Coty (COTY) vs Helen of Troy Limited (HELE)

Coty and Helen of Troy Limited are both Household & Personal Products companies. Coty is the larger, with a market value of $2.8B against $690.7M — 4.1× the size. Helen of Troy Limited grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 0.32% against −1.46%. Helen of Troy Limited has the higher net margin (−5.43% vs −10.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (1.00% vs −0.85%). Across the 19 metrics below, Helen of Troy Limited leads on 14 and Coty on 5.

Valuation

Metric COTY HELE Household & Personal Products median
P/E n/m n/m 23.53
P/S 0.48 0.37 1.58
P/B 0.89 0.79 3.36
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 19.95
EV/EBITDA 14.14 16.93 13.02
EV/Sales 0.98 0.73 1.42
Earnings yield (21.87%) (15.01%) 0.25%
Free cash flow yield (1.11%) (11.73%) 3.66%

Profitability

Metric COTY HELE Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 62.89% 47.37% 47.14%
Operating margin (1.40%) 1.31% 1.31%
Net margin (10.64%) (5.43%) 0.61%
Free cash flow margin (0.54%) 8.08% 2.89%
Return on equity (17.96%) (11.15%) 2.12%
Return on assets (5.59%) (4.41%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (0.85%) 1.00% 0.24%

Growth

Metric COTY HELE Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.46%) 0.32% 2.93%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (59.09%) (827.75%) (12.73%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.63% (3.17%) 2.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric COTY HELE Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 0.96 0.79 0.46
Current ratio 0.75 1.65 1.59
Net debt to EBITDA 7.13 (1.05) 1.37

Dividend

Metric COTY HELE Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield — — 2.79%
Payout ratio — — 0.87

Size

Metric COTY HELE Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 2.81b 690.72m 620.01m

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