YETI (YETI) Competitors

YETI (NYSE:YETI) and Brunswick (NYSE:BC) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, YETI or BC?

YETI has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Brunswick. YETI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brunswick, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
YETI	$1.83B	1.45	$175.69M	$2.10	15.55
Brunswick	$5.24B	0.71	$130.10M	$0.62	91.73

Do insiders and institutionals believe in YETI or BC?

99.3% of Brunswick shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of YETI shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Brunswick shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is YETI or BC more profitable?

YETI has a net margin of 9.73% compared to Brunswick's net margin of 0.82%. YETI's return on equity of 24.60% beat Brunswick's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
YETI	9.73%	24.60%	14.84%
Brunswick	0.82%	10.73%	3.54%

Does the media refer more to YETI or BC?

In the previous week, YETI had 35 more articles in the media than Brunswick. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for YETI and 4 mentions for Brunswick. Brunswick's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat YETI's score of 0.67 indicating that Brunswick is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
YETI	12 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brunswick	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer YETI or BC?

YETI presently has a consensus target price of $38.31, indicating a potential upside of 17.33%. Brunswick has a consensus target price of $68.25, indicating a potential upside of 20.01%. Given Brunswick's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Brunswick is more favorable than YETI.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
YETI	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36
Brunswick	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.54

Which has more risk and volatility, YETI or BC?

YETI has a beta of 1.84, indicating that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brunswick has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

YETI beats Brunswick on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.