Estée Lauder Companies (EL) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation & earnings, EL or IPAR?

Estée Lauder Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Inter Parfums. Estée Lauder Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Inter Parfums, 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	1.65	$390M	-$1.95	-36.77
Inter Parfums	$1.32B	3.26	$152.65M	$4.66	28.81

Which has more risk & volatility, EL or IPAR?

Estée Lauder Companies has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Inter Parfums has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 2.0%. Inter Parfums pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Estée Lauder Companies pays out -71.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Inter Parfums pays out 64.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the media favor EL or IPAR?

In the previous week, Estée Lauder Companies had 13 more articles in the media than Inter Parfums. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Estée Lauder Companies and 4 mentions for Inter Parfums. Estée Lauder Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Inter Parfums' score of 0.90 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	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Inter Parfums	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 43.9% of Inter Parfums shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend EL or IPAR?

Estée Lauder Companies currently has a consensus target price of $86.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.93%. Inter Parfums has a consensus target price of $159.40, suggesting a potential upside of 18.72%. Given Estée Lauder Companies' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly 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

Is EL or IPAR more profitable?

Inter Parfums has a net margin of 10.60% compared to Estée Lauder Companies' net margin of -4.61%. Estée Lauder Companies' return on equity of 16.82% beat Inter Parfums' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Estée Lauder Companies	-4.61%	16.82%	4.00%
Inter Parfums	10.60%	16.34%	10.82%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EL or IPAR?

Estée Lauder Companies received 731 more outperform votes than Inter Parfums when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.95% of users gave Estée Lauder Companies an outperform vote while only 64.94% of users gave Inter Parfums an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Estée Lauder Companies	Outperform Votes 1196 67.95%	Underperform Votes 564 32.05%
Inter Parfums	Outperform Votes 465 64.94%	Underperform Votes 251 35.06%

Summary

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