Financial Survey: Olaplex (NASDAQ:OLPX) vs. Colruyt (OTCMKTS:CUYTY)

Olaplex (NASDAQ:OLPX) and Colruyt (OTCMKTS:CUYTY) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Olaplex and Colruyt”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Olaplex	$422.67 million	2.24	$19.52 million	N/A	N/A
Colruyt	$11.77 billion	0.47	$362.36 million	N/A	N/A

Colruyt has higher revenue and earnings than Olaplex.

Profitability

This table compares Olaplex and Colruyt’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Olaplex	-0.30%	3.32%	1.71%
Colruyt	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional and Insider Ownership

87.4% of Olaplex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Colruyt shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Olaplex 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Olaplex and Colruyt, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Olaplex	0	3	1	0	2.25
Colruyt	0	0	0	0	0.00

Olaplex currently has a consensus price target of $1.88, suggesting a potential upside of 32.04%. Given Olaplex’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Olaplex is more favorable than Colruyt.

Risk and Volatility

Olaplex has a beta of 2.34, indicating that its share price is 134% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Colruyt has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Olaplex beats Colruyt on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Olaplex

Olaplex Holdings, Inc. develops, manufactures, and sells hair care products in the United States and internationally. The company offers hair care shampoos and conditioners for use in treatment, maintenance, and protection of hair, as well as oil, moisture mask, and nourishing hair serum. It provides hair care products to professional hair salons, retailers, and everyday consumers. The company distributes its products through professional distributors in salons, directly to retailers for sale in their physical stores, e-commerce sites, and its website, Olaplex.com, as well as third party e-commerce platforms. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Santa Barbara, California.

About Colruyt

Colruyt Group N.V., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the retail, wholesale, food service, and other activities in Belgium, France, Luxembourg, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Retail, Wholesale and Foodservice, and Other Activities. The company provides groceries, fresh products, dry products, and frozen and non-food products; and operates CNG, hydrogen filling, and charging stations. It also provides printing and document management solutions; and develops, constructs, operates, maintains, and finances wind energy projects. The company offers its products and services under the Bike Republic, Bio-Planet, Boni Selection, Collect&Go, Colruyt Group Academy, Colruyt Lowest Prices, Colruyt Prix Qualité, Cru, DATS 24, Dreambaby, Dreamland, Everyday, Graindor, Kangourou, Okay, Spar Colruyt Group, Xtra, Jims, Newpharma, The Fashion Society, Codifrance, Colex, Solucious, Spar For You, and Symeta Hybrid brands. It provides its products and services to wholesalers, commercial customers, and affiliated independent merchants, as well as schools, care homes, the hospitality sector, etc. The company was formerly known as Etn. Fr. Colruyt NV and changed its name to Colruyt Group N.V. in October 2023. The company was founded in 1928 and is headquartered in Halle, Belgium.