Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) Competitors

Coty (NYSE:COTY) and Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor COTY or EPC?

Coty received 58 more outperform votes than Edgewell Personal Care when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.05% of users gave Edgewell Personal Care an outperform vote while only 54.88% of users gave Coty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coty	Outperform Votes 545 54.88%	Underperform Votes 448 45.12%
Edgewell Personal Care	Outperform Votes 487 58.05%	Underperform Votes 352 41.95%

Is COTY or EPC a better dividend stock?

Coty pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Edgewell Personal Care pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Coty pays out 294.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Edgewell Personal Care pays out 30.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is COTY or EPC more profitable?

Edgewell Personal Care has a net margin of 4.38% compared to Coty's net margin of 2.78%. Edgewell Personal Care's return on equity of 9.78% beat Coty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coty	2.78%	9.16%	3.13%
Edgewell Personal Care	4.38%	9.78%	4.08%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, COTY or EPC?

Edgewell Personal Care has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Coty. Edgewell Personal Care is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coty, 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	$6.15B	1.04	$89.40M	$0.17	43.21
Edgewell Personal Care	$2.25B	0.72	$98.60M	$1.96	17.02

Which has more volatility & risk, COTY or EPC?

Coty has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Edgewell Personal Care has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend COTY or EPC?

Coty currently has a consensus target price of $11.24, suggesting a potential upside of 52.97%. Edgewell Personal Care has a consensus target price of $39.80, suggesting a potential upside of 19.34%. Given Coty's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Coty is more favorable than Edgewell Personal Care.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coty	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53
Edgewell Personal Care	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Do institutionals & insiders believe in COTY or EPC?

42.4% of Coty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.9% of Edgewell Personal Care shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of Coty shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Edgewell Personal Care shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer COTY or EPC?

In the previous week, Coty had 1 more articles in the media than Edgewell Personal Care. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Coty and 4 mentions for Edgewell Personal Care. Edgewell Personal Care's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Coty's score of 0.49 indicating that Edgewell Personal Care is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Coty	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Edgewell Personal Care	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Coty and Edgewell Personal Care tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.