BC vs. HAS, MAT, PII, RGR, MPX, JOUT, JAKK, BWXT, PSIX, and WPRT
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), Marine Products (MPX), Johnson Outdoors (JOUT), JAKKS Pacific (JAKK), BWX Technologies (BWXT), Power Solutions International (PSIX), and Westport Fuel Systems (WPRT).
Brunswick vs.
Hasbro (NASDAQ:HAS) and Brunswick (NYSE:BC) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends and valuation.
Hasbro currently has a consensus price target of $80.22, suggesting a potential upside of 52.83%. Brunswick has a consensus price target of $76.67, suggesting a potential upside of 76.37%. Given Brunswick's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brunswick is more favorable than Hasbro.
Brunswick received 151 more outperform votes than Hasbro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.75% of users gave Brunswick an outperform vote while only 58.28% of users gave Hasbro an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Hasbro had 13 more articles in the media than Brunswick. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Hasbro and 25 mentions for Brunswick. Brunswick's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Hasbro's score of 0.67 indicating that Brunswick is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hasbro has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brunswick has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hasbro has a net margin of 9.32% compared to Brunswick's net margin of 2.48%. Hasbro's return on equity of 47.93% beat Brunswick's return on equity.
91.8% of Hasbro shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Brunswick shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Hasbro shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Brunswick shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Hasbro pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Brunswick pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Hasbro pays out 101.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brunswick pays out 90.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brunswick has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years.
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.
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 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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