Yatsen (YSG) Competitors

Yatsen (NYSE:YSG) and Olaplex (NASDAQ:OLPX) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in YSG or OLPX?

87.4% of Olaplex shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.0% of Yatsen shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Olaplex 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.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, YSG or OLPX?

Olaplex has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Yatsen. Yatsen is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Olaplex, 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
Yatsen	$480.96M	0.93	-$104.90M	-$1.17	-3.76
Olaplex	$458.30M	2.63	$61.59M	$0.06	30.34

Does the media prefer YSG or OLPX?

In the previous week, Yatsen had 3 more articles in the media than Olaplex. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Yatsen and 3 mentions for Olaplex. Olaplex's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Yatsen's score of -0.09 indicating that Olaplex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Yatsen	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Olaplex	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor YSG or OLPX?

Olaplex received 21 more outperform votes than Yatsen when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 34.78% of users gave Yatsen an outperform vote while only 31.52% of users gave Olaplex an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Yatsen	Outperform Votes 8 34.78%	Underperform Votes 15 65.22%
Olaplex	Outperform Votes 29 31.52%	Underperform Votes 63 68.48%

Is YSG or OLPX more profitable?

Olaplex has a net margin of 9.78% compared to Yatsen's net margin of -26.62%. Olaplex's return on equity of 10.50% beat Yatsen's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Yatsen	-26.62%	-12.48%	-10.21%
Olaplex	9.78%	10.50%	5.16%

Do analysts recommend YSG or OLPX?

Yatsen presently has a consensus price target of $3.80, indicating a potential downside of 13.64%. Olaplex has a consensus price target of $2.30, indicating a potential upside of 26.37%. Given Olaplex's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Olaplex is more favorable than Yatsen.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Yatsen	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Olaplex	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Which has more volatility & risk, YSG or OLPX?

Yatsen has a beta of -2.82, meaning that its stock price is 382% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Olaplex has a beta of 2.47, meaning that its stock price is 147% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Olaplex beats Yatsen on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.