WALD vs. CODI, IMAX, FOXF, OLPX, ETD, KODK, LVWR, SNBR, YSG, and COOK
Should you be buying Waldencast stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waldencast include Compass Diversified (CODI), IMAX (IMAX), Fox Factory (FOXF), Olaplex (OLPX), Ethan Allen Interiors (ETD), Eastman Kodak (KODK), LiveWire Group (LVWR), Sleep Number (SNBR), Yatsen (YSG), and Traeger (COOK). These companies are all part of the "consumer goods" industry.
Waldencast vs.
Compass Diversified (NYSE:CODI) and Waldencast (NASDAQ:WALD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Compass Diversified has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waldencast has a beta of -0.51, meaning that its share price is 151% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Compass Diversified has a net margin of 6.24% compared to Waldencast's net margin of 0.00%. Compass Diversified's return on equity of 12.25% beat Waldencast's return on equity.
Compass Diversified currently has a consensus target price of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 39.56%. Waldencast has a consensus target price of $5.76, indicating a potential upside of 82.28%. Given Waldencast's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Waldencast is more favorable than Compass Diversified.
Compass Diversified has higher revenue and earnings than Waldencast.
72.7% of Compass Diversified shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.0% of Waldencast shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Compass Diversified shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Waldencast 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.
In the previous week, Compass Diversified had 5 more articles in the media than Waldencast. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Compass Diversified and 2 mentions for Waldencast. Waldencast's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Compass Diversified's score of 0.00 indicating that Waldencast is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Compass Diversified received 323 more outperform votes than Waldencast when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 88.00% of users gave Waldencast an outperform vote while only 58.47% of users gave Compass Diversified an outperform vote.
Summary
Compass Diversified beats Waldencast on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:WALD) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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