Financial Survey: Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC) and BBB Foods (NYSE:TBBB)

Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC) and BBB Foods (NYSE:TBBB) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Volatility & Risk

Edgewell Personal Care has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BBB Foods has a beta of -0.02, indicating that its stock price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

91.9% of Edgewell Personal Care shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.4% of BBB Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Edgewell Personal Care shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Edgewell Personal Care and BBB Foods”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Edgewell Personal Care	$2.22 billion	0.57	$25.40 million	($1.67)	-16.34
BBB Foods	$4.08 billion	1.22	-$148.23 million	($1.55)	-27.11

Edgewell Personal Care has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BBB Foods. BBB Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Edgewell Personal Care, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Edgewell Personal Care and BBB Foods, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Edgewell Personal Care	1	4	3	0	2.25
BBB Foods	2	2	5	0	2.33

Edgewell Personal Care presently has a consensus price target of $24.50, suggesting a potential downside of 10.22%. BBB Foods has a consensus price target of $43.14, suggesting a potential upside of 2.69%. Given BBB Foods’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BBB Foods is more favorable than Edgewell Personal Care.

Profitability

This table compares Edgewell Personal Care and BBB Foods’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Edgewell Personal Care	-3.69%	6.31%	2.57%
BBB Foods	-3.95%	-79.86%	-11.65%

Summary

Edgewell Personal Care beats BBB Foods on 8 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 BBB Foods

BBB Foods Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates a chain of grocery retail stores in Mexico. It offers household cleaning, personal hyenine, cosmetics and beauty, pharmacy, and general merchandise products, as well as jellies and desserts, foods and drinks, pet supplies, coffee, tea, chocolates, breads, dry and frozen foods, snacks and sweets, and toilet papers and napkins. The company also provides branded, private label, and spot products. It serves low-to-middle income households through online channels. BBB Foods Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico.