PII vs. HAS, MAT, BC, RGR, JOUT, MPX, JAKK, 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), Johnson Outdoors (JOUT), Marine Products (MPX), JAKKS Pacific (JAKK), BRP (DOOO), ADS-TEC Energy (ADSE), and Serve Robotics (SERV).
Polaris vs.
Hasbro (NASDAQ:HAS) and Polaris (NYSE:PII) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and media sentiment.
Hasbro pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Polaris pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Hasbro pays out -60.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Polaris pays out 73.7% 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. Polaris has raised its dividend for 29 consecutive years. Hasbro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
91.8% of Hasbro shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Polaris shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Hasbro shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Polaris shares are held 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.
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 received 10 more outperform votes than Hasbro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.96% of users gave Polaris an outperform vote while only 58.23% of users gave Hasbro an outperform vote.
Hasbro presently has a consensus target price of $80.67, indicating a potential upside of 38.29%. Polaris has a consensus target price of $87.09, indicating a potential upside of 48.92%. Given Polaris' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Polaris is more favorable than Hasbro.
In the previous week, Hasbro had 22 more articles in the media than Polaris. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Hasbro and 9 mentions for Polaris. Polaris' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Hasbro's score of 0.13 indicating that Polaris is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Polaris has a net margin of 2.64% compared to Hasbro's net margin of -14.83%. Hasbro's return on equity of 47.91% beat Polaris' return on equity.
Hasbro has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polaris has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Polaris beats Hasbro on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PII) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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