Head-To-Head Contrast: Mannatech (NASDAQ:MTEX) versus Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC)

Mannatech (NASDAQ:MTEX) and Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Mannatech and Edgewell Personal Care, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mannatech	1	0	0	0	1.00
Edgewell Personal Care	1	4	3	0	2.25

Edgewell Personal Care has a consensus target price of $31.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.73%. Given Edgewell Personal Care’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Edgewell Personal Care is more favorable than Mannatech.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mannatech	-6.90%	-2,383.34%	-24.43%
Edgewell Personal Care	-4.55%	5.76%	2.35%

Volatility and Risk

Mannatech has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Edgewell Personal Care has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

13.0% of Mannatech shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.9% of Edgewell Personal Care shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.5% of Mannatech shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Edgewell Personal Care shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Mannatech and Edgewell Personal Care”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mannatech	$108.04 million	0.15	-$15.21 million	($3.91)	-2.19
Edgewell Personal Care	$2.22 billion	0.56	$25.40 million	($2.00)	-13.49

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.

Summary

Edgewell Personal Care beats Mannatech on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.