HAS vs. MAT, PARA, LBTYK, CROX, MHK, PVH, BFAM, HRB, LBTYA, and DLB
Should you be buying Hasbro stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hasbro include Mattel (MAT), Paramount Global (PARA), Liberty Global (LBTYK), Crocs (CROX), Mohawk Industries (MHK), PVH (PVH), Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), H&R Block (HRB), Liberty Global (LBTYA), and Dolby Laboratories (DLB). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Hasbro (NASDAQ:HAS) and Mattel (NASDAQ:MAT) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Mattel received 224 more outperform votes than Hasbro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.56% of users gave Mattel an outperform vote while only 58.08% of users gave Hasbro an outperform vote.
Mattel has a net margin of 3.94% compared to Hasbro's net margin of -29.77%. Mattel's return on equity of 21.25% beat Hasbro's return on equity.
Mattel has higher revenue and earnings than Hasbro. Hasbro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mattel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Hasbro had 23 more articles in the media than Mattel. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Hasbro and 12 mentions for Mattel. Mattel's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Hasbro's score of 0.37 indicating that Mattel is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
82.8% of Hasbro shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Mattel shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Hasbro shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Mattel shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hasbro has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mattel has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hasbro currently has a consensus price target of $63.20, suggesting a potential upside of 18.60%. Mattel has a consensus price target of $22.13, suggesting a potential upside of 14.40%. Given Hasbro's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hasbro is more favorable than Mattel.
Summary
Mattel beats Hasbro on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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