Financial Survey: Beauty Health (NASDAQ:SKIN) vs. BWX (OTC:BWXXF)

Beauty Health (NASDAQ:SKIN) and BWX (OTC:BWXXF) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

93.3% of Beauty Health shares are held by institutional investors. 41.7% of Beauty Health shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Beauty Health and BWX, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Beauty Health	3	7	2	0	1.92
BWX	0	0	0	0	N/A

Beauty Health currently has a consensus price target of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 89.50%. Given Beauty Health’s higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Beauty Health is more favorable than BWX.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Beauty Health and BWX’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Beauty Health	$398.00 million	1.06	-$100.12 million	($0.77)	-4.45
BWX	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

BWX has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Beauty Health.

Profitability

This table compares Beauty Health and BWX’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Beauty Health	-25.65%	-18.85%	-2.21%
BWX	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Beauty Health beats BWX on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Beauty Health

The Beauty Health Company designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells aesthetic technologies and products worldwide. The company's flagship product includes HydraFacial that enhance the skin to cleanse, extract, and hydrate the skin with proprietary solutions and serums. Its products also comprise Syndeo, a Delivery System designs to connects providers to the consumer's preferences to create a more personalized experience; consumables, such as single-use tips, solutions, and serums used to provide a hydrafacial treatment; SkinStylus SteriLock Microsystem, a microneedling device used for the treatment of enhancing appearance of surgical or traumatic hypertrophic scars on the abdomen and facial acne scarring in Fitzpatrick skin types I, II, and III; and Keravive, a treatment for scalp health. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Long Beach, California.

About BWX

BWX Limited, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells natural body, hair, and skin care products in Australia, the United States, and internationally. It is also involved in the online sale of its products. In addition, the company provides wellness products sourced from own, private-label, and third-party brands through the Nourished Life direct-to-consumer e-commerce site; and vegan, ethical, and sustainable products through Flora and Fauna. It owns, produces, and distributes products under the Sukin, Mineral Fusion, and Andalou Naturals brands. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Clayton, Australia.