Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS) Competitors

Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria (NASDAQ:CRESY) and Nu Skin Enterprises (NYSE:NUS) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Which has more volatility and risk, CRESY or NUS?

Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nu Skin Enterprises has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CRESY or NUS?

In the previous week, Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria and Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria both had 3 articles in the media. Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Nu Skin Enterprises' score of 0.50 indicating that Nu Skin Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nu Skin Enterprises	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CRESY or NUS?

Nu Skin Enterprises received 335 more outperform votes than Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.23% of users gave Nu Skin Enterprises an outperform vote while only 57.38% of users gave Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria	Outperform Votes 175 57.38%	Underperform Votes 130 42.62%
Nu Skin Enterprises	Outperform Votes 510 64.23%	Underperform Votes 284 35.77%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CRESY or NUS?

12.9% of Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Nu Skin Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.2% of Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Nu Skin Enterprises shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is CRESY or NUS more profitable?

Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria has a net margin of 13.46% compared to Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria's net margin of -0.17%. Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria's return on equity of 9.28% beat Nu Skin Enterprises' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria	13.46%	4.21%	1.86%
Nu Skin Enterprises	-0.17%	9.28%	4.30%

Is CRESY or NUS a better dividend stock?

Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria pays an annual dividend of $0.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Nu Skin Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria pays out 19.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nu Skin Enterprises pays out -399.9% 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. Nu Skin Enterprises has increased its dividend for 23 consecutive years.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CRESY or NUS?

Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria has higher revenue and earnings than Nu Skin Enterprises. Nu Skin Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria, 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
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria	$185.00B	0.00	$245.67M	$1.93	5.21
Nu Skin Enterprises	$1.97B	0.34	$8.60M	-$0.06	-227.46

Do analysts prefer CRESY or NUS?

Nu Skin Enterprises has a consensus price target of $20.83, suggesting a potential upside of 52.63%. Given Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Nu Skin Enterprises is more favorable than Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Nu Skin Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

Nu Skin Enterprises beats Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.