HAS vs. TAL, PSO, PARA, ROKU, CROX, LNW, BIRK, DLB, CZR, and TTC
Should you be buying Hasbro stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hasbro include TAL Education Group (TAL), Pearson (PSO), Paramount Global (PARA), Roku (ROKU), Crocs (CROX), Light & Wonder (LNW), Birkenstock (BIRK), Dolby Laboratories (DLB), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), and Toro (TTC). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
TAL Education Group (NYSE:TAL) and Hasbro (NASDAQ:HAS) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
TAL Education Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hasbro. TAL Education Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hasbro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TAL Education Group has a net margin of -0.24% compared to TAL Education Group's net margin of -29.60%. TAL Education Group's return on equity of 25.41% beat Hasbro's return on equity.
Hasbro received 106 more outperform votes than TAL Education Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.92% of users gave TAL Education Group an outperform vote while only 57.88% of users gave Hasbro an outperform vote.
37.8% of TAL Education Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Hasbro shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of TAL Education Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Hasbro shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Hasbro had 14 more articles in the media than TAL Education Group. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Hasbro and 5 mentions for TAL Education Group. Hasbro's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat TAL Education Group's score of 0.31 indicating that TAL Education Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TAL Education Group currently has a consensus target price of $12.37, suggesting a potential downside of 4.36%. Hasbro has a consensus target price of $66.36, suggesting a potential upside of 10.37%. Given TAL Education Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hasbro is more favorable than TAL Education Group.
TAL Education Group has a beta of 0.12, indicating that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hasbro has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Hasbro beats TAL Education Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HAS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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