Acushnet (GOLF) Competitors

YETI (NYSE:YETI) and Acushnet (NYSE:GOLF) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.

Is YETI or GOLF more profitable?

YETI has a net margin of 9.60% compared to Acushnet's net margin of 7.78%. YETI's return on equity of 28.23% beat Acushnet's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
YETI	9.60%	28.23%	16.46%
Acushnet	7.78%	21.45%	8.52%

Do analysts rate YETI or GOLF?

YETI presently has a consensus price target of $42.20, indicating a potential upside of 47.81%. Acushnet has a consensus price target of $70.60, indicating a potential upside of 6.49%. Given YETI's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe YETI is more favorable than Acushnet.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
YETI	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Acushnet	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Which has higher earnings and valuation, YETI or GOLF?

Acushnet has higher revenue and earnings than YETI. YETI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acushnet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
YETI	$1.83B	1.29	$175.69M	$2.06	13.86
Acushnet	$2.46B	1.62	$198.43M	$3.33	19.91

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer YETI or GOLF?

Acushnet received 42 more outperform votes than YETI when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.87% of users gave YETI an outperform vote while only 52.43% of users gave Acushnet an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
YETI	Outperform Votes 238 55.87%	Underperform Votes 188 44.13%
Acushnet	Outperform Votes 280 52.43%	Underperform Votes 254 47.57%

Does the media prefer YETI or GOLF?

In the previous week, YETI had 13 more articles in the media than Acushnet. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for YETI and 7 mentions for Acushnet. Acushnet's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat YETI's score of 0.88 indicating that Acushnet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
YETI	8 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Acushnet	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in YETI or GOLF?

53.1% of Acushnet shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of YETI shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 54.6% of Acushnet shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, YETI or GOLF?

YETI has a beta of 2.04, suggesting that its share price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acushnet has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

YETI and Acushnet tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.