shares are held by institutional investors. 43.9% of Inter Parfums shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Natura &Co shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IPAR or NTCOY?

Inter Parfums received 445 more outperform votes than Natura &Co when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Inter Parfums	Outperform Votes 445 64.31%	Underperform Votes 247 35.69%
Natura &Co	N/A	N/A

Summary

Inter Parfums beats Natura &Co on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.