WALD vs. OLPX, EPC, UNFI, LND, TPB, ARKO, HAIN, CRESY, CVGW, and NUS
Should you be buying Waldencast stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waldencast include Olaplex (OLPX), Edgewell Personal Care (EPC), United Natural Foods (UNFI), BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas (LND), Turning Point Brands (TPB), Arko (ARKO), The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN), Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria (CRESY), Calavo Growers (CVGW), and Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Olaplex (NASDAQ:OLPX) and Waldencast (NASDAQ:WALD) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.
Olaplex has a net margin of 10.91% compared to Olaplex's net margin of 0.00%. Waldencast's return on equity of 11.68% beat Olaplex's return on equity.
Olaplex presently has a consensus price target of $2.51, suggesting a potential upside of 53.20%. Waldencast has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 67.36%. Given Olaplex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Waldencast is more favorable than Olaplex.
In the previous week, Olaplex had 15 more articles in the media than Waldencast. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Olaplex and 2 mentions for Waldencast. Waldencast's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Olaplex's score of -0.20 indicating that Olaplex is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Olaplex has a beta of 2.34, suggesting that its stock price is 134% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waldencast has a beta of -0.38, suggesting that its stock price is 138% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Olaplex received 18 more outperform votes than Waldencast when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 91.67% of users gave Waldencast an outperform vote while only 34.12% of users gave Olaplex an outperform vote.
87.4% of Olaplex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.0% of Waldencast shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Olaplex shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Waldencast shares are held 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.
Olaplex has higher revenue and earnings than Waldencast.
Summary
Olaplex beats Waldencast on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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