YSG vs. WALD, OLPX, EPC, ARKO, CVGW, LND, DJCO, SENEA, BYND, and CSV
Should you be buying Yatsen stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Yatsen include Waldencast (WALD), Olaplex (OLPX), Edgewell Personal Care (EPC), Arko (ARKO), Calavo Growers (CVGW), BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas (LND), Daily Journal (DJCO), Seneca Foods (SENEA), Beyond Meat (BYND), and Carriage Services (CSV). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Waldencast (NASDAQ:WALD) and Yatsen (NYSE:YSG) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.
In the previous week, Waldencast had 4 more articles in the media than Yatsen. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Waldencast and 1 mentions for Yatsen. Yatsen's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Waldencast's score of -1.00 indicating that Waldencast is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Waldencast has a beta of -0.38, indicating that its share price is 138% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yatsen has a beta of -2.73, indicating that its share price is 373% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Waldencast received 3 more outperform votes than Yatsen when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 91.67% of users gave Waldencast an outperform vote while only 36.36% of users gave Yatsen an outperform vote.
Waldencast has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Waldencast's net margin of -21.70%. Yatsen's return on equity of 0.00% beat Waldencast's return on equity.
Waldencast presently has a consensus price target of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 80.18%. Given Yatsen's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Waldencast is more favorable than Yatsen.
Waldencast has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Yatsen.
42.0% of Waldencast shares are held by institutional investors. 29.0% of Yatsen shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Waldencast beats Yatsen on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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