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.
Yatsen (NYSE:YSG) and Waldencast (NASDAQ:WALD) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.
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.
42.0% of Waldencast shares are held by institutional investors. 29.0% of Yatsen shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Waldencast has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Yatsen.
Waldencast has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Yatsen's net margin of -21.70%. Waldencast's return on equity of 0.00% beat Yatsen's return on equity.
Yatsen has a beta of -2.73, suggesting that its stock price is 373% less 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.
Waldencast has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 73.16%. Given Waldencast's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Waldencast is more favorable than Yatsen.
In the previous week, Waldencast had 3 more articles in the media than Yatsen. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Waldencast and 3 mentions for Yatsen. Waldencast's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Yatsen's score of 0.03 indicating that Waldencast is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Waldencast beats Yatsen on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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