Head to Head Review: YETI (NYSE:YETI) & Marine Products (NYSE:MPX)

YETI (NYSE:YETI) and Marine Products (NYSE:MPX) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

13.9% of Marine Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of YETI shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 75.2% of Marine Products shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

YETI has a beta of 1.77, indicating that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marine Products has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares YETI and Marine Products’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
YETI	8.75%	23.62%	13.98%
Marine Products	4.66%	9.81%	6.96%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares YETI and Marine Products”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
YETI	$1.83 billion	2.04	$175.69 million	$1.92	25.03
Marine Products	$244.42 million	1.14	$11.38 million	$0.32	24.98

YETI has higher revenue and earnings than Marine Products. Marine Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than YETI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for YETI and Marine Products, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
YETI	0	8	7	0	2.47
Marine Products	1	0	0	0	1.00

YETI currently has a consensus target price of $44.42, indicating a potential downside of 7.57%. Given YETI’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe YETI is more favorable than Marine Products.

Summary

YETI beats Marine Products on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About YETI

YETI Holdings, Inc. designs, retails, and distributes products for the outdoor and recreation market under the YETI brand. It offers coolers and equipment, including hard and soft coolers, cargo, bags, outdoor living, and associated accessories, as well as backpacks, duffel bags, luggage, packing cubes, carryalls, camp chairs, blankets, dog beds, dog bowls, and gear cases under the LoadOut, Panga, Crossroads, Camino, Hondo Base, Trailhead, Lowlands, Boomer, and SideKick Dry brands. The company also provides drinkware products, such as colsters, lowballs, wine tumblers, stackable pints, mugs, tumblers, straw mugs and cups, bottles, jugs, and water bottles, as well as accessories comprising bottle straw and chug caps, lids, straw lids, color packs, tumbler handles, and jug mounts under the Rambler brand. In addition, it offers apparel and gear products, such as hats, shirts, bottle openers, and ice substitutes. The company sells its products through independent retailers, including outdoor specialty, hardware, sporting goods, and farm and ranch supply stores, as well as through its Website, YETI.com. It operates in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, and Japan. YETI Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

About Marine Products

Marine Products Corporation designs, manufactures, and sells recreational fiberglass powerboats for the sport boat and sport fishing boat markets worldwide. The company offers Chaparral sterndrive pleasure boats, including SSi Sport Boats, SSX Sport Boats, and the Surf Series; Chaparral outboard pleasure boats, which include OSX Luxury Sportboats and SSi outboard models; and Robalo outboard sport fishing boats. It also provides center and dual consoles, and Cayman Bay Boats under the Robalo brand name. The company sells its products to a network of domestic and international independent authorized dealers. Marine Products Corporation was founded in 1965 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia. Marine Products Corporation operates as a subsidiary of LOR, Inc.