Mattel Inc. (NASDAQ:MAT) saw an upside of 0.70% to close Tuesday at $21.43 after adding $0.15 on the day. The 5-day average trading volume is 4,041,780 shares of the company’s common stock. It has gained $21.45 in the past week and touched a new high 3 times within the past 5 days. An average of 4,884,020 shares of the company has been traded in the last 20 days, and the 50-day average volume stands at 3,574,516.
MAT’s 1-month performance is 2.10% or $0.95 on its low of $20.31 reached on 08/04/23. The company’s shares have touched a 52-week low of $15.36 and high of $24.38, with the stock’s rally to the 52-week high happening on 07/27/23. YTD, MAT has achieved 20.12% or $3.59 and has reached a new high 13 times. However, the current price is down -12.08% from the 52-week high price.
Insider Transactions
MAT stock investors last saw insider trading activity on Aug 07.Hugh Yoon J. (SVP & Corporate Controller) most recently sold 7,608 shares at $21.25 per share on Aug 07. This transaction cost the insider $161,670. EVP & Chief Supply Chain Offr, Isaias Zanatta Roberto Jacobo, sold 25,000 shares at a price of $20.36 on Aug 04. Then, on Aug 03, SVP & Corporate Controller Hugh Yoon J. sold 9,791 shares at a price of $21.25 per share. This transaction amounted to $208,059.
Valuation Metrics
MAT stock has a beta of 1.21. Moving on to other valuation ratios, the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio is 1.50 while the price-to-book (PB) in the most recent quarter is 3.88, with the price to cash flow ratio at 21.07.
Mattel Inc.’s quick ratio for the period ended June 29 was 1.40, with the current ratio over the same period at 2.40. As well, the company’s long term debt to equity for the quarter ending June 29 was 1.19, while the total debt to equity was 1.19.. In terms of profitability, the gross margin trailing 12 months is 45.20%. The trailing 12-month EBITDA margin is 15.92% while for the period ending June 29, Mattel Inc.’s operating margin was 8.30%. The firm’s gross profit as reported stood at $2.48 billion against revenue of $5.43 billion.
Earnings Surprise
For the quarterly period ending June 29 this year, Net income and sales went up compared to those figures reported in the previous quarter. Net income shrunk -144.35% to $27.19 million, while revenue of -$106.47 million was 491.58% off the previous quarter. Analysts expected MAT to announce -$0.02 per share in earnings in its latest quarter, but it posted $0.1, representing a 600.00% surprise. EBITDA for the quarter stood at more than $106.58 million. MAT stock balance sheet for the quarter ending June 29 shows that total liabilities totaled 3.94 billion, with total debt at $2.65 billion. Shareholders hold equity totaling $354.14 million.
Let’s look briefly at Mattel Inc. (MAT) price momentum from a technical analysis perspective. The 9-day relative strength index as at close on 08 August was 58.72% to suggest the stock is trending Neutral, with historical volatility in this time period at 34.57%.
The stock’s 5-day moving average is $20.98, reflecting a +0.75% or $0.16 change from its current price. MAT is currently trading -0.70% above its 20-day SMA, +33.94% above its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is away from the SMA50 by +19.99% and SMA200 by+10.63%.
Stochastic %K and %D was 32.05% and 20.85% and the average true range (ATR) pointed at 0.68. The RSI (14) points at 58.99%, while the 14-day stochastic is at 48.18% with the period’s ATR at 0.65. The stock’s 9-day MACD Oscillator is pointing at 0.00 and -0.09 on the 14-day charts.
Analyst Ratings
Analysts offering their rating for MAT stock have a consensus rating for the stock as Buy. Currently, 0 brokerage advisors rate MAT as a “sell,”, while 2 advise that investors “Hold.” 0 analysts have rated the stock as underweight. 1 rates the stock as overweight while 10 have offered a “buy” rating.
What is MAT’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts have a consensus price target ranging from a low of $21.00 and a high of $26.00, with their median price target at $25.00. Looking at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts is for Mattel Inc. (MAT) stock is $24.40.
