Coty (COTY) Competitors

Coty (NYSE:COTY) and Celsius (NASDAQ:CELH) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.

Do analysts rate COTY or CELH?

Coty currently has a consensus target price of $7.80, indicating a potential upside of 57.36%. Celsius has a consensus target price of $45.94, indicating a potential upside of 3.35%. Given Coty's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Coty is more favorable than Celsius.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coty	2 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.37
Celsius	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Does the media refer more to COTY or CELH?

In the previous week, Celsius had 16 more articles in the media than Coty. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Celsius and 3 mentions for Coty. Celsius' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Coty's score of 0.62 indicating that Celsius is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Coty	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Celsius	11 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is COTY or CELH more profitable?

Celsius has a net margin of 8.40% compared to Coty's net margin of -6.60%. Celsius' return on equity of 42.12% beat Coty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coty	-6.60%	5.61%	1.87%
Celsius	8.40%	42.12%	10.05%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in COTY or CELH?

42.4% of Coty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.0% of Celsius shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of Coty shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Celsius 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 more volatility and risk, COTY or CELH?

Coty has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celsius has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, COTY or CELH?

Celsius has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Coty. Coty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Celsius, 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
Coty	$6.12B	0.71	$89.40M	-$0.48	-10.32
Celsius	$1.36B	8.45	$145.07M	$0.32	138.91

Summary

Celsius beats Coty on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.