Estée Lauder Companies (EL) Competitors

Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) and Inter Parfums (NASDAQ:IPAR) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Is EL or IPAR more profitable?

Inter Parfums has a net margin of 10.60% compared to Estée Lauder Companies' net margin of 1.31%. Estée Lauder Companies' return on equity of 17.31% beat Inter Parfums' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Estée Lauder Companies	1.31%	17.31%	4.25%
Inter Parfums	10.60%	16.34%	10.82%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, EL or IPAR?

Estée Lauder Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Inter Parfums. Inter Parfums is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Estée Lauder Companies, 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
Estée Lauder Companies	$15.61B	1.79	$390M	$0.56	139.04
Inter Parfums	$1.32B	3.37	$152.65M	$4.66	29.74

Is EL or IPAR a better dividend stock?

Estée Lauder Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Inter Parfums pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Estée Lauder Companies pays out 250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Inter Parfums pays out 64.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Inter Parfums is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EL or IPAR?

Estée Lauder Companies received 729 more outperform votes than Inter Parfums when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.19% of users gave Estée Lauder Companies an outperform vote while only 64.85% of users gave Inter Parfums an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Estée Lauder Companies	Outperform Votes 1192 68.19%	Underperform Votes 556 31.81%
Inter Parfums	Outperform Votes 463 64.85%	Underperform Votes 251 35.15%

Does the media refer more to EL or IPAR?

In the previous week, Estée Lauder Companies had 17 more articles in the media than Inter Parfums. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Estée Lauder Companies and 8 mentions for Inter Parfums. Estée Lauder Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Inter Parfums' score of 0.58 indicating that Estée Lauder Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Estée Lauder Companies	11 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Inter Parfums	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, EL or IPAR?

Estée Lauder Companies has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Inter Parfums has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of EL or IPAR?

55.2% of Estée Lauder Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.6% of Inter Parfums shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.8% of Estée Lauder Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 43.9% of Inter Parfums shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate EL or IPAR?

Estée Lauder Companies presently has a consensus price target of $93.55, indicating a potential upside of 20.14%. Inter Parfums has a consensus price target of $159.40, indicating a potential upside of 15.02%. Given Estée Lauder Companies' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Estée Lauder Companies is more favorable than Inter Parfums.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Estée Lauder Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	19 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17
Inter Parfums	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Inter Parfums beats Estée Lauder Companies on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.