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 $3.4B against $883.5M — 3.9× the size. Helen of Troy Limited grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 0.32% against −0.24%. Helen of Troy Limited has the higher net margin (−5.43% vs −9.96%) and the higher return on invested capital (1.00% vs −1.03%). Across the 19 metrics below, Helen of Troy Limited leads on 13 and Coty on 6.

Valuation

Metric COTY HELE Household & Personal Products median
P/E n/m n/m 25.45
P/S 0.60 0.48 1.17
P/B 1.06 1.02 2.43
Price to free cash flow 101.49 n/m 20.67
EV/EBITDA 15.82 19.47 13.40
EV/Sales 1.04 0.84 1.24
Earnings yield (16.54%) (11.61%) 1.13%
Free cash flow yield 0.99% (9.05%) 3.81%

Profitability

Metric COTY HELE Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 62.58% 47.37% 46.90%
Operating margin (1.66%) 1.31% 1.31%
Net margin (9.96%) (5.43%) 2.32%
Free cash flow margin 10.42% 8.08% 4.87%
Return on equity (16.24%) (11.15%) 4.67%
Return on assets (5.14%) (4.41%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (1.03%) 1.00% 0.57%

Growth

Metric COTY HELE Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) (0.24%) 0.32% 2.91%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (59.09%) (827.75%) (5.01%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.63% (3.17%) 1.39%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric COTY HELE Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 0.84 0.79 0.44
Current ratio 0.75 1.65 1.75
Net debt to EBITDA 7.13 (1.05) 1.37

Dividend

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

Size

Metric COTY HELE Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 3.44b 883.47m 671.37m

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