PII vs. HAS, MAT, BC, RGR, JAKK, JOUT, MPX, DOOO, ADSE, and SERV
Should you be buying Polaris stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Polaris include Hasbro (HAS), Mattel (MAT), Brunswick (BC), Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (RGR), JAKKS Pacific (JAKK), Johnson Outdoors (JOUT), Marine Products (MPX), BRP (DOOO), ADS-TEC Energy (ADSE), and Serve Robotics (SERV).
Polaris vs.
Polaris (NYSE:PII) and Hasbro (NASDAQ:HAS) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
88.1% of Polaris shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Hasbro shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Polaris shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Hasbro shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Polaris has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hasbro has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Polaris received 10 more outperform votes than Hasbro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.42% of users gave Polaris an outperform vote while only 58.35% of users gave Hasbro an outperform vote.
Polaris has higher revenue and earnings than Hasbro. Hasbro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Polaris, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Polaris presently has a consensus price target of $66.17, indicating a potential upside of 42.10%. Hasbro has a consensus price target of $80.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.41%. Given Polaris' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Polaris is more favorable than Hasbro.
Polaris pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Hasbro pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Polaris pays out 134.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hasbro pays out -60.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Polaris has increased its dividend for 30 consecutive years. Polaris is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Polaris has a net margin of 1.54% compared to Hasbro's net margin of -14.83%. Hasbro's return on equity of 47.91% beat Polaris' return on equity.
In the previous week, Hasbro had 40 more articles in the media than Polaris. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Hasbro and 6 mentions for Polaris. Polaris' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Hasbro's score of 0.47 indicating that Polaris is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Polaris beats Hasbro on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PII) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
