MAT vs. HAS, BC, PII, RGR, MPX, JOUT, JAKK, FOXA, FWONK, and WBD
Should you be buying Mattel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mattel include Hasbro (HAS), Brunswick (BC), Polaris (PII), Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (RGR), Marine Products (MPX), Johnson Outdoors (JOUT), JAKKS Pacific (JAKK), FOX (FOXA), Formula One Group (FWONK), and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD).
Mattel vs.
Hasbro (NASDAQ:HAS) and Mattel (NASDAQ:MAT) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.
91.8% of Hasbro shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Mattel shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Hasbro shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Mattel shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Hasbro presently has a consensus price target of $79.89, indicating a potential upside of 16.86%. Mattel has a consensus price target of $24.14, indicating a potential upside of 21.75%. Given Mattel's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Mattel is more favorable than Hasbro.
Mattel has a net margin of 10.07% compared to Hasbro's net margin of 9.32%. Hasbro's return on equity of 47.93% beat Mattel's return on equity.
Hasbro has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mattel has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hasbro pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Mattel pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Hasbro pays out 92.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mattel pays out 38.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Mattel received 219 more outperform votes than Hasbro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.44% of users gave Mattel an outperform vote while only 58.25% of users gave Hasbro an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Hasbro had 17 more articles in the media than Mattel. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Hasbro and 21 mentions for Mattel. Mattel's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Hasbro's score of 0.72 indicating that Mattel is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mattel has higher revenue and earnings than Hasbro. Mattel is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hasbro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Mattel beats Hasbro on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MAT) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
