BC vs. HAS, MAT, PII, RGR, JAKK, JOUT, MPX, 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), JAKKS Pacific (JAKK), Johnson Outdoors (JOUT), Marine Products (MPX), 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 risk, profitability, earnings, community ranking, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Hasbro has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brunswick has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hasbro pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Brunswick pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Hasbro pays out -60.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brunswick pays out 88.4% 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 12 consecutive years. Hasbro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Brunswick has a net margin of 2.48% 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 31 more articles in the media than Brunswick. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Hasbro and 16 mentions for Brunswick. Brunswick's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Hasbro's score of 0.52 indicating that Brunswick is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Brunswick received 151 more outperform votes than Hasbro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.00% of users gave Brunswick an outperform vote while only 58.35% of users gave Hasbro an outperform vote.
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, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Hasbro currently has a consensus price target of $80.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.41%. Brunswick has a consensus price target of $81.85, indicating a potential upside of 30.31%. Given Brunswick's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Brunswick is more favorable than Hasbro.
Summary
Brunswick beats Hasbro on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BC) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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