BC vs. HAS, MAT, PII, RGR, MPX, JOUT, JAKK, BWXT, PSIX, and CYD
Should you be buying Brunswick stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brunswick include Hasbro (HAS), Mattel (MAT), Polaris (PII), Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (RGR), Marine Products (MPX), Johnson Outdoors (JOUT), JAKKS Pacific (JAKK), BWX Technologies (BWXT), Power Solutions International (PSIX), and China Yuchai International (CYD).
Brunswick vs.
Hasbro (NASDAQ:HAS) and Brunswick (NYSE:BC) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
Hasbro pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Brunswick pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. 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. Brunswick pays out 142.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brunswick has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Hasbro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
91.8% of Hasbro shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Brunswick shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Hasbro shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Brunswick shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Brunswick has higher revenue and earnings than Hasbro. Hasbro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brunswick, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hasbro presently has a consensus target price of $79.89, indicating a potential upside of 16.86%. Brunswick has a consensus target price of $71.31, indicating a potential upside of 35.05%. Given Brunswick's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Brunswick is more favorable than Hasbro.
Hasbro has a net margin of 9.32% compared to Brunswick's net margin of 2.48%. Hasbro's return on equity of 47.93% beat Brunswick's return on equity.
Brunswick received 151 more outperform votes than Hasbro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.59% of users gave Brunswick an outperform vote while only 58.25% of users gave Hasbro an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Hasbro had 20 more articles in the media than Brunswick. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Hasbro and 10 mentions for Brunswick. Brunswick's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Hasbro's score of 0.72 indicating that Brunswick is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hasbro has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brunswick has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Hasbro beats Brunswick on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BC) was last updated on 5/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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