EPC vs. COTY, ODD, IMAX, MBC, FOXF, OLPX, YSG, ETD, LVWR, and KODK
Should you be buying Edgewell Personal Care stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Edgewell Personal Care include Coty (COTY), ODDITY Tech (ODD), IMAX (IMAX), MasterBrand (MBC), Fox Factory (FOXF), Olaplex (OLPX), Yatsen (YSG), Ethan Allen Interiors (ETD), LiveWire Group (LVWR), and Eastman Kodak (KODK). These companies are all part of the "consumer goods" industry.
Edgewell Personal Care vs. Its Competitors
Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC) and Coty (NYSE:COTY) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Edgewell Personal Care has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Coty. Coty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Edgewell Personal Care, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Edgewell Personal Care currently has a consensus target price of $33.14, suggesting a potential upside of 28.98%. Coty has a consensus target price of $7.80, suggesting a potential upside of 57.36%. Given Coty's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Coty is more favorable than Edgewell Personal Care.
Edgewell Personal Care has a net margin of 3.81% compared to Coty's net margin of -6.60%. Edgewell Personal Care's return on equity of 9.20% beat Coty's return on equity.
91.9% of Edgewell Personal Care shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of Coty shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Edgewell Personal Care shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Coty shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Edgewell Personal Care had 3 more articles in the media than Coty. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Edgewell Personal Care and 3 mentions for Coty. Edgewell Personal Care's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Coty's score of 0.37 indicating that Edgewell Personal Care is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Edgewell Personal Care has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coty has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Edgewell Personal Care beats Coty on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EPC) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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