Estée Lauder Companies (EL) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, IPAR or EL?

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
Inter Parfums	$1.42B	2.88	$152.65M	$4.66	27.42
Estée Lauder Companies	$15.45B	1.73	$390M	$0.56	132.79

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IPAR or EL?

Estée Lauder Companies received 728 more outperform votes than Inter Parfums when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.35% of users gave Estée Lauder Companies an outperform vote while only 64.80% of users gave Inter Parfums an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Inter Parfums	Outperform Votes 462 64.80%	Underperform Votes 251 35.20%
Estée Lauder Companies	Outperform Votes 1190 68.35%	Underperform Votes 551 31.65%

Is IPAR or EL 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
Inter Parfums	10.60%	16.34%	10.82%
Estée Lauder Companies	1.31%	17.31%	4.25%

Do analysts rate IPAR or EL?

Inter Parfums presently has a consensus price target of $159.75, suggesting a potential upside of 25.03%. Estée Lauder Companies has a consensus price target of $98.57, suggesting a potential upside of 32.56%. Given Estée Lauder Companies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Estée Lauder Companies is more favorable than Inter Parfums.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Inter Parfums	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Estée Lauder Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	18 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.18

Which has more volatility and risk, IPAR or EL?

Inter Parfums has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Estée Lauder Companies has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer IPAR or EL?

In the previous week, Estée Lauder Companies had 2 more articles in the media than Inter Parfums. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Estée Lauder Companies and 7 mentions for Inter Parfums. Estée Lauder Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Inter Parfums' score of 0.96 indicating that Estée Lauder Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Inter Parfums	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Estée Lauder Companies	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

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

Is IPAR or EL a better dividend stock?

Inter Parfums pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Estée Lauder Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Inter Parfums pays out 64.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Inter Parfums beats Estée Lauder Companies on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.