MAT vs. HAS, BC, PII, RGR, JOUT, MPX, JAKK, LYV, K, and RCI
Should you be buying Mattel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mattel include Hasbro (HAS), Brunswick (BC), Polaris (PII), Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (RGR), Johnson Outdoors (JOUT), Marine Products (MPX), JAKKS Pacific (JAKK), Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), Kellanova (K), and Rogers Communications (RCI).
Hasbro (NASDAQ:HAS) and Mattel (NASDAQ:MAT) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Hasbro has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mattel has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hasbro had 3 more articles in the media than Mattel. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Hasbro and 10 mentions for Mattel. Mattel's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Hasbro's score of 0.67 indicating that Hasbro is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mattel has a net margin of 5.38% compared to Mattel's net margin of -29.60%. Mattel's return on equity of 25.41% beat Hasbro's return on equity.
91.8% of Hasbro shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Mattel shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Hasbro shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Mattel shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Hasbro presently has a consensus price target of $68.17, indicating a potential upside of 14.03%. Mattel has a consensus price target of $22.78, indicating a potential upside of 28.04%. Given Hasbro's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mattel is more favorable than Hasbro.
Mattel has higher revenue and earnings than Hasbro. Hasbro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mattel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mattel received 218 more outperform votes than Hasbro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.59% of users gave Mattel an outperform vote while only 58.00% of users gave Hasbro an outperform vote.
Summary
Mattel beats Hasbro on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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