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Is It There Opportunities In The Toy Business?

By Damian Illia - May 20, 2013 | Tickers: HAS, JAKK, MAT

The environment for toy companies remains challenging due to a variety of factors. The so-called ‘age compression’ is affecting toy manufacturers, as electronic gadgets and games are becoming more popular than toys. Companies have to sell their products before kids’ interests shift to other types of entertainment products or gain participation in the new industry.

Consolidation across the industry has also shrunk the retail market for toys as mass merchants more »
As First Quarter Profits and Demand Rise, Mattel Looks to the Future

By Eileen Rojas - April 29, 2013 | Tickers: HAS, JAKK, MAT

Mattel's (NASDAQ: MAT) CEO Bryan Stockton states in the company's 2012 annual report that his motto is "happy but never satisfied." The drive behind that statement can be seen in the company's pursuit of the next great toy.

According to Forbes, the company's latest superhero action doll, Max Steel, will be making his appearance in U.S. toy store shelves in August 2013. The character's more »
Toying Around With Toy Stocks

By Masam Abbas - April 24, 2013 | Tickers: HAS, JAKK, MAT

Normally, toys are discussed with kids. However, things go differently in the equity world where you will find every sort of person talking about every other thing. Therefore, I have taken the liberty to discuss toy stocks in this post.

I have decided to discuss two toy stocks in this post: Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS) and Mattel (NASDAQ: MAT). The outlook for these stocks looks bleak due to three reasons:

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Toying Around with Toy Stocks

By Masam Abbas - April 17, 2013 | Tickers: HAS, JAKK, MAT

Normally, toys is a topic that you discuss with kids. However, things go differently in the equity world where you will find every sort of person talking about every other thing. Therefore, I have also taken the liberty to discuss toy stocks in this post.

I have decided to discuss two toy stocks in this post: Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS) and Mattel (NASDAQ: MAT). The outlook for these stocks looks bleak more »
What Are Those Other Guys Doing?

By Marie Flanigan - April 12, 2013 | Tickers: JAKK, KNM, LF

Looking at video game company stocks, I have a tendency to pay attention to companies that produce games I enjoy playing, like the ones I discuss here. Lately though, I’ve spent some time researching other game companies to see if I might be overlooking some gems that have flown beneath my radar.

JAKKS Pacific (NASDAQ: JAKK)

While you may never have heard of JAKKS Pacific, you’ve definitely heard more »
Are Kids Showing Investors Profit?

By Anh HOANG - April 12, 2013 | Tickers: HAS, JAKK, DIS

Those who are in pharmaceutical industry must know billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, a South African-born American surgeon, medical researcher, professor and a minority owner of the Los Angeles Lakers. Recently, Soon-Shiong has gotten excited about JAKKS Pacific (NASDAQ: JAKK), the small-cap company that design and produce different kinds of toys. Last Tuesday, he purchased around 858,580 shares in the company at $10.42 per share, with a total transaction value more »
Bigger Isn't Always Better

By Marie Flanigan - April 2, 2013 | Tickers: JAKK, LF

Looking at video game company stocks, I have a tendency to pay attention to the big boys like the ones I discuss here. Those companies produce most of the games I play, but lately I’ve spent some time researching some of the smaller game companies looking to see if smaller might be better in terms of investment opportunities. I looked at companies with market caps in the millions instead more »
Is it Time to Play this Toy Maker?

By Daniel James - February 5, 2013 | Tickers: HAS, JAKK, MAT

While kids, like their parents, are increasingly turning to new technologies to satisfy their entertainment needs, traditional toys and games still appear to have a place in many children’s hearts. This is especially true over the holiday period, which is when toy makers enjoy their greatest sales, sometimes up to 40% of their yearly revenue. Despite Mattel’s (NASDAQ: MAT) earnings miss over this all-important holiday quarter, the prospects more »
Mattel: Beware of Toymakers Bearing Gifts

By Charles Cody - December 21, 2012 | Tickers: HAS, JAKK, MAT

Christmas is to Christianity as revenue and profits are to retailers worldwide. Retailing's most important holiday is just a few days away, which means there are only a few days remaining to capture pre-Christmas sales at the registers before post-holiday markdowns go into effect.

