MAT vs. LBTYA, PVH, LBTYK, BFAM, NCLH, CHH, HRB, WH, REYN, and RRR
Should you be buying Mattel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mattel include Liberty Global (LBTYA), PVH (PVH), Liberty Global (LBTYK), Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH), Choice Hotels International (CHH), H&R Block (HRB), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN), and Red Rock Resorts (RRR). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Mattel (NASDAQ:MAT) and Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYA) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and profitability.
Mattel has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Liberty Global. Liberty Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mattel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mattel currently has a consensus price target of $22.78, indicating a potential upside of 22.33%. Liberty Global has a consensus price target of $24.25, indicating a potential upside of 38.49%. Given Liberty Global's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Liberty Global is more favorable than Mattel.
97.2% of Mattel shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.2% of Liberty Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Mattel shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Liberty Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Mattel has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Global has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Mattel received 248 more outperform votes than Liberty Global when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.54% of users gave Liberty Global an outperform vote while only 66.59% of users gave Mattel an outperform vote.
Mattel has a net margin of 5.38% compared to Liberty Global's net margin of -37.27%. Mattel's return on equity of 24.32% beat Liberty Global's return on equity.
In the previous week, Mattel had 13 more articles in the media than Liberty Global. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Mattel and 4 mentions for Liberty Global. Liberty Global's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Mattel's score of 0.60 indicating that Liberty Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Mattel beats Liberty Global on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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