Estee Lauder Companies Inc vs INTERPARFUMS, INC., two Household Products stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where EL and IPAR diverge most: on operating margin, EL reads -1.1% and IPAR reads 14.3%; on return on assets, EL reads 0.9% and IPAR reads 11.3%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What EL's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What IPAR's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | EL | IPAR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $97.10 | $111.84 |
| Market cap | $35.5B | $3.6B |
| Sector | Household Products | Household Products |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +6.8% |
| P/E | 194.2 | 21.4 |
| P/B | 9.32 | 3.28 |
| P/S | 2.36 | 2.39 |
| EV/EBITDA | 22.8 | 13.1 |
| Revenue growth | +5.0% | +3.0% |
| Gross margin | 75.5% | 65.5% |
| Operating margin | -1.1% | 14.3% |
| Net margin | 1.2% | 11.2% |
| Return on equity | 4.8% | 15.4% |
| Return on assets | 0.9% | 11.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 14.3% | 16.6% |
| FCF yield | 3.7% | 6.9% |
| Dividend yield | 1.4% | 2.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.13 | 0.13 |
| Current ratio | 1.22 | 3.31 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.64 | 7.82 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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