BC vs. HAS, MAT, PII, RGR, MPX, JOUT, JAKK, BWXT, TPIC, 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), TPI Composites (TPIC), 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 better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Brunswick shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hasbro presently has a consensus price target of $80.67, indicating a potential upside of 30.42%. Brunswick has a consensus price target of $89.23, indicating a potential upside of 13.74%. Given Hasbro's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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.
Hasbro has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brunswick has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hasbro pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Brunswick pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. 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 raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Hasbro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Brunswick received 149 more outperform votes than Hasbro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.22% of users gave Brunswick an outperform vote while only 58.23% of users gave Hasbro an outperform vote.
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 64 more articles in the media than Brunswick. MarketBeat recorded 69 mentions for Hasbro and 5 mentions for Brunswick. Brunswick's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Hasbro's score of 0.24 indicating that Brunswick is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Brunswick beats Hasbro on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BC) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
