HAS vs. JAKK, MAT, STRA, MGM, RCL, BC, PII, RGR, JOUT, and MPX
Should you be buying Hasbro stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hasbro include JAKKS Pacific (JAKK), Mattel (MAT), Strategic Education (STRA), MGM Resorts International (MGM), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Brunswick (BC), Polaris (PII), Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (RGR), Johnson Outdoors (JOUT), and Marine Products (MPX).
Hasbro vs. Its Competitors
JAKKS Pacific (NASDAQ:JAKK) and Hasbro (NASDAQ:HAS) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
JAKKS Pacific currently has a consensus price target of $41.00, indicating a potential upside of 132.95%. Hasbro has a consensus price target of $86.42, indicating a potential upside of 8.39%. Given JAKKS Pacific's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe JAKKS Pacific is more favorable than Hasbro.
JAKKS Pacific has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hasbro has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hasbro had 18 more articles in the media than JAKKS Pacific. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Hasbro and 2 mentions for JAKKS Pacific. JAKKS Pacific's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Hasbro's score of 0.65 indicating that JAKKS Pacific is being referred to more favorably in the media.
JAKKS Pacific pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Hasbro pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. JAKKS Pacific pays out 29.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hasbro pays out -69.0% 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.
JAKKS Pacific has a net margin of 5.62% compared to Hasbro's net margin of -13.37%. Hasbro's return on equity of 64.49% beat JAKKS Pacific's return on equity.
44.4% of JAKKS Pacific shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Hasbro shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of JAKKS Pacific shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Hasbro shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Hasbro has higher revenue and earnings than JAKKS Pacific. Hasbro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JAKKS Pacific, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Hasbro beats JAKKS Pacific on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:HAS) was last updated on 9/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
