Clear leader
11 companies value 189 bn revenue 82 bn margin 12.9% free cash flow 10 bn avg. score 4.1
UL holds 75.3% of the group's value, 3.7x the runner-up
| Rank | Ticker | Company | Share | Value | Revenue | Margin | FCF | 5 years | FCF/px | Yield | What it does · why it is here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UL | Unilever United Kingdom · score 7.0 | 75% | 142 bn | 57 bn | 19.3% | 8.1 bn | 5.7% | 3.4% | Consumer products: Dove, Omo, Knorr and Hellmann's · Global personal care, beauty and food portfolio with a strong emerging-market presence | |
| 2 | EL | Estee Lauder United States · score 4.9 | 20% | 38 bn | 15 bn | 1.2% | 1.3 bn | 3.4% | 1.3% | Prestige cosmetics and fragrances: Estée Lauder, MAC and Clinique · Portfolio of luxury beauty brands sold worldwide | |
| 3 | IPAR | INTERPARFUMS INC United States · score 7.4 | 2% | 3.7 bn | 1.5 bn | 11.2% | 0.3 bn | 6.7% | 2.8% | Licensed brand fragrances, in Europe and the United States · New York — revenue of $1.5bn | |
| 4 | COTY | Coty Inc. United States · score 2.9 | 2% | 2.8 bn | 5.8 bn | -10.4% | 0.3 bn | 12.4% | — | Fragrances and cosmetics from licensed brands · Designer fragrance licenses; leverage still high | |
| 5 | ODD | Oddity Tech Ltd Israel · score 5.3 | 1% | 1.3 bn | 0.8 bn | 13.7% | 0.1 bn | 6.3% | — | Largest online direct-to-consumer beauty and wellness company · Israel — revenue of $810m | |
| 6 | NUS | NU SKIN ENTERPRISES, INC. United States · score 2.7 | 0% | 0.2 bn | 1.4 bn | -15.7% | 0.0 bn | 4.5% | 4.8% | Cosmetics and supplements through network marketing · Utah — revenue of $1.4bn | |
| 7 | YSG | Yatsen Holding Ltd China · score 0.1 | 0% | 0.2 bn | 0.6 bn | -1.9% | -0.0 bn | -8.2% | — | Cosmetics and dermocosmetics in China · China — revenue of $615m | |
| 8 | SLSN | SOLESENCE, INC. United States · score 2.5 | 0% | 0.1 bn | 0.1 bn | -5.3% | 0.0 bn | 1.6% | — | Materials and formulations for sun protection and skin care · Illinois — revenue of $55m | |
| 9 | UG | UNITED GUARDIAN INC United States · score 7.7 | 0% | 0.0 bn | 0.0 bn | 22.0% | 0.0 bn | 10.9% | 7.3% | Cosmetic ingredients and health products · New York — revenue of $11m | |
| 10 | WNW | Meiwu Technology Co Ltd China · score 3.3 | — | — | 0.0 bn | -262.5% | 0.0 bn | — | — | Functional skincare products in China, formerly online food retail · China — revenue of $7m | |
| 11 | BYAH | Park Ha Biological Technology Co., Ltd. China · score 1.4 | — | — | 0.0 bn | -214.2% | 0.0 bn | — | — | Cosmetics and skin care in China · China — revenue of $3m |
Other industries in the same sector
- Sector overview
- Food retail and wholesale 5 companies
- Non-alcoholic beverages 18 companies
- Tobacco and nicotine 7 companies
- Cleaning and personal care products 12 companies
- Alcoholic beverages 12 companies
- Processed foods 29 companies
- Pharmacies and retail health 6 companies
- Foodservice distribution 8 companies
- Packaged foods (brands) 13 companies
- Discount retail (dollar stores) 5 companies
- Agribusiness and agricultural trading 15 companies
- Supermarkets 10 companies
and 9 industries more
- Bottled water and delivery 3 companies
- Animal protein 10 companies
- Convenience stores and fuel 3 companies
- American spirits 3 companies
- Pet retail 5 companies
- Animal feed and nutrition 3 companies
- Nutrition and supplements 18 companies
- Industrial baking 2 companies
- Fresh produce and foods 6 companies
What this is. A catalogue, not a guide. Every industry with stocks listed on the NYSE or NASDAQ, the companies contending for its leadership, what each one does according to its own annual report, and the balance sheet it filed with the SEC.
The score runs from 0 to 10 and compares each company with every other one in the almanac on cash generation, profitability, debt, dividends and consistency over the last five years. The higher it is, the better the company fares in that comparison. Curious how much each part weighs? Ask at the bottom of the page.
The score runs from 0 to 10 and compares each company with every other one in the almanac on cash generation, profitability, debt, dividends and consistency over the last five years. The higher it is, the better the company fares in that comparison. Curious how much each part weighs? Ask at the bottom of the page.