Yatsen (YSG) Competitors

Yatsen (NYSE:YSG) and Waldencast (NASDAQ:WALD) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and valuation.

Do analysts rate YSG or WALD?

Waldencast has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 83.49%. Given Waldencast's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Waldencast is more favorable than Yatsen.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Yatsen	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Waldencast	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is YSG or WALD more profitable?

Waldencast has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Yatsen's net margin of -21.70%. Waldencast's return on equity of 0.00% beat Yatsen's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Yatsen	-21.70%	-7.97%	-6.48%
Waldencast	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals believe in YSG or WALD?

42.0% of Waldencast shares are held by institutional investors. 29.0% of Yatsen shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Waldencast shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, YSG or WALD?

Yatsen has higher revenue and earnings than Waldencast.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Yatsen	$480.96M	0.85	-$104.90M	-$1.00	-3.79
Waldencast	$166.13M	3.43	-$116.62M	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer YSG or WALD?

In the previous week, Waldencast had 6 more articles in the media than Yatsen. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Waldencast and 0 mentions for Yatsen. Waldencast's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Yatsen's score of 0.48 indicating that Waldencast is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Yatsen	Neutral
Waldencast	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, YSG or WALD?

Yatsen has a beta of -2.19, meaning that its stock price is 319% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waldencast has a beta of -0.53, meaning that its stock price is 153% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor YSG or WALD?

Waldencast received 1 more outperform votes than Yatsen when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 90.00% of users gave Waldencast an outperform vote while only 36.36% of users gave Yatsen an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Yatsen	Outperform Votes 8 36.36%	Underperform Votes 14 63.64%
Waldencast	Outperform Votes 9 90.00%	Underperform Votes 1 10.00%

Summary

Waldencast beats Yatsen on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.