MPX vs. RGR, JOUT, JAKK, HAS, MAT, BC, PII, MBUU, MCFT, and VMAR
Should you be buying Marine Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marine Products include Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (RGR), Johnson Outdoors (JOUT), JAKKS Pacific (JAKK), Hasbro (HAS), Mattel (MAT), Brunswick (BC), Polaris (PII), Malibu Boats (MBUU), MasterCraft Boat (MCFT), and Vision Marine Technologies (VMAR).
Marine Products vs. Its Competitors
Marine Products (NYSE:MPX) and Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE:RGR) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and risk.
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. received 81 more outperform votes than Marine Products when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.13% of users gave Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. an outperform vote while only 58.81% of users gave Marine Products an outperform vote.
Marine Products pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Marine Products pays out 133.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. pays out 39.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Marine Products has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. has a beta of 0.11, suggesting that its stock price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Marine Products has a net margin of 7.55% compared to Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.'s net margin of 5.70%. Marine Products' return on equity of 13.08% beat Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.'s return on equity.
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. has higher revenue and earnings than Marine Products. Marine Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
13.9% of Marine Products shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.0% of Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. shares are held by institutional investors. 75.2% of Marine Products shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. had 6 more articles in the media than Marine Products. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. and 0 mentions for Marine Products. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.'s average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Marine Products' score of 0.00 indicating that Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Marine Products currently has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.15%. Given Marine Products' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Marine Products is more favorable than Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc..
Summary
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. beats Marine Products on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MPX) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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