MasterBrand (MBC) Competitors

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

Which has better valuation and earnings, COTY or MBC?

MasterBrand has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Coty. Coty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MasterBrand, 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	0.79	$89.40M	-$0.01	-553.50
MasterBrand	$2.70B	0.65	$182M	$0.97	14.16

Does the media prefer COTY or MBC?

In the previous week, Coty had 19 more articles in the media than MasterBrand. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Coty and 5 mentions for MasterBrand. MasterBrand's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Coty's score of 0.62 indicating that MasterBrand is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Coty	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MasterBrand	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer COTY or MBC?

Coty presently has a consensus price target of $9.78, suggesting a potential upside of 76.65%. MasterBrand has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 38.33%. Given Coty's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Coty is more favorable than MasterBrand.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coty	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
MasterBrand	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is COTY or MBC more profitable?

MasterBrand has a net margin of 4.66% compared to Coty's net margin of 0.22%. MasterBrand's return on equity of 13.89% beat Coty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coty	0.22%	6.34%	2.14%
MasterBrand	4.66%	13.89%	6.57%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor COTY or MBC?

Coty received 547 more outperform votes than MasterBrand when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave MasterBrand an outperform vote while only 54.99% of users gave Coty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coty	Outperform Votes 551 54.99%	Underperform Votes 451 45.01%
MasterBrand	Outperform Votes 4 66.67%	Underperform Votes 2 33.33%

Which has more risk & volatility, COTY or MBC?

Coty has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MasterBrand has a beta of 1.77, suggesting that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in COTY or MBC?

42.4% of Coty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of MasterBrand shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of Coty shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of MasterBrand shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

MasterBrand beats Coty on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.