MAT vs. HAS, JAKK, TTWO, BC, PII, RGR, JOUT, MPX, BHAT, and LULU
Should you be buying Mattel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mattel include Hasbro (HAS), JAKKS Pacific (JAKK), Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO), Brunswick (BC), Polaris (PII), Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (RGR), Johnson Outdoors (JOUT), Marine Products (MPX), Blue Hat Interactive Entertainment Technology (BHAT), and lululemon athletica (LULU).
Mattel vs. Its Competitors
Mattel (NASDAQ:MAT) and Hasbro (NASDAQ:HAS) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, risk and dividends.
Mattel has a net margin of 9.87% compared to Hasbro's net margin of -13.37%. Hasbro's return on equity of 64.49% beat Mattel's return on equity.
Mattel presently has a consensus price target of $24.38, suggesting a potential upside of 32.40%. Hasbro has a consensus price target of $87.64, suggesting a potential upside of 17.15%. Given Mattel's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Mattel is more favorable than Hasbro.
97.2% of Mattel shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Hasbro shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Mattel shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Hasbro shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Mattel has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hasbro has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hasbro had 10 more articles in the media than Mattel. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Hasbro and 22 mentions for Mattel. Hasbro's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Mattel's score of 0.28 indicating that Hasbro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Summary
Mattel beats Hasbro on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:MAT) was last updated on 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
