EPC vs. OLPX, WALD, IPAR, NTCOY, GO, DNUT, WLYB, WLY, TR, and ENR
Should you be buying Edgewell Personal Care stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Edgewell Personal Care include Olaplex (OLPX), Waldencast (WALD), Inter Parfums (IPAR), Natura &Co (NTCOY), Grocery Outlet (GO), Krispy Kreme (DNUT), John Wiley & Sons (WLYB), John Wiley & Sons (WLY), Tootsie Roll Industries (TR), and Energizer (ENR). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC) and Olaplex (NASDAQ:OLPX) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
In the previous week, Edgewell Personal Care had 4 more articles in the media than Olaplex. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Edgewell Personal Care and 1 mentions for Olaplex. Edgewell Personal Care's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Olaplex's score of 0.63 indicating that Edgewell Personal Care is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Edgewell Personal Care received 450 more outperform votes than Olaplex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.56% of users gave Edgewell Personal Care an outperform vote while only 34.12% of users gave Olaplex an outperform vote.
Edgewell Personal Care has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Olaplex has a beta of 2.34, suggesting that its stock price is 134% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Edgewell Personal Care has higher revenue and earnings than Olaplex. Edgewell Personal Care is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Olaplex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Olaplex has a net margin of 10.91% compared to Edgewell Personal Care's net margin of 5.40%. Olaplex's return on equity of 11.61% beat Edgewell Personal Care's return on equity.
Edgewell Personal Care currently has a consensus price target of $42.25, suggesting a potential upside of 4.63%. Olaplex has a consensus price target of $2.51, suggesting a potential upside of 55.09%. Given Olaplex's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Olaplex is more favorable than Edgewell Personal Care.
91.9% of Edgewell Personal Care shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Olaplex shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Edgewell Personal Care shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Olaplex shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Edgewell Personal Care beats Olaplex on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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