SCI vs. COTY, LW, ELF, ACI, SJM, USFD, PPC, CPB, COKE, and CHWY
Should you be buying Service Co. International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Service Co. International include Coty (COTY), Lamb Weston (LW), e.l.f. Beauty (ELF), Albertsons Companies (ACI), J. M. Smucker (SJM), US Foods (USFD), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Campbell Soup (CPB), Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE), and Chewy (CHWY). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Coty (NYSE:COTY) and Service Co. International (NYSE:SCI) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking and dividends.
Coty has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Service Co. International has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Service Co. International has a net margin of 13.11% compared to Service Co. International's net margin of 5.39%. Coty's return on equity of 32.88% beat Service Co. International's return on equity.
Service Co. International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Coty. Service Co. International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Coty received 196 more outperform votes than Service Co. International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.03% of users gave Service Co. International an outperform vote while only 54.89% of users gave Coty an outperform vote.
Coty currently has a consensus target price of $13.19, suggesting a potential upside of 24.04%. Service Co. International has a consensus target price of $75.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.48%. Given Service Co. International's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Coty is more favorable than Service Co. International.
42.4% of Coty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.5% of Service Co. International shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.8% of Coty shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Service Co. International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Coty had 20 more articles in the media than Service Co. International. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Coty and 10 mentions for Service Co. International. Coty's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Service Co. International's score of 0.16 indicating that Service Co. International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Coty and Service Co. International tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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