BioHarvest Sciences (NASDAQ:BHST – Get Free Report) and e.l.f. Beauty (NYSE:ELF – Get Free Report) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for BioHarvest Sciences and e.l.f. Beauty, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| BioHarvest Sciences | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.33 |
| e.l.f. Beauty | 1 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2.72 |
BioHarvest Sciences presently has a consensus target price of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 251.35%. e.l.f. Beauty has a consensus target price of $92.12, suggesting a potential downside of 13.26%. Given BioHarvest Sciences’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BioHarvest Sciences is more favorable than e.l.f. Beauty.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| BioHarvest Sciences | -31.21% | -58.30% | -25.60% |
| e.l.f. Beauty | 3.38% | 14.07% | 6.81% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares BioHarvest Sciences and e.l.f. Beauty”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| BioHarvest Sciences | $35.48 million | 1.02 | -$11.14 million | ($0.52) | -3.56 |
| e.l.f. Beauty | $1.64 billion | 3.83 | $26.32 million | $1.00 | 106.21 |
e.l.f. Beauty has higher revenue and earnings than BioHarvest Sciences. BioHarvest Sciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than e.l.f. Beauty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
92.4% of e.l.f. Beauty shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of e.l.f. Beauty 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.
Volatility & Risk
BioHarvest Sciences has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, e.l.f. Beauty has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
e.l.f. Beauty beats BioHarvest Sciences on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About BioHarvest Sciences
BioHarvest Sciences Inc. is a biotech firm. It focused on leveraging its botanical synthesis technology to develop science-based and clinically proven therapeutic solutions, within business verticals nutraceutical health and wellness products such as dietary supplements and development of plant cell-based Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients which focus on specific medical indications. BioHarvest Sciences Inc. is based in Vancouver, Canada.
About e.l.f. Beauty
e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of inclusive, accessible, clean, vegan and cruelty free cosmetics and skin care products. The company focuses on the e-commerce, national retailers and international business channels. Its brands include elf, elf skin, WELL People and KEYS soulcare. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.
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