Sentient Brands (OTC:SNBH) and Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) Head-To-Head Analysis

Sentient Brands (OTC:SNBH) and Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

55.2% of Estée Lauder Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.8% of Estée Lauder Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Sentient Brands and Estée Lauder Companies, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sentient Brands	0	0	0	0	N/A
Estée Lauder Companies	0	15	8	0	2.35

Estée Lauder Companies has a consensus price target of $116.91, suggesting a potential upside of 31.91%. Given Estée Lauder Companies’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Estée Lauder Companies is more favorable than Sentient Brands.

Profitability

This table compares Sentient Brands and Estée Lauder Companies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sentient Brands	N/A	N/A	N/A
Estée Lauder Companies	2.50%	16.91%	4.14%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Sentient Brands and Estée Lauder Companies”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sentient Brands	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Estée Lauder Companies	$15.61 billion	2.04	$390.00 million	$1.78	49.79

Estée Lauder Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Sentient Brands.

Summary

Estée Lauder Companies beats Sentient Brands on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sentient Brands

Sentient Brands Holdings Inc., a product development and brand management company, builds innovative brands in the luxury and premium market space. It offers CBD luxury skin care and lifestyle products, such as purifying exfoliator, replenishing facial oil, ultra-nourishing face cream, and revitalizing eye cream under the Oeuvre brand through direct-to consumer online e-commerce platform and wholesale partners. The company was formerly known as Intelligent Buying, Inc. and changed its name to Sentient Brands Holdings Inc. in March 2021. Sentient Brands Holdings Inc. was founded in 2002 and is based in New York, New York.

About Estée Lauder Companies

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. manufactures, markets, and sells skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products worldwide. It offers skin care products, including moisturizers, serums, cleansers, toners, body care, exfoliators, acne care and oil correctors, facial masks, and sun care products; and makeup products, such as lipsticks, lip glosses, mascaras, foundations, eyeshadows, and powders, as well as compacts, brushes, and other makeup tools. The company also provides fragrance products in various forms comprising eau de parfum sprays and colognes, as well as lotions, powders, creams, candles, and soaps; and hair care products, including shampoos, conditioners, styling products, treatment, finishing sprays, and hair color products, as well as sells ancillary products and services. It offers its products under the Estée Lauder, Clinique, Origins, M·A·C, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, La Mer, Aveda, Jo Malone London, TOM FORD, Too Faced, Dr.Jart+, and The Ordinary brands. The company sells its products through department stores, specialty-multi retailers, upscale perfumeries and pharmacies, and salons and spas; freestanding stores; its own and authorized retailer websites; third-party online malls; stores in airports; and duty-free locations. The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in New York, New York.