BC vs. HAS, MAT, PII, RGR, JOUT, MPX, JAKK, BWXT, TPIC, and WPRT
Should you be buying Brunswick stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brunswick include Hasbro (HAS), Mattel (MAT), Polaris (PII), Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (RGR), Johnson Outdoors (JOUT), Marine Products (MPX), JAKKS Pacific (JAKK), BWX Technologies (BWXT), TPI Composites (TPIC), and Westport Fuel Systems (WPRT).
Brunswick (NYSE:BC) and Hasbro (NASDAQ:HAS) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and community ranking.
Brunswick received 148 more outperform votes than Hasbro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.12% of users gave Brunswick an outperform vote while only 58.00% of users gave Hasbro an outperform vote.
Brunswick has higher revenue and earnings than Hasbro. Hasbro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brunswick, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Brunswick presently has a consensus price target of $93.38, indicating a potential upside of 13.15%. Hasbro has a consensus price target of $68.17, indicating a potential upside of 14.03%. Given Hasbro's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hasbro is more favorable than Brunswick.
In the previous week, Hasbro had 9 more articles in the media than Brunswick. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Hasbro and 5 mentions for Brunswick. Hasbro's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Brunswick's score of 0.23 indicating that Hasbro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Brunswick pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Hasbro pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Brunswick pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hasbro pays out -27.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Hasbro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
99.3% of Brunswick shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Hasbro shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Brunswick shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Hasbro shares are held 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.
Brunswick has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hasbro has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Brunswick has a net margin of 6.24% compared to Hasbro's net margin of -29.60%. Hasbro's return on equity of 25.41% beat Brunswick's return on equity.
Summary
Brunswick beats Hasbro on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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