Financial Review: Blue Moon Group (OTCMKTS:BLUMY) and Energizer (NYSE:ENR)

Energizer (NYSE:ENR) and Blue Moon Group (OTCMKTS:BLUMY) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Energizer and Blue Moon Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Energizer	1	6	0	0	1.86
Blue Moon Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

Energizer presently has a consensus target price of $21.83, indicating a potential upside of 1.55%. Given Energizer’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Energizer is more favorable than Blue Moon Group.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Energizer and Blue Moon Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Energizer	$2.95 billion	0.50	$239.00 million	$1.18	18.22
Blue Moon Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Energizer has higher revenue and earnings than Blue Moon Group.

Profitability

This table compares Energizer and Blue Moon Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Energizer	2.73%	122.63%	4.72%
Blue Moon Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional and Insider Ownership

93.7% of Energizer shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Energizer shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Energizer beats Blue Moon Group on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Energizer

Energizer Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, markets, and distributes household batteries, specialty batteries, and lighting products worldwide. It offers lithium, alkaline, carbon zinc, nickel metal hydride, zinc air, and silver oxide batteries under the Energizer, Eveready, and Rayovac brands; primary, rechargeable, specialty, and hearing aid batteries; and handheld, headlights, lanterns, and area lights, as well as flashlights under the Hard Case, Dolphin, and WeatherReady brands. The company licenses the Energizer, Rayovac, and Eveready brands to companies developing consumer solutions in solar, automotive batteries, portable power for critical devices, generators, power tools, household light bulbs, and other lighting products. In addition, it designs and markets automotive fragrance and appearance products, including protectants, wipes, tire and wheel care products, glass cleaners, leather care products, air fresheners, and washes to clean, shine, refresh, and protect interior and exterior automobile surfaces under the brand names of Armor All, Nu Finish, Refresh Your Car!, LEXOL, Eagle One, California Scents, Driven, Bahama & Co, Carnu, Grand Prix, Kit, and Tempo; STP branded fuel and oil additives, functional fluids, and other performance chemical products; and do-it-yourself automotive air conditioning recharge products under the A/C PRO brand name, as well as other refrigerant and recharge kits, sealants, and accessories. The company sells its products through direct sales force, distributors, and wholesalers; and various retail and business-to-business channels, including mass merchandisers, club, electronics, food, home improvement, dollar store, auto, drug, hardware, e-commerce, convenience, sporting goods, hobby/craft, office, industrial, medical, and catalog. Energizer Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.

About Blue Moon Group

Blue Moon Group Holdings Limited engages in the research, design, development, manufacture, and sale of personal hygiene, home care, and fabric care products in China. It offers fabric care and cleaner products, including fabric softener, machine wash, classic, bacteria and odor removal, sportswear exclusive, hand-wash exclusive, and special laundry, as well as pre-wash treatment, travel-exclusive pack, and stain remover; and anti-septic disinfectant, such as multi-purpose, fabric, and household sanitiser. The company provides personal hygiene products, comprising body cleaning hand wash; toilet care and cleaner; utensil, fruit and vegetable wash and range hood cleaner; and general cleaner products, including anti-mould, bleach and cleaner, washing machine, floor, glass, multi-surface, and ceramic tile cleaner. It sells its products through offline distributors, direct sales to key account, and online sales channels. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Guangzhou, China. Blue Moon Group Holdings Limited operates as a subsidiary of ZED Group Limited.