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 +6.0% and MAT reads -2.5%; on operating margin, GOLF reads 16.0% and MAT reads -11.9%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's GOLF price has a different growth bar priced in than MAT (+6.0% 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 | $101.26 | $15.10 |
| Market cap | $6.1B | $4.5B |
| Sector | Leisure Products | Leisure Products |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +6.0% | -2.5% |
| P/E | 35.5 | 9.7 |
| P/B | 7.36 | 2.16 |
| P/S | 2.33 | 0.84 |
| EV/EBITDA | 22.7 | 9.0 |
| Revenue growth | +6.4% | +0.0% |
| Gross margin | 47.2% | 44.9% |
| Operating margin | 16.0% | -11.9% |
| Net margin | 6.5% | 9.3% |
| Return on equity | 20.7% | 23.7% |
| Return on assets | 6.6% | 7.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 11.9% | 8.8% |
| FCF yield | 1.5% | 12.0% |
| Dividend yield | 0.9% | — |
| Debt / equity | 1.39 | 1.11 |
| Current ratio | 2.87 | 2.06 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.71 | 7.94 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 3 / 9 |
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