Mattel Inc. (MAT): Today's Featured Consumer Durables Loser

Mattel (MAT) pushed the Consumer Durables industry lower today making it today's featured Consumer Durables loser. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.7%. By the end of trading, Mattel fell 19 cents (-0.6%) to $31.04 on average volume. Throughout the day, 3.7 million shares of Mattel exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.1 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $30.91-$31.69 after having opened the day at $31.08 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $31.23. Other company's within the Consumer Durables industry that declined today were: Entertainment Gaming Asia (EGT), down 5.5%, Global-Tech Advanced Innovations (GAI), down 4.9%, Movado Group (MOV), down 4.2%, and Emerson Radio (MSN), down 3.8%.

• ACTIVE STOCK TRADERS: Check out TheStreet's special offer for Real Money, headlined by Jim Cramer, now!

Mattel, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and markets various toy products. Its products comprise fashion dolls and accessories, vehicles and play sets, and games and puzzles. Mattel has a market cap of $10.59 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 14.5, above the average consumer durables industry P/E ratio of 14.3 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 12% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are nine analysts that rate Mattel a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and two rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Mattel as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, good cash flow from operations, expanding profit margins, notable return on equity and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.

• You can view the full Mattel Ratings Report.

On the positive front, Mad Catz Interactive (MCZ), up 4.6%, Appliance Recycling Centers (ARCI), up 4%, Cybex International (CYBI), up 3.6%, and Kid Brands (KID), up 3.1%, were all gainers within the consumer durables industry with Brunswick Corporation (BC) being today's featured consumer durables industry winner.

• Use our consumer durables section to find industry-relevant news.
• Or find some new ideas from our top rated stocks lists.

For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the consumer durables industry could consider Consumer Discretionary Sel Sec SPDR (XLY) while those bearish on the consumer durables industry could consider ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Goods (SZK).

• Find other investment ideas from our top rated ETFs lists.

For more information on Mattel Inc. click any of the following:

• Mattel Inc. Stock Price

• Mattel Inc. Analyst Ratings

• Mattel Inc. Key Stats & Profile

• Mattel Inc. Earnings

• Mattel Inc. Ratio Comparison

• Mattel Inc. Growth Rates

• Mattel Inc. Balance Sheet

• Mattel Inc. Cash Flow

• Mattel Inc. Income Statement