COTY vs BWMX vs MLKMF Stock Comparison

Coty, Betterware De Mexico, S.A.P.I. De C.V and Waldencast Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
COTY Coty Inc.
$3.22 +22.0% 1M -22.2% 1Y
Market cap
$2.88B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$5.81B
Div. yield
0.00%
Cosmetics Consumer Staples
1 win
MLKMF Waldencast plc
$0.85 -17.5% 1M -55.7% 1Y
Market cap
$100.38M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Cosmetics Consumer Staples

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Betterware De Mexico, S.A.P.I. De C.V leads on 9 of the 12 questions below (Betterware De Mexico, S.A.P.I. De C.V 9, Coty 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCOTYBWMXMLKMFLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.88B $636.87M $100.38M COTY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -4.7x 8.5x — –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 10.7x 8.1x — BWMX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -1.5% +28.1% — BWMX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -10.6% 8.1% — BWMX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -1.2% 29.4% — BWMX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 7.2x 2.0x — BWMX
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -22.2% +25.5% -55.7% BWMX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -17.1%/yr -12.2%/yr -38.6%/yr BWMX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 51.6% 37.0% 100.6% BWMX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 38/100 84/100 — BWMX

Percentile Scorecard

COTYBWMXMLKMF

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCOTYBWMXMLKMF
Valuation 77 #13 of 52 96 #3 of 52 –
Growth 20 #40 of 50 92 #5 of 50 –
Profitability 39 #28 of 45 98 #2 of 45 –
Financial Health 26 #42 of 56 36 #36 of 56 66 #20 of 56
Shareholder Returns 30 #22 of 31 97 #2 of 31 –
Overall 38 84 –
  • COTY ranked among 60 companies in Household and Personal Products
  • BWMX ranked among 60 companies in Household and Personal Products
  • MLKMF ranked among 60 companies in Household and Personal Products

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCOTYBWMXMLKMFSPY
1 month +22.0%+0.4%-17.5% -0.8%
3 months +18.4%-0.5%-50.6% +3.5%
6 months +34.2%-0.1%+10.4% +7.0%
Year to date +4.5%+17.9%-54.8% +12.2%
1 year -22.2%+25.5%-55.7% +13.0%
3 years -64.8%+58.8%-90.4% +86.3%
3 years, per year -29.4%+16.7%-54.2% +23.1%
5 years -60.9%-47.8%-91.2% +68.6%
5 years, per year -17.1%-12.2%-38.6% +11.0%
10 years -86.0%—— +258.0%
10 years, per year -17.8%—— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCOTYBWMXMLKMFSPY
Volatility, 1Y 51.6%37.0%100.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 56.8%31.4%88.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.640.591.34 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.430.69-0.55 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -86.0%-81.0%-93.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -21.5%-13.8%-72.4% -1.8%
52-week high $4.10$19.44$3.08 $779.14
52-week low $1.85$13.56$0.75 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCOTYBWMXMLKMF
P/E now vs peer median -4.6xmedian 18.6x 8.3xmedian 18.6x —median 18.6x
P/S now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 1.6x 0.7xmedian 1.6x —median 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 14.2xmedian 13.0x 5.5xmedian 13.0x —median 13.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 8.1xmedian 18.4x 3.4xmedian 18.4x —median 18.4x
P/B now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 2.1x 4.6xmedian 2.1x 0.2xmedian 2.1x
PEG now vs peer median 0.09median 0.97 0.54median 0.97 —median 0.97

