BC vs. HAS, MAT, PII, RGR, JOUT, MPX, JAKK, BWXT, PSIX, and TPIC
Should you be buying Brunswick stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brunswick include Hasbro (HAS), Mattel (MAT), Polaris (PII), Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (RGR), Johnson Outdoors (JOUT), Marine Products (MPX), JAKKS Pacific (JAKK), BWX Technologies (BWXT), Power Solutions International (PSIX), and TPI Composites (TPIC).
Brunswick vs.
Hasbro (NASDAQ:HAS) and Brunswick (NYSE:BC) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.
Hasbro currently has a consensus target price of $80.11, indicating a potential upside of 39.71%. Brunswick has a consensus target price of $87.46, indicating a potential upside of 29.51%. Given Hasbro's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hasbro is more favorable than Brunswick.
Brunswick has higher revenue and earnings than Hasbro. Hasbro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brunswick, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
91.8% of Hasbro shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Brunswick shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Hasbro shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Brunswick shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hasbro pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Brunswick pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Hasbro pays out -60.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brunswick pays out 41.8% 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. Brunswick has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Hasbro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Brunswick has a net margin of 5.02% compared to Hasbro's net margin of -14.83%. Hasbro's return on equity of 47.91% beat Brunswick's return on equity.
In the previous week, Hasbro had 5 more articles in the media than Brunswick. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Hasbro and 22 mentions for Brunswick. Brunswick's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Hasbro's score of 0.19 indicating that Brunswick is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hasbro has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brunswick has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Brunswick received 150 more outperform votes than Hasbro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.20% of users gave Brunswick an outperform vote while only 58.27% of users gave Hasbro an outperform vote.
Summary
Brunswick beats Hasbro on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BC) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
