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.
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE:RGR) and Marine Products (NYSE:MPX) 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 dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
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.
64.0% of Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.9% of Marine Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 75.7% of Marine Products shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
In the previous week, Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. had 3 more articles in the media than Marine Products. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. and 3 mentions for Marine Products. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.'s average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Marine Products' score of 0.14 indicating that Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. received 79 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 58.71% of users gave Marine Products an outperform vote.
Marine Products has a consensus price target of $8.00, indicating a potential downside of 11.82%. Given Marine Products' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Marine Products is more favorable than Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc..
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Marine Products pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. pays out 25.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. has a beta of 0.17, indicating that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marine Products has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. beats Marine Products on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MPX) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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