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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.

Does the media favor EPC or COTY?

In the previous week, Coty had 11 more articles in the media than Edgewell Personal Care. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Coty and 4 mentions for Edgewell Personal Care. Edgewell Personal Care's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Coty's score of 0.60 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Coty	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer EPC or COTY?

Edgewell Personal Care presently has a consensus price target of $36.57, suggesting a potential upside of 23.36%. Coty has a consensus price target of $9.55, suggesting a potential upside of 90.10%. Given Coty's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Coty is more favorable than Edgewell Personal Care.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Edgewell Personal Care	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Coty	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Which has better earnings and valuation, EPC or COTY?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Edgewell Personal Care	$2.24B	0.64	$98.60M	$1.83	16.20
Coty	$6.09B	0.72	$89.40M	-$0.01	-502.50

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

91.9% of Edgewell Personal Care shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of Coty shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Edgewell Personal Care shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Coty shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is EPC or COTY 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
Edgewell Personal Care	4.09%	9.29%	3.87%
Coty	0.22%	6.34%	2.14%

Which has more risk & volatility, EPC or COTY?

Edgewell Personal Care has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coty has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 2.0%. Coty pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. Edgewell Personal Care pays out 32.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Coty pays out -5,000.0% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EPC or COTY?

Coty received 62 more outperform votes than Edgewell Personal Care when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.99% of users gave Edgewell Personal Care an outperform vote while only 54.93% of users gave Coty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Edgewell Personal Care	Outperform Votes 490 57.99%	Underperform Votes 355 42.01%
Coty	Outperform Votes 552 54.93%	Underperform Votes 453 45.07%

Summary

Coty beats Edgewell Personal Care on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.