HAS vs. MAT, BC, PII, RGR, JOUT, MPX, JAKK, FNKO, SRM, and BHAT
Should you be buying Hasbro stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hasbro include Mattel (MAT), Brunswick (BC), Polaris (PII), Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (RGR), Johnson Outdoors (JOUT), Marine Products (MPX), JAKKS Pacific (JAKK), Funko (FNKO), SRM Entertainment (SRM), and Fujian Blue Hat Interactive Entertainment Technology (BHAT).
Hasbro vs.
Hasbro (NASDAQ:HAS) and Mattel (NASDAQ:MAT) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
Hasbro currently has a consensus price target of $80.67, suggesting a potential upside of 40.09%. Mattel has a consensus price target of $23.75, suggesting a potential upside of 32.98%. Given Hasbro's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hasbro is more favorable than Mattel.
In the previous week, Hasbro had 21 more articles in the media than Mattel. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Hasbro and 9 mentions for Mattel. Mattel's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Hasbro's score of 0.11 indicating that Mattel is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hasbro pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Mattel pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Hasbro pays out -60.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mattel pays out 37.5% 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.
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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Mattel has a net margin of 10.24% compared to Hasbro's net margin of -14.83%. Hasbro's return on equity of 47.91% beat Mattel's return on equity.
Mattel received 214 more outperform votes than Hasbro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.41% of users gave Mattel an outperform vote while only 58.23% of users gave Hasbro an outperform vote.
Hasbro has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mattel has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
Mattel beats Hasbro on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HAS) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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