Coty vs e.l.f. Beauty
COTY and ELF side by side, both in soap, detergents, and cleaning preparations; perfumes, cosmetics, and other toilet preparations. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How COTY and ELF compare
e.l.f. Beauty is the larger company, worth 2.0 times as much as Coty ($7.0B against $3.6B).
e.l.f. Beauty grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (39.9% versus −0.24% for Coty).
e.l.f. Beauty keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 4.5% compared with −9.7% at Coty.
e.l.f. Beauty scores higher on the StockData Score (11 against 3 for Coty), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | COTY | ELF |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $3.6B | $7.0B |
| Share price | $4.06 | $118.46 |
| Change, 1 year | 14.4% | 48.4% |
| Change, 5 years | −60.8% | 265% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.00 | 1.44 |
| Employees | 11K | 849 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 3 | 11 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 1 |
| Growth score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 81.7× |
| P/S | 0.6× (better) | 3.6× |
| P/B | 1.2× (better) | 5.7× |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.6× (better) | 27.6× |
| P/FCF | 8.5× (better) | 25.4× |
| FCF yield | 11.8% (better) | 3.9% |
| Fair value | $3.70 | $93.52 |
| Margin of safety | −9.7% (better) | −26.7% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −0.24% | 39.9% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 4.6% | 38.8% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 5.9% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 2.1% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 29.7% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 62.6% | 74.4% (better) |
| Operating margin | −1.7% | 8.9% (better) |
| Net margin | −9.7% | 4.5% (better) |
| FCF margin | 7.3% | 14.2% (better) |
| Return on equity | −16.7% | 7.3% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | −1.2% | 6.5% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.89 | 0.67 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 6.71 | 1.75 (better) |
| Interest coverage | −0.6× | – |
| Current ratio | 0.75 | 2.57 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | −0.02 | 4.35 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | – | 1.3% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 1.3% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 44.1% | 87.8% |
| Held by insiders | 61.5% | 3.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $213K (better) | −$35.7M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 11.7% | 7.3% |
Go deeper
- COTY stock overview
- COTY income statement
- COTY valuation and score
- ELF stock overview
- ELF income statement
- ELF valuation and score
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