Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) Competitors

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

Is COTY or EPC a better dividend stock?

Coty pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. Edgewell Personal Care pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Coty pays out -5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Edgewell Personal Care pays out 32.8% 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. Coty is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is COTY or EPC more profitable?

Edgewell Personal Care has a net margin of 4.09% compared to Coty's net margin of 0.22%. Edgewell Personal Care's return on equity of 9.29% beat Coty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coty	0.22%	6.34%	2.14%
Edgewell Personal Care	4.09%	9.29%	3.87%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor COTY or EPC?

Coty received 63 more outperform votes than Edgewell Personal Care when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.65% of users gave Edgewell Personal Care an outperform vote while only 54.59% of users gave Coty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coty	Outperform Votes 553 54.59%	Underperform Votes 460 45.41%
Edgewell Personal Care	Outperform Votes 490 57.65%	Underperform Votes 360 42.35%

Which has more risk & volatility, COTY or EPC?

Coty has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Edgewell Personal Care has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer COTY or EPC?

In the previous week, Coty had 13 more articles in the media than Edgewell Personal Care. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Coty and 4 mentions for Edgewell Personal Care. Edgewell Personal Care's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Coty's score of 0.32 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	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Edgewell Personal Care	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts rate COTY or EPC?

Coty presently has a consensus price target of $8.24, indicating a potential upside of 65.89%. Edgewell Personal Care has a consensus price target of $35.71, indicating a potential upside of 15.99%. Given Coty's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Coty is more favorable than Edgewell Personal Care.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coty	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42
Edgewell Personal Care	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Which has higher earnings and valuation, COTY or EPC?

Edgewell Personal Care has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Coty	$6.09B	0.71	$89.40M	-$0.01	-497.00
Edgewell Personal Care	$2.24B	0.66	$98.60M	$1.83	16.83

Do insiders and institutionals believe in COTY or EPC?

42.4% of Coty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.9% of Edgewell Personal Care shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of Coty shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Edgewell Personal Care shares are held 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.

Summary

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