Toys

Are investors who want exposure to toymakers better off with Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) or Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS)? The Analyst B. Riley FBR's Susan Anderson initiated coverage of Mattel's stock with a Neutral rating and $15 price target. The analyst also initiated coverage...

Toy investors have plenty of reasons to be nervous about their investments, including a reduction in store footprints, mostly from Toys R Us closures. The Analyst UBS' Arpine Kocharyan. The Thesis Toy investors continue to face significant uncertainty as Toys R Us has consistently been an...

Struggling toymaker Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) was dealt another blow with credit downgrades from S&P Global and Moody's. The Analyst Jefferies' Stephanie Wissink maintains a Hold rating on Mattel's stock with an unchanged $14 price target. The Thesis S&P's downgrade of...

Funko Inc (NASDAQ: FNKO)'s IPO debut is considered to be one of the worst one-day performances in 17 years. Here's what some of Wall Street's top analysts are saying about the stock. Bank Of America: Impressive Growth Bank of America's Rafe Jadrosich initiated coverage of Funko...

Struggling toymaker Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) is in talks to sell itself to larger rival Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS), The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The Analyst UBS analyst Arpine Kocharyan maintains a Neutral rating and $104 price target on Hasbro's stock and a Buy rating and $...

Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE: WMT) is inviting everyone to one of its 20,000 parties at any of its 4,700 stores, Fortune reported. Walmart, looking to gain an advantage over its rival department stores during the holiday season, will host parties in its stores. The first party will take place on...

Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT)'s attractive dividend yield of more than 4.5 percent is now off the table. While many had seen the dividend elimination a real possibility given the company's ongoing struggles in a difficult environment, the company made the wise decision, UBS's Arpine Kocharyan said in...

In the 1980s, Toys R Us was gobbling market share in the golden age of brick and mortar. In the 1990s, soaring profits fueled its expansion both in the U.S. and abroad. But on Sept. 19, the once redoubtable retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, submitting to a heavy debt burden amid...

As Mommy trades her Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) in for a Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA), little Timmy’s taking notes. This holiday season, he’ll pass on the vibrant Big Wheel and instead top his wish list with a sleek-bodied, black and white Huffy Electric Green Machine 24-Volt Battery...

Toys "R" Us didn’t want to grow up. But as it resisted, its peers grew bigger, stronger, smarter and more assertive. Now, the retailer is deteriorating, stunted by developmental delays while its matured contemporaries seize the sandbox. Ever-evolving Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE: WMT)...

Toys "R" Us officially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in a move that shouldn't come as a surprise, as it has been speculated for a while that the retailer was struggling with its debt obligation. Under the new plan, Toys "R" Us has secured around $3 billion of debtor-in-possession...

Toy stocks were hard hit last week after reports suggested that the toy-retail giant Toys "R" Us was close to potentially filing for bankruptcy. By Tuesday morning, the company's deceleration of bankrupt was made official, The Washington Post and other media outlets reported. Toys "R" Us filed for...

Even as Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) and Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) made some progress in their respective recent second quarters, all isn't well in the toy space. Denmark-based privately-held Lego, which was touted as one of the reasons for the underperformance by the U.S. toymakers, announced...

Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT)'s stock hit a multi-year low of $19.16 on Friday after the company's earnings report disappointed investors. But not all analysts on the Street are ready to throw in the towel just yet, including UBS's Arpine Kocharyan, who maintains a Buy rating and $26 price target on...

Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) shareholders are enduring a rough day of trading on Monday, with shares down 10.3 percent after a disappointing second-quarter earnings report from the toy giant. While Hasbro narrowly topped consensus analyst earnings and revenue expectations on the quarter, traders took...