MPX vs. RGR, JOUT, JAKK, HAS, MAT, BC, PII, MBUU, MCFT, and VEEE
Should you be buying Marine Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marine Products include Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (RGR), Johnson Outdoors (JOUT), JAKKS Pacific (JAKK), Hasbro (HAS), Mattel (MAT), Brunswick (BC), Polaris (PII), Malibu Boats (MBUU), MasterCraft Boat (MCFT), and Twin Vee Powercats (VEEE).
Marine Products vs.
Marine Products (NYSE:MPX) and Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE:RGR) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.
Marine Products has a net margin of 7.32% compared to Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.'s net margin of 5.83%. Marine Products' return on equity of 13.55% beat Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.'s return on equity.
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. received 81 more outperform votes than Marine Products when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.92% of users gave Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. an outperform vote while only 58.65% of users gave Marine Products an outperform vote.
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. has higher revenue and earnings than Marine Products. Marine Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Marine Products currently has a consensus price target of $8.00, indicating a potential downside of 14.35%. Given Marine Products' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Marine Products is more favorable than Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc..
In the previous week, Marine Products and Marine Products both had 2 articles in the media. Marine Products' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.'s score of -0.41 indicating that Marine Products is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Marine Products has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. has a beta of 0.16, suggesting that its share price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Marine Products pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Marine Products pays out 105.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. pays out 25.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
13.9% of Marine Products shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.0% of Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. 75.7% of Marine Products shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. beats Marine Products on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MPX) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
