SCI vs. COTY, ACI, ELF, LW, TAP, SJM, USFD, PPC, ARMK, and COKE
Should you be buying Service Co. International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Service Co. International include Coty (COTY), Albertsons Companies (ACI), e.l.f. Beauty (ELF), Lamb Weston (LW), Molson Coors Beverage (TAP), J. M. Smucker (SJM), US Foods (USFD), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Aramark (ARMK), and Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Service Co. International (NYSE:SCI) and Coty (NYSE:COTY) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
Service Co. International presently has a consensus target price of $75.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.15%. Coty has a consensus target price of $13.14, suggesting a potential upside of 20.67%. Given Coty's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Coty is more favorable than Service Co. International.
Coty received 198 more outperform votes than Service Co. International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.03% of users gave Service Co. International an outperform vote while only 54.98% of users gave Coty an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Coty had 24 more articles in the media than Service Co. International. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Coty and 19 mentions for Service Co. International. Service Co. International's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Coty's score of 0.35 indicating that Service Co. International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Service Co. International pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Coty pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Service Co. International pays out 33.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Coty pays out 217.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
85.5% of Service Co. International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of Coty shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Service Co. International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Coty shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Service Co. International has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coty has a beta of 1.83, suggesting that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Service Co. International has a net margin of 12.73% compared to Coty's net margin of 5.39%. Service Co. International's return on equity of 32.23% beat Coty's return on equity.
Service Co. International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Coty. Service Co. International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Service Co. International and Coty tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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