Acushnet Holdings Corp. vs MATTEL INC /DE/, two Leisure Products stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where GOLF and MAT diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), GOLF reads +4.7% and MAT reads -2.5%; on operating margin, GOLF reads 21.5% and MAT reads 1.0%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's GOLF price has a different growth bar priced in than MAT (+4.7% implied for GOLF vs -2.5% for MAT); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What GOLF's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What MAT's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | GOLF | MAT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $79.17 | $16.68 |
| Market cap | $4.6B | $4.8B |
| Sector | Leisure Products | Leisure Products |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +4.7% | -2.5% |
| P/E | 21.5 | 12.4 |
| P/B | 5.00 | 2.41 |
| P/S | 1.71 | 0.88 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.1 | 10.9 |
| Revenue growth | +8.5% | +4.0% |
| Gross margin | 54.4% | 48.2% |
| Operating margin | 21.5% | 1.0% |
| Net margin | 8.1% | 7.8% |
| Return on equity | 23.8% | 21.4% |
| Return on assets | 8.5% | 6.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 15.1% | 7.8% |
| FCF yield | 4.0% | 10.6% |
| Dividend yield | 1.2% | — |
| Debt / equity | 1.04 | 1.17 |
| Current ratio | 2.55 | 1.90 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.48 | 7.98 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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