Acushnet (GOLF) Competitors

Acushnet (NYSE:GOLF) and YETI (NYSE:YETI) 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 earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.

Do analysts recommend GOLF or YETI?

Acushnet presently has a consensus price target of $70.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.20%. YETI has a consensus price target of $39.40, indicating a potential upside of 32.49%. Given YETI's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe YETI is more favorable than Acushnet.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Acushnet	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
YETI	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GOLF or YETI?

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

Which has more risk and volatility, GOLF or YETI?

Acushnet has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, YETI has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor GOLF or YETI?

In the previous week, YETI had 11 more articles in the media than Acushnet. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for YETI and 10 mentions for Acushnet. YETI's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Acushnet's score of 1.03 indicating that YETI is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Acushnet	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
YETI	13 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is GOLF or YETI 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
Acushnet	7.78%	21.45%	8.52%
YETI	9.60%	28.23%	16.46%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, GOLF or YETI?

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
Acushnet	$2.45B	1.66	$198.43M	$3.60	19.21
YETI	$1.84B	1.34	$175.69M	$2.08	14.30

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GOLF or YETI?

Acushnet received 40 more outperform votes than YETI when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.05% of users gave YETI an outperform vote while only 52.33% of users gave Acushnet an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Acushnet	Outperform Votes 281 52.33%	Underperform Votes 256 47.67%
YETI	Outperform Votes 241 56.05%	Underperform Votes 189 43.95%

Summary

YETI beats Acushnet on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.