Coty vs Edgewell Personal Care
COTY and EPC 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 EPC compare
Coty is the larger company, worth 2.7 times as much as Edgewell Personal Care ($3.6B against $1.3B).
Edgewell Personal Care grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (11.6% versus −0.24% for Coty).
Edgewell Personal Care keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of −4.2% compared with −9.7% at Coty.
Edgewell Personal Care pays a dividend yielding 2.1%; Coty does not pay one.
Edgewell Personal Care scores higher on the StockData Score (7 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 | EPC |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $3.6B | $1.3B |
| Share price | $4.06 | $29.15 |
| Change, 1 year | 14.4% | 54.8% |
| Change, 5 years | −60.8% | −34.0% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.00 | 0.68 |
| Employees | 11K | 6,700 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 3 | 7 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 1 |
| Growth score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 0 |
| Health score | 2 | 2 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | 0.6× | 0.6× (better) |
| P/B | 1.2× | 0.9× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.6× (better) | 21.9× |
| P/FCF | 8.5× (better) | 25.6× |
| FCF yield | 11.8% (better) | 3.9% |
| Fair value | $3.70 | – |
| Margin of safety | −9.7% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −0.24% | 11.6% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 4.6% (better) | 2.7% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −244% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | −247% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | −15.6% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 62.6% (better) | 39.5% |
| Operating margin | −1.7% | 0.80% (better) |
| Net margin | −9.7% | −4.2% (better) |
| FCF margin | 7.3% (better) | 2.3% |
| Return on equity | −16.7% | −6.2% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | −1.2% | 0.56% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.89 | 0.85 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 6.71 (better) | 8.47 |
| Interest coverage | −0.6× | 0.3× (better) |
| Current ratio | 0.75 | 1.84 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | −0.02 | 1.61 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 2.1% |
| Buyback yield | – | 1.2% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 3.2% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 44.1% | 117% |
| Held by insiders | 61.5% | 1.5% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $213K (better) | $0 |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 11.7% | 10.9% |
Go deeper
- COTY stock overview
- COTY income statement
- COTY valuation and score
- EPC stock overview
- EPC income statement
- EPC valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.