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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricIPARINTERPARFUMS INCELESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INCKVUEKenvue Inc.ELFe.l.f. Beauty, Inc.Median of the restexcluding IPAR
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$116.07▲ 2.87 (2.54%)
$107.72▲ 4.06 (3.92%)
$19.88▲ 0.84 (4.41%)
$114.74▲ 1.26 (1.11%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.9.0/107.0/106.0/109.0/107.0/10
Market value$3.72B$39.03B$38.09B$6.78B
Revenue$1.49B$15.05B$15.12B$1.64B
Profit$168.4M$182.0M$1.47B$26.3M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.2.5%5.0%-2.1%24.6%5.0%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.63.6%75.5%58.1%70.7%70.7%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.18.2%5.2%16.0%4.5%5.2%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.11.3%1.2%9.7%1.6%1.6%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.12.8%8.7%11.4%11.6%11.4%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.19.1%4.8%13.7%2.3%4.8%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.15.9%8.1%17.0%2.8%8.1%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.22.10x214.43x25.91x257.62x214.43x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.13.19x27.18x12.72x48.12x27.18x
Price to book4.23x10.25x3.54x6.00x6.00x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.80x4.19x1.52x1.12x1.52x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.7/98/96/83/96.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safesafegreysafe

How IPAR compares with the others

  • IPAR's operating margin of 18.2% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (5.2%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: 2.5% against 5.0%.
  • It trades at a lower P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 22.1x against 214.4x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.8x against 1.5x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.