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.
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE:RGR) and Marine Products (NYSE:MPX) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, profitability, dividends, earnings and media sentiment.
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. has a beta of 0.2, indicating that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marine Products has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Marine Products pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. pays out 39.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. has higher revenue and earnings than Marine Products. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marine Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. had 3 more articles in the media than Marine Products. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. and 0 mentions for Marine Products. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.'s average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Marine Products' score of 0.00 indicating that Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. received 80 more outperform votes than Marine Products when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.06% of users gave Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. an outperform vote while only 58.81% of users gave Marine Products an outperform vote.
64.0% of Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.9% of Marine Products shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 75.2% of Marine Products shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Marine Products has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.57%. Given Marine Products' stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff