WALD vs. FOXF, EPC, OLPX, YSG, LVWR, ETD, KODK, CODI, SLSN, and HBB
Should you be buying Waldencast stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waldencast include Fox Factory (FOXF), Edgewell Personal Care (EPC), Olaplex (OLPX), Yatsen (YSG), LiveWire Group (LVWR), Ethan Allen Interiors (ETD), Eastman Kodak (KODK), Compass Diversified (CODI), Solesence (SLSN), and Hamilton Beach Brands (HBB). These companies are all part of the "consumer goods" industry.
Waldencast vs. Its Competitors
Waldencast (NASDAQ:WALD) and Fox Factory (NASDAQ:FOXF) are both small-cap consumer goods companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
Waldencast has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Fox Factory's net margin of -17.64%. Fox Factory's return on equity of 4.70% beat Waldencast's return on equity.
42.0% of Waldencast shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of Waldencast shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Fox Factory shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Waldencast has a beta of -0.43, suggesting that its stock price is 143% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fox Factory has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Fox Factory had 3 more articles in the media than Waldencast. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Fox Factory and 2 mentions for Waldencast. Waldencast's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Fox Factory's score of 0.85 indicating that Waldencast is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Waldencast presently has a consensus price target of $5.11, indicating a potential upside of 114.89%. Fox Factory has a consensus price target of $36.43, indicating a potential upside of 41.08%. Given Waldencast's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Waldencast is more favorable than Fox Factory.
Fox Factory has higher revenue and earnings than Waldencast.
Summary
Waldencast beats Fox Factory on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:WALD) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
