Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) Competitors

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

Is EPC or COTY 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
Edgewell Personal Care	4.38%	9.78%	4.08%
Coty	2.78%	9.16%	3.13%

Do analysts prefer EPC or COTY?

Edgewell Personal Care currently has a consensus target price of $42.40, suggesting a potential upside of 22.23%. Coty has a consensus target price of $11.56, suggesting a potential upside of 62.05%. Given Coty's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Coty is more favorable than Edgewell Personal Care.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Edgewell Personal Care	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Coty	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Does the media prefer EPC or COTY?

In the previous week, Coty had 15 more articles in the media than Edgewell Personal Care. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Coty and 5 mentions for Edgewell Personal Care. Edgewell Personal Care's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Coty's score of 0.31 indicating that Edgewell Personal Care is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Edgewell Personal Care	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Coty	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, EPC or COTY?

Edgewell Personal Care has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Edgewell Personal Care	$2.25B	0.75	$98.60M	$1.96	17.70
Coty	$6.15B	1.01	$89.40M	$0.17	41.97

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EPC or COTY?

Coty received 58 more outperform votes than Edgewell Personal Care when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.13% of users gave Edgewell Personal Care an outperform vote while only 55.01% of users gave Coty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Edgewell Personal Care	Outperform Votes 486 58.13%	Underperform Votes 350 41.87%
Coty	Outperform Votes 544 55.01%	Underperform Votes 445 44.99%

Is EPC or COTY a better dividend stock?

Edgewell Personal Care pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Coty pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Edgewell Personal Care pays out 30.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, EPC or COTY?

Edgewell Personal Care has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% 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.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in EPC or COTY?

91.9% of Edgewell Personal Care shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of Coty shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Edgewell Personal Care shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Coty shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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