MAT vs. BYD, LBTYA, PVH, BFAM, RRR, GIL, LBTYK, REYN, CHH, and BC
Should you be buying Mattel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mattel include Boyd Gaming (BYD), Liberty Global (LBTYA), PVH (PVH), Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Gildan Activewear (GIL), Liberty Global (LBTYK), Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN), Choice Hotels International (CHH), and Brunswick (BC). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD) 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 institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.
76.8% of Boyd Gaming shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Mattel shares are held by institutional investors. 28.4% of Boyd Gaming 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, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Boyd Gaming has a net margin of 16.58% compared to Boyd Gaming's net margin of 3.94%. Mattel's return on equity of 36.97% beat Boyd Gaming's return on equity.
Boyd Gaming has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mattel. Boyd Gaming is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mattel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Boyd Gaming has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mattel has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Mattel had 23 more articles in the media than Boyd Gaming. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Mattel and 4 mentions for Boyd Gaming. Mattel's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Boyd Gaming's score of 0.25 indicating that Boyd Gaming is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mattel received 263 more outperform votes than Boyd Gaming when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.56% of users gave Mattel an outperform vote while only 60.04% of users gave Boyd Gaming an outperform vote.
Boyd Gaming currently has a consensus price target of $76.30, suggesting a potential upside of 20.01%. Mattel has a consensus price target of $22.13, suggesting a potential upside of 18.13%. Given Mattel's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Boyd Gaming is more favorable than Mattel.
Summary
Boyd Gaming beats Mattel on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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