PII vs. HAS, MAT, BC, RGR, JOUT, MPX, JAKK, DOOO, CHPT, and ADSE
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), Johnson Outdoors (JOUT), Marine Products (MPX), JAKKS Pacific (JAKK), BRP (DOOO), ChargePoint (CHPT), and ADS-TEC Energy (ADSE).
Polaris (NYSE:PII) and Hasbro (NASDAQ:HAS) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
In the previous week, Hasbro had 8 more articles in the media than Polaris. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Hasbro and 6 mentions for Polaris. Hasbro's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Polaris' score of 0.51 indicating that Hasbro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Polaris presently has a consensus target price of $100.27, suggesting a potential upside of 19.94%. Hasbro has a consensus target price of $68.17, suggesting a potential upside of 14.03%. Given Polaris' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Polaris is more favorable than Hasbro.
Polaris has higher revenue and earnings than Hasbro. Hasbro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Polaris, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
88.1% of Polaris shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Hasbro shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Polaris shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Hasbro shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Polaris has a net margin of 4.63% compared to Hasbro's net margin of -29.60%. Polaris' return on equity of 31.39% beat Hasbro's return on equity.
Polaris has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hasbro has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Polaris pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Hasbro pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Polaris pays out 38.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hasbro pays out -27.6% 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. Hasbro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Polaris received 12 more outperform votes than Hasbro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.78% of users gave Polaris an outperform vote while only 58.00% of users gave Hasbro an outperform vote.
Summary
Polaris beats Hasbro on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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