PII vs. HAS, MAT, BC, RGR, MPX, JOUT, JAKK, DOOO, ADSE, and SERV
Should you be buying Polaris stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Polaris include Hasbro (HAS), Mattel (MAT), Brunswick (BC), Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (RGR), Marine Products (MPX), Johnson Outdoors (JOUT), JAKKS Pacific (JAKK), BRP (DOOO), ADS-TEC Energy (ADSE), and Serve Robotics (SERV).
Polaris vs.
Polaris (NYSE:PII) and Hasbro (NASDAQ:HAS) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
88.1% of Polaris shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Hasbro shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Polaris shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Hasbro shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Polaris pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Hasbro pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Polaris pays out 136.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hasbro pays out 92.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Polaris has raised its dividend for 30 consecutive years. Polaris is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Hasbro had 30 more articles in the media than Polaris. MarketBeat recorded 61 mentions for Hasbro and 31 mentions for Polaris. Hasbro's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Polaris' score of 0.54 indicating that Hasbro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Polaris has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hasbro has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Polaris received 8 more outperform votes than Hasbro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.92% of users gave Polaris an outperform vote while only 58.30% of users gave Hasbro an outperform vote.
Hasbro has a net margin of 9.32% compared to Polaris' net margin of 1.54%. Hasbro's return on equity of 47.93% beat Polaris' return on equity.
Polaris has higher revenue and earnings than Hasbro. Polaris is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hasbro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Polaris presently has a consensus target price of $48.18, suggesting a potential upside of 42.00%. Hasbro has a consensus target price of $79.89, suggesting a potential upside of 29.06%. Given Polaris' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Polaris is more favorable than Hasbro.
Summary
Hasbro beats Polaris on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PII) was last updated on 4/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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