Mattel (MAT) Competitors

Mattel (NASDAQ:MAT) and Hasbro (NASDAQ:HAS) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MAT or HAS?

97.2% of Mattel shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Hasbro shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Mattel shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Hasbro 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MAT or HAS?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mattel	Outperform Votes 854 66.41%	Underperform Votes 432 33.59%
Hasbro	Outperform Votes 640 58.23%	Underperform Votes 459 41.77%

Do analysts rate MAT or HAS?

Mattel currently has a consensus price target of $23.75, suggesting a potential upside of 27.21%. Hasbro has a consensus price target of $80.67, suggesting a potential upside of 29.67%. Given Hasbro's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hasbro is more favorable than Mattel.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mattel	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44
Hasbro	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, MAT or HAS?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mattel	$5.44B	1.16	$214.35M	$1.60	11.67
Hasbro	$5.00B	1.73	-$1.49B	-$4.64	-13.41

Does the media refer more to MAT or HAS?

In the previous week, Hasbro had 1 more articles in the media than Mattel. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Hasbro and 31 mentions for Mattel. Hasbro's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat Mattel's score of 0.07 indicating that Hasbro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mattel	4 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	9 Negative mention(s)	5 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Hasbro	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	21 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is MAT or HAS more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mattel	10.24%	25.39%	8.62%
Hasbro	-14.83%	47.91%	8.21%

Which has more risk & volatility, MAT or HAS?

Mattel has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hasbro has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Mattel beats Hasbro on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.