Coty (COTY) vs e.l.f. Beauty (ELF)

Coty and e.l.f. Beauty are both Household & Personal Products companies. e.l.f. Beauty is the larger, with a market value of $6.5B against $3.4B — 1.9× the size. Coty has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; e.l.f. Beauty trades at 76.1×. e.l.f. Beauty grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 39.9% against −0.24%. e.l.f. Beauty has the higher net margin (4.47% vs −9.96%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.44% vs −1.03%). Across the 21 metrics below, e.l.f. Beauty leads on 16 and Coty on 5.

Valuation

Metric COTY ELF Household & Personal Products median
P/E n/m 76.12 25.45
P/S 0.60 3.38 1.17
P/B 1.06 5.35 2.43
Price to free cash flow 101.49 23.80 20.67
EV/EBITDA 15.82 31.90 13.40
EV/Sales 1.04 3.64 1.24
Earnings yield (16.54%) 1.31% 1.13%
Free cash flow yield 0.99% 4.20% 3.81%

Profitability

Metric COTY ELF Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 62.58% 74.42% 46.90%
Operating margin (1.66%) 8.87% 1.31%
Net margin (9.96%) 4.47% 2.32%
Free cash flow margin 10.42% 14.22% 4.87%
Return on equity (16.24%) 7.33% 4.67%
Return on assets (5.14%) 3.55% 0.00%
Return on invested capital (1.03%) 6.44% 0.57%

Growth

Metric COTY ELF Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) (0.24%) 39.93% 2.91%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (59.09%) (77.08%) (5.01%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.63% 38.76% 1.39%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 33.39% 0.00%

Health

Metric COTY ELF Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 0.84 0.65 0.44
Current ratio 0.75 2.57 1.75
Net debt to EBITDA 7.13 3.73 1.37

Dividend

Metric COTY ELF Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield — — 2.48%
Payout ratio — — 0.74

Size

Metric COTY ELF Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 3.44b 6.48b 671.37m

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