MATTEL INC /DE/
At today's price, MATTEL INC /DE/ (MAT) is priced for +3.8% growth. boothcheck doesn't publish a fair value or a price target; it shows what the price assumes, so you can judge whether that bar is too high. Built from SEC EDGAR filings.
Mattel is a mature IP and brand company, and the numbers should be read as a value name, not a growth one. The price embeds only about 4.5% operating-income growth, and every valuation family lands above the $14.05 quote. Tariffs are the single biggest variable on the thesis. They cut Q1 2026 adjusted gross margin by 240 basis points and pushed the quarter to an adjusted loss, and the company is racing to move sourcing out of China. The portfolio is a barbell. Hot Wheels vehicles grew 13% whil
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409 institutional managers reported holding MAT in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. 61 opened new positions that quarter. Held by Vanguard Group, PRIMECAP Management, BlackRock, among others. On the short side, 27.4M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 9% of shares outstanding (6.9 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
MAT has cut its share count 14.9% over the past five years, spending $1.41B on repurchases. It pays no dividend. Cash returned over the past three years: $1.36B in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at MAT over the trailing three years: 2026: 1 buy totaling $1.01M. 13 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
MAT's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-02 | +0.3% | +0.6% |
| 2023-11-10 | -8.1% | -1.3% |
| 2024-03-16 | +1.9% | -2.9% |
| 2024-05-01 | +3.0% | -9.4% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
MAT's latest 8-K filings: 2026-06-02 (items 5.02, 5.07, 9.01); 2026-04-29 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-04-07 (items 5.02, 7.01, 9.01); 2026-02-10 (items 2.02, 7.01, 9.01); 2025-11-17 (items 1.01, 2.03, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Nothing here is investment advice.
Last analyzed: June 27, 2026
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