Mattel (NASDAQ: MAT) is the world's largest manufacturer of toys and is highly dependent on retailers in its major markets -- the U.S., Europe more »
The Weather Outside Is Frightful, But My Toys Are So Delightful

By Ash Anderson - December 18, 2012 | Tickers: HAS, JAKK, LF, MAT

Christmas is coming! What’s the one thing that all kids want for Christmas? TOYS! What can you do to make sure you capture the gains from Christmas sales for years to come? Buy toy companies! There are two obvious choices that I want to take a look at in Mattel (NASDAQ: MAT) and Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS) then two smaller companies in JAKKS Pacific (NASDAQ: JAKK) and LeapFrog Enterprises (NYSE: LF more »)
Jumpin' In Their Jammies

By AnnaLisa Kraft - November 5, 2012 | Tickers: HAS, JAKK, MAT

Already the Wal-Mart, Toys R' Us, and Kmart big toy books are out and investors have a pretty good idea what toys will get the kids jumping up and down in their jammies.

Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS) has one of the hottest toys this year, the Furby, all souped up and able to sync with iPads and iPhones. Goldman Sachs downgraded the name in mid-October citing their toys are generally more more »
Will Selling Slashdot and SourceForge save Geeknet?

By David Delony - September 20, 2012 | Tickers: DHX, GKNT, HAS, JAKK

For myself and a lot of nerds out there, Geeknet's (NASDAQ: GKNT) popular ThinkGeek online store is a dream come true. What self-respecting Star Wars fan didn't see the Tauntaun sleeping bag originally announced as an April Fool's joke and wish it was real? (It is now.)

Other whimsical items on the site include cans of what's purported to be unicorn meat, binary clocks and Star more »
Is it the Right Time to Play the Game?

By Himanshu Poddar - July 31, 2012 | Tickers: HAS, JAKK, MAT

Toy maker Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS) affirmed the fact that no leisure product provider can enjoy good times until the overall economic conditions give reason enough to do so. Its second quarter performance was dull owing to the prevailing circumstances. Nevertheless, the company has not given in to the situation and is equipping itself to do better. Let’s understand how.

Low Demand – A Key Problem!

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A Stock that Makes You and Your Kids Smile

By Ryan Guenette - July 18, 2012 | Tickers: HAS, JAKK, LF, MAT

The opening bell on Wall Street rings to welcome the morning of October 10, 1968, and with it the company that was about to blow the world away with the first indoor ball, known as the Nerf ball. This toy company, known as Hasbro Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS), is just starting to roll out several ground-shaking toys they have up their sleeve, including the Tonka truck and the Mr. Potato Head more »
Christmas in July

By AnnaLisa Kraft - July 6, 2012 | Tickers: HAS, JAKK, MAT, DIS

It’s not too early to think about who will win the Christmas toy wars. Every holiday season there’s one gotta have it toy that dominates the American parent's subconscious. That’s why toy companies are as difficult to game as teen retailers. Who knows what children really want? And as the saying goes, past performance does not guarantee future results. With a sector so strongly tied to more »
Nintendo's Wii U a Flop?

By David Talley - June 8, 2012 | Tickers: JAKK, MSFT, NTDOY.PK, SNE

In a bizarrely timed (scheduled just two days before their E3 press conference) and massively under produced direct stream, Nintendo (NASDAQOTH: NTDOY.PK) unveiled its Wii U Gamepad updates and Mii-verse to the public. The Gamepad, a tablet/controller hybrid, seeks to bring a two screen gaming experience to the living room, and the Mii-verse is Nintendo's new social gaming network. Overall, the announcement disappointed me, and more »
5 Reasons to Invest in Mattel

By Arthur Pinkasovitch - March 12, 2012 | Tickers: HAS, JAKK, MAT, DIS, ZNGA

Prolonged uncertainty over the Greek debt crisis and the contagion effects it might have on other members of the European Union continues to depress international markets. Italy, which is also overly leveraged, experienced a two-notch downgrade on its debt Friday as Fitch dropped its rating to A-. Italy’s economy has officially entered a recession with two consecutive quarterly negative GDP growth rates. 2011 Q3 and Q4 GDP results indicated more »
Play is Getting Cheaper

By Nikhil Shamapant - February 19, 2012 | Tickers: HAS, JAKK, MAT

Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS) is looks pretty cheap right now according to general press and snapshot valuations, supporting a dividend yield of 4% and a P/E of 12.7. Of course, when a dividend aristocrat gets cheap, it’s always a good idea to take a look and see if there’s value being thrown away, because with dividend aristocrats, there's a good chance there is. These are companies more »
A Great Time for Child's Play

By John Casteele - February 15, 2012 | Tickers: HAS, JAKK, MAT

Amid talk of earnings reports and corporate departures, some big news may have slipped through the cracks. Or should I say BIG news? It seems that Kids Only, a division of JAKKS Pacific (NASDAQ: JAKK) is bringing back the iconic Big Wheel in 9", 11" and 16" versions to let kids of various ages enjoy the "King of the Sidewalk" just as their parents did. The new Big Wheels are more »