Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC – Get Free Report) and Mannatech (NASDAQ:MTEX – Get Free Report) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Edgewell Personal Care and Mannatech”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Edgewell Personal Care | $2.22 billion | 0.58 | $25.40 million | ($2.00) | -13.96 |
| Mannatech | $108.04 million | 0.13 | -$15.21 million | ($3.91) | -1.82 |
Edgewell Personal Care has higher revenue and earnings than Mannatech. Edgewell Personal Care is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mannatech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Edgewell Personal Care and Mannatech’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Edgewell Personal Care | -4.55% | 5.76% | 2.35% |
| Mannatech | -6.90% | -2,383.34% | -24.43% |
Risk & Volatility
Edgewell Personal Care has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mannatech has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
91.9% of Edgewell Personal Care shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.0% of Mannatech shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Edgewell Personal Care shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 47.5% of Mannatech shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Edgewell Personal Care and Mannatech, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Edgewell Personal Care | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Mannatech | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Edgewell Personal Care currently has a consensus target price of $31.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.79%. Given Edgewell Personal Care’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Edgewell Personal Care is more favorable than Mannatech.
Summary
Edgewell Personal Care beats Mannatech on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Edgewell Personal Care
Edgewell Personal Care Company is a manufacturer and marketer of personal care products in the wet shave, sun and skin care, feminine care and infant care categories. As of September 30, 2016, the Company had a portfolio of over 25 brands. It manages its business in four segments: Wet Shave, Sun and Skin Care, Feminine Care and All Other. Its Wet shave products are sold under the Schick, Wilkinson Sword, Edge, Skintimate, Shave Guard and Personna brand names. Its Sun and Skin Care products are sold under the Banana Boat, Hawaiian Tropic, Wet Ones and Playtex brand names and offers Wet Ones, portable hand wipes category, and Playtex household gloves, the branded household glove in the United States. Its Feminine Care segment markets its products under the Playtex, Stayfree, Carefree and o.b. brands and markets pads and liners. Its All Other segment includes infant care, pet care and miscellaneous other products.
About Mannatech
Mannatech, Incorporated operates as a health and wellness company in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. The company develops, markets, and sells nutritional supplements; topical and skin care, and anti-aging products; and weight-management and fitness products. It primarily sells its products directly, as well as through e-commerce and network marketing channels. Mannatech, Incorporated was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in Flower Mound, Texas.
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