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCOTYBWMXMLKMF
Revenue $5.81B $926.97M –
Gross profit $3.65B $468.65M –
Operating income -$81.50M $265.18M –
Net income -$598.70M $76.07M –
Free cash flow $348.20M $182.16M –
EPS (diluted) $-0.70 $2.02 –
Cash & equivalents $176.10M $28.94M $7.82M
Total debt $3.05B $1.26B $631.43M
Shares (diluted) 877.40M 37.24M 114.07M
Enterprise value $1.74B $476.95M $38.41M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCOTYBWMXMLKMF
P/E -4.6x 8.3x –
P/FCF 8.1x 3.4x –
P/Operating cash flow 5.3x 3.6x –
P/S 0.5x 0.7x –
P/B 0.9x 4.6x 0.2x
P/Tangible book 7.3x -5.4x 0.3x
EV/EBITDA 14.2x 5.5x –
EV/EBIT -70.0x 3.7x –
EV/Revenue 1.0x 1.1x –
EV/FCF 16.4x 5.4x –
EV/Operating cash flow 10.6x 5.7x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.09 0.54 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCOTYBWMXMLKMF
Revenue growth (1Y) -1.5% 28.1% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 1.5% 9.6% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) -4.4% -3.8% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 1.0% -2.5% –
Operating income growth (1Y) -133.8% 152.8% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -29.1% 32.1% –
Net income growth (1Y) -69.5% 44.8% –
Net income CAGR (3Y) -46.5% 8.5% –
EPS growth (1Y) -61.0% 43.8% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) -48.3% 15.5% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 9.2% 99.6% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -4.9% -1.0% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 25.4% 104.0% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -4.7% 68.6% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCOTYBWMXMLKMF
Gross margin 62.9% 50.6% –
EBITDA margin 6.9% 19.2% –
Operating margin -1.4% 28.6% –
Pretax margin -10.5% 13.6% –
Net margin -10.6% 8.1% –
FCF margin 6.0% 19.7% –
Operating cash flow margin 9.3% 18.5% –
Return on equity -18.3% 56.6% –
Return on assets -5.8% 9.0% –
Return on invested capital -1.2% 29.4% –
Return on capital employed -1.1% 49.9% –
Asset turnover 0.6x 1.1x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.9x 2.3x –
Stock comp / revenue 0.8% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCOTYBWMXMLKMF
Debt / assets 29.9% 47.0% 23.1%
Debt / equity 1.0x 2.9x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 7.2x 2.0x –
Debt / FCF 8.8x 2.1x –
Liabilities / assets 69.0% 83.6% 39.5%
Equity / assets 31.0% 16.4% 60.5%
Interest coverage – 6.2x –
Current ratio 0.8x 1.0x 4.8x
Quick ratio 0.3x 0.4x 0.1x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.1x 0.1x
Altman Z-score -0.10 2.88 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCOTYBWMXMLKMF
Dividend yield 0.0% 7.6% –
Net buyback yield – – –
Shareholder yield 0.0% 7.6% –
Payout ratio (earnings) -2.2% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 3.8% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) -0.8% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -1.2% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCOTYBWMXMLKMF
Forward P/E 10.7xFY2027 8.1xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $0.30FY2027 $2.06FY2026 $-0.51FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +42.9%FY2027 +32.9%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after -13.3% +22.8% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.51BFY2027 $1.02BFY2026 $272.64MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -5.1%FY2027 +28.3%FY2026 +0.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -9.7% +13.8% +10.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCOTYBWMXMLKMF
Held by institutions 43.5% 12.9% –
Institutions holding 313 46 –
Change in shares held, QoQ +14.9% +0.5% –
Institutions buying 169 24 –
Institutions selling 98 14 –
Buyers to sellers 1.72 1.71 –

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

COTYBWMXMLKMF
COTY 1.00 0.15 0.11
BWMX 0.15 1.00 0.08
MLKMF 0.11 0.08 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, COTY, BWMX and MLKMF?

Coty (COTY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Coty (COTY) $2.88B, Betterware De Mexico, S.A.P.I. De C.V (BWMX) $636.87M, Waldencast (MLKMF) $100.38M.

Which company is growing faster?

Betterware De Mexico, S.A.P.I. De C.V (BWMX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Coty (COTY) -1.5%, Betterware De Mexico, S.A.P.I. De C.V (BWMX) +28.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Betterware De Mexico, S.A.P.I. De C.V (BWMX) has the highest net margin (Coty (COTY) -10.6%, Betterware De Mexico, S.A.P.I. De C.V (BWMX) 8.1%). On return on invested capital, Betterware De Mexico, S.A.P.I. De C.V (BWMX) leads (Coty (COTY) -1.2%, Betterware De Mexico, S.A.P.I. De C.V (BWMX) 29.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Betterware De Mexico, S.A.P.I. De C.V (BWMX) returned the most: Coty (COTY) -22.2%, Betterware De Mexico, S.A.P.I. De C.V (BWMX) +25.5%, Waldencast (MLKMF) -55.7%. Over five years, Betterware De Mexico, S.A.P.I. De C.V (BWMX) compounded fastest (Coty (COTY) -17.1%/yr, Betterware De Mexico, S.A.P.I. De C.V (BWMX) -12.2%/yr, Waldencast (MLKMF) -38.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Coty (COTY) 0.00%, Betterware De Mexico, S.A.P.I. De C.V (BWMX) 0.00%, Waldencast (MLKMF) 0.00%. Betterware De Mexico, S.A.P.I. De C.V (BWMX) and Waldencast (MLKMF) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Betterware De Mexico, S.A.P.I. De C.V (BWMX) has been the steadiest (Coty (COTY) 51.6%, Betterware De Mexico, S.A.P.I. De C.V (BWMX) 37.0%, Waldencast (MLKMF) 100.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, COTY, BWMX and MLKMF?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Betterware De Mexico, S.A.P.I. De C.V (BWMX) leads on 9. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.