MAT vs. PVH, LBTYK, LBTYA, HRB, BFAM, BYD, REYN, BC, GIL, and CHH
Should you be buying Mattel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mattel include PVH (PVH), Liberty Global (LBTYK), Liberty Global (LBTYA), H&R Block (HRB), Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Boyd Gaming (BYD), Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN), Brunswick (BC), Gildan Activewear (GIL), and Choice Hotels International (CHH). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
PVH (NYSE:PVH) and Mattel (NASDAQ:MAT) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.
PVH has higher revenue and earnings than Mattel. PVH is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mattel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PVH has a net margin of 7.20% compared to PVH's net margin of 5.38%. PVH's return on equity of 24.32% beat Mattel's return on equity.
PVH has a beta of 2.2, meaning that its share price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mattel has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
PVH presently has a consensus price target of $128.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.00%. Mattel has a consensus price target of $22.78, suggesting a potential upside of 25.36%. Given PVH's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mattel is more favorable than PVH.
97.3% of PVH shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Mattel shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of PVH shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Mattel shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Mattel had 8 more articles in the media than PVH. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Mattel and 27 mentions for PVH. Mattel's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat PVH's score of 0.42 indicating that PVH is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PVH received 160 more outperform votes than Mattel when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.01% of users gave PVH an outperform vote while only 66.59% of users gave Mattel an outperform vote.
Summary
PVH beats Mattel on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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