Analyzing Beauty Health (SKIN) and Its Competitors

Beauty Health (NASDAQ:SKIN) is one of 55 public companies in the “Personal Care Products” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Beauty Health to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Beauty Health and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Beauty Health	$300.80 million	-$9.52 million	-5.95
Beauty Health Competitors	$7.78 billion	$1.11 billion	10.59

Beauty Health’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Beauty Health. Beauty Health is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Beauty Health and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Beauty Health	-6.34%	-32.16%	-3.96%
Beauty Health Competitors	-4.30%	-61.80%	0.37%

Volatility & Risk

Beauty Health has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beauty Health’s peers have a beta of 0.80, meaning that their average share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

93.3% of Beauty Health shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.6% of shares of all “Personal Care Products” companies are owned by institutional investors. 35.5% of Beauty Health shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of shares of all “Personal Care Products” companies are owned by company 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Beauty Health and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Beauty Health	1	6	1	0	2.00
Beauty Health Competitors	905	2947	3664	229	2.42

Beauty Health currently has a consensus price target of $16.67, indicating a potential upside of 2.19%. As a group, “Personal Care Products” companies have a potential upside of 0.49%. Given Beauty Health’s higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Beauty Health is more favorable than its peers.

Summary

Beauty Health peers beat Beauty Health on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Beauty Health

The Beauty Health Company develops and sells products and services for the beauty and skincare market. Its best-known brand, Hydrafacial, offers a facial treatment that uses specialized equipment and serums to cleanse, exfoliate and hydrate the skin. The company supplies Hydrafacial devices and related consumable products to professional providers, including spas, dermatology practices and other skincare businesses. It also offers skincare products associated with its treatments. Based in Long Beach, California, BeautyHealth serves customers through professional and consumer channels in markets around the world.