Stock on Focus: Mattel, Inc. (MAT)

Company Profile:

Mattel, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets a range of toy products worldwide. The company operates in three segments: North America, International, and American Girl. It offers dolls and accessories, vehicles and play sets, and games and puzzles under the Mattel Girls & Boys brands, including Barbie, Monster High, Disney Classics, Ever After High, Little Mommy, Polly Pocket, Hot Wheels, Matchbox, CARS, Disney Planes, BOOMco, Radica, Toy Story, Max Steel, WWE Wrestling, and Batman.The company also provides its products under the Fisher-Price brands, such as Fisher-Price, Little People, BabyGear, Laugh & Learn, Imaginext, Thomas & Friends, Dora the Explorer, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Disney Jake, the Never Land Pirates, and Power Wheels. In addition, it offers its products under the American Girl brands comprising My American Girl, Bitty Baby, Grace Thomas, and the 2015 Girl of the Year doll; and construction, and arts and crafts brands, such as MEGA BLOKS, RoseArt, and Board Dudes, as well as publishes Advice & Activity books and the American Girl magazine.The company was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in El Segundo, California.

Recent News:

Wall Street sell-side analysts are expecting Mattel, Inc. to report earnings of $0.81 for the current fiscal quarter. Most recently the firm posted earnings per share of $0.01 for the period ending on 2015-06-30.

Currently the company Insiders own 0.2% of Mattel, Inc. Company shares. In the past six months, there is a change of -1.56% in the total insider ownership. Institutional Investors own 96.5% of Company shares. During last 3 month period, 4.16% of total institutional ownership has changed in the company shares.

Fundamental Analysis:

Ninestocks analyzes several different financial aspects: Growth, Profitability, solvency and efficiency.

Growth – Measures the growth of both the company’s income statement and cash flow.

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Profitability – Measures the historical price movement of the stock.

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Solvency – Measures the solvency of the company based on several ratios.

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Efficiency – Measures the strength and historic growth of a company’s return on invested capital.

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Conclusion:

MAT’s strengths can be seen in its better profitability and better efficiency. Technical indicators signal the bullish signs, as RSI is in the bull territory and there is a bullish cross in stoxline trend indicator. The current P/E ratio indicates it is undervalued compared to the average P/E ratio of the industry. We rate Mattel, Inc. (MAT) a Strong BUY.