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 (NYSE:MPX) and Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE:RGR) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
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.
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. received 82 more outperform votes than Marine Products when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.92% of users gave Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. an outperform vote while only 58.84% 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 5.6%. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Marine Products pays out 55.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. pays out 27.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
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. 75.7% of Marine Products shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. 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.
Marine Products has a net margin of 10.40% compared to Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.'s net margin of 7.71%. Marine Products' return on equity of 23.29% beat Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.'s return on equity.
In the previous week, Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. had 3 more articles in the media than Marine Products. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. and 1 mentions for Marine Products. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.'s average media sentiment score of 0.55 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 presently has a consensus target price of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 57.95%. Given Marine Products' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Marine Products is more favorable than Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc..
Marine Products has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. has a beta of 0.26, indicating that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. beats Marine Products on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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