e.l.f. Beauty (NYSE:ELF) vs. BioHarvest Sciences (NASDAQ:BHST) Head-To-Head Contrast

e.l.f. Beauty (NYSE:ELF) and BioHarvest Sciences (NASDAQ:BHST) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

92.4% of e.l.f. Beauty shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of e.l.f. Beauty shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares e.l.f. Beauty and BioHarvest Sciences’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
e.l.f. Beauty	3.38%	14.07%	6.81%
BioHarvest Sciences	-31.21%	-58.30%	-25.60%

Volatility & Risk

e.l.f. Beauty has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BioHarvest Sciences has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for e.l.f. Beauty and BioHarvest Sciences, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
e.l.f. Beauty	1	5	10	2	2.72
BioHarvest Sciences	1	0	2	0	2.33

e.l.f. Beauty presently has a consensus price target of $92.12, suggesting a potential downside of 14.36%. BioHarvest Sciences has a consensus price target of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 242.11%. Given BioHarvest Sciences’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BioHarvest Sciences is more favorable than e.l.f. Beauty.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares e.l.f. Beauty and BioHarvest Sciences”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
e.l.f. Beauty	$1.64 billion	3.88	$26.32 million	$1.00	107.57
BioHarvest Sciences	$35.48 million	1.05	-$11.14 million	($0.52)	-3.65

e.l.f. Beauty has higher revenue and earnings than BioHarvest Sciences. BioHarvest Sciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than e.l.f. Beauty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

e.l.f. Beauty beats BioHarvest Sciences on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About e.l.f. Beauty

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of inclusive, accessible, clean, vegan and cruelty free cosmetics and skin care products. The company focuses on the e-commerce, national retailers and international business channels. Its brands include elf, elf skin, WELL People and KEYS soulcare. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

About BioHarvest Sciences

BioHarvest Sciences Inc. is a biotech firm. It focused on leveraging its botanical synthesis technology to develop science-based and clinically proven therapeutic solutions, within business verticals nutraceutical health and wellness products such as dietary supplements and development of plant cell-based Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients which focus on specific medical indications. BioHarvest Sciences Inc. is based in Vancouver, Canada.