BC vs. HAS, MAT, PII, RGR, JOUT, MPX, JAKK, BWXT, TPIC, and WPRT
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), Johnson Outdoors (JOUT), Marine Products (MPX), JAKKS Pacific (JAKK), BWX Technologies (BWXT), TPI Composites (TPIC), and Westport Fuel Systems (WPRT).
Brunswick (NYSE:BC) and Hasbro (NASDAQ:HAS) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
Brunswick has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hasbro has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
99.3% of Brunswick shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Hasbro shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Brunswick shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Hasbro shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Brunswick received 151 more outperform votes than Hasbro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.20% of users gave Brunswick an outperform vote while only 58.17% of users gave Hasbro an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, Hasbro had 10 more articles in the media than Brunswick. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Hasbro and 13 mentions for Brunswick. Hasbro's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Brunswick's score of 0.45 indicating that Hasbro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Brunswick pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Hasbro pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Brunswick pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hasbro pays out -27.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Brunswick has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Hasbro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Brunswick presently has a consensus target price of $89.23, indicating a potential upside of 4.77%. Hasbro has a consensus target price of $72.73, indicating a potential upside of 0.76%. Given Brunswick's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Brunswick is more favorable than Hasbro.
Brunswick has a net margin of 5.92% compared to Hasbro's net margin of -22.78%. Hasbro's return on equity of 38.83% beat Brunswick's return on equity.
Summary
Brunswick beats Hasbro on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BC) was last updated on 10/15/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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