Compass Diversified (CODI) Competitors

Compass Diversified (NYSE:CODI) and Coty (NYSE:COTY) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CODI or COTY?

Coty received 204 more outperform votes than Compass Diversified when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.47% of users gave Compass Diversified an outperform vote while only 54.90% of users gave Coty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Compass Diversified	Outperform Votes 345 58.47%	Underperform Votes 245 41.53%
Coty	Outperform Votes 549 54.90%	Underperform Votes 451 45.10%

Do analysts rate CODI or COTY?

Compass Diversified presently has a consensus price target of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 39.56%. Coty has a consensus price target of $10.17, suggesting a potential upside of 77.89%. Given Coty's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Coty is more favorable than Compass Diversified.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Compass Diversified	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Coty	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CODI or COTY?

Compass Diversified has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Coty. Coty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Compass Diversified, 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
Compass Diversified	$2.06B	0.76	$246.29M	$0.48	43.29
Coty	$6.12B	0.81	$89.40M	-$0.01	-571.50

Does the media prefer CODI or COTY?

In the previous week, Coty had 4 more articles in the media than Compass Diversified. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Coty and 6 mentions for Compass Diversified. Coty's average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat Compass Diversified's score of 0.00 indicating that Coty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Compass Diversified	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Coty	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, CODI or COTY?

Compass Diversified has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coty has a beta of 1.89, meaning that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CODI or COTY?

72.7% of Compass Diversified shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of Coty shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Compass Diversified shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Coty shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is CODI or COTY more profitable?

Compass Diversified has a net margin of 6.24% compared to Coty's net margin of 0.22%. Compass Diversified's return on equity of 12.25% beat Coty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Compass Diversified	6.24%	12.25%	3.74%
Coty	0.22%	6.34%	2.14%

Summary

Compass Diversified beats Coty on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.