GOLF vs. YETI, PTON, ARLO, MODG, KN, DTC, SONO, FNKO, ESCA, and CLAR
Should you be buying Acushnet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Acushnet include YETI (YETI), Peloton Interactive (PTON), Arlo Technologies (ARLO), Topgolf Callaway Brands (MODG), Knowles (KN), Solo Brands (DTC), Sonos (SONO), Funko (FNKO), Escalade (ESCA), and Clarus (CLAR). These companies are all part of the "recreation" industry.
Acushnet vs. Its Competitors
YETI (NYSE:YETI) and Acushnet (NYSE:GOLF) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.
YETI has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acushnet has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
YETI presently has a consensus target price of $39.67, indicating a potential upside of 13.40%. Acushnet has a consensus target price of $72.50, indicating a potential downside of 10.35%. Given YETI's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe YETI is more favorable than Acushnet.
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.
In the previous week, YETI had 14 more articles in the media than Acushnet. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for YETI and 10 mentions for Acushnet. Acushnet's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat YETI's score of 0.58 indicating that Acushnet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
YETI has a net margin of 9.59% compared to Acushnet's net margin of 9.21%. Acushnet's return on equity of 26.81% beat YETI's return on equity.
53.1% of Acushnet shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of YETI shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 53.6% 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.
Summary
Acushnet beats YETI on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:GOLF) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
