How comparing works here
How do I compare two companies?
Type the tickers into the box above — up to five at once. Every row is read from the companies' own annual filings, so a comparison shows the same measure computed the same way for each of them rather than whatever each company chose to highlight.
Can I compare an ETF with a stock?
Yes, and the table changes to suit. Two funds are compared on cost, income, spread and record, because revenue growth and debt mean nothing for a fund. A fund against a company shows only what both of them have.
Side by side
Compare
Put up to 4 companies, funds, commodities or coins next to each other — health, valuation, growth and performance.
Every row is computed the same way for every column, from each company's own annual filing, so a comparison is not a collection of whichever figures each of them chose to put in a press release. Funds are compared on what a fund is actually judged on: cost, income, spread and record.
Relative performance
Rebased so every symbol starts at 0%
Loading price history…
Side by side
Latest annual figures from each company's filings
| Metric | COTYCOTY INC. | ELESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC | KVUEKenvue Inc. | ELFe.l.f. Beauty, Inc. | Median of the restexcluding COTY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Company | Company | Company | Company | |
| Price | $3.21▲ 0.16 (5.25%) | $107.72▲ 4.06 (3.92%) | $19.88▲ 0.84 (4.41%) | $114.74▲ 1.26 (1.11%) | |
| Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality. | 4.0/10 | 7.0/10 | 6.0/10 | 9.0/10 | 7.0/10 |
| Market value | $2.83B | $39.03B | $38.09B | $6.78B | |
| Revenue | $5.81B | $15.05B | $15.12B | $1.64B | |
| Profit | -$604.8M | $182.0M | $1.47B | $26.3M | |
| Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year. | -1.5% | 5.0% | -2.1% | 24.6% | 5.0% |
| Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them. | 62.9% | 75.5% | 58.1% | 70.7% | 70.7% |
| Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax. | -1.4% | 5.2% | 16.0% | 4.5% | 5.2% |
| Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales. | -10.4% | 1.2% | 9.7% | 1.6% | 1.6% |
| Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales. | 6.0% | 8.7% | 11.4% | 11.6% | 11.4% |
| Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company. | -20.2% | 4.8% | 13.7% | 2.3% | 4.8% |
| Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies. | -1.1% | 8.1% | 17.0% | 2.8% | 8.1% |
| P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit. | — | 214.43x | 25.91x | 257.62x | 214.43x |
| EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies. | 14.22x | 27.18x | 12.72x | 48.12x | 27.18x |
| Price to book | 0.95x | 10.25x | 3.54x | 6.00x | 6.00x |
| Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake. | 2.28x | 4.19x | 1.52x | 1.12x | 1.52x |
| Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger. | 5/9 | 8/9 | 6/8 | 3/9 | 6.0 |
| Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone. | distress | safe | grey | safe |
How COTY compares with the others
- COTY's operating margin of -1.4% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (5.2%).
- Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: -1.5% against 5.0%.
- It has no P/E to set against theirs, because it did not make a profit.
- Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 2.3x against 1.5x.
Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.