GOLF vs. YETI, MODG, PTON, JOUT, CLAR, ESCA, FTEL, DTC, AOUT, and YYAI
Should you be buying Acushnet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Acushnet include YETI (YETI), Topgolf Callaway Brands (MODG), Peloton Interactive (PTON), Johnson Outdoors (JOUT), Clarus (CLAR), Escalade (ESCA), Fitell (FTEL), Solo Brands (DTC), American Outdoor Brands (AOUT), and Connexa Sports Technologies (YYAI). These companies are all part of the "sporting & athletic goods, not elsewhere classified" industry.
YETI (NYSE:YETI) and Acushnet (NYSE:GOLF) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.
YETI has a beta of 2.26, indicating that its stock price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acushnet has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
53.1% of Acushnet shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of YETI shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 54.6% of Acushnet shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
YETI currently has a consensus target price of $46.80, suggesting a potential upside of 20.59%. Acushnet has a consensus target price of $66.38, suggesting a potential upside of 4.86%. Given Acushnet's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe YETI is more favorable than Acushnet.
YETI has a net margin of 10.32% compared to YETI's net margin of 8.03%. Acushnet's return on equity of 28.81% beat YETI's return on equity.
Acushnet received 43 more outperform votes than YETI when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.71% of users gave YETI an outperform vote while only 52.58% of users gave Acushnet an outperform vote.
Acushnet has higher revenue and earnings than YETI. YETI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acushnet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, YETI had 2 more articles in the media than Acushnet. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for YETI and 8 mentions for Acushnet. Acushnet's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat YETI's score of 0.41 indicating that YETI is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
YETI beats Acushnet on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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