Reviewing Dometic Gp (OTCMKTS:DTCGF) and Acushnet (NYSE:GOLF)

Acushnet (NYSE:GOLF) and Dometic Gp (OTCMKTS:DTCGF) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Acushnet and Dometic Gp, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Acushnet	0	7	1	0	2.13
Dometic Gp	0	0	0	0	0.00

Acushnet presently has a consensus price target of $94.17, indicating a potential upside of 5.90%. Given Acushnet’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Acushnet is more favorable than Dometic Gp.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Acushnet and Dometic Gp”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Acushnet	$2.61 billion	2.00	$188.54 million	$2.84	31.31
Dometic Gp	$2.15 billion	0.51	$43.74 million	$0.14	24.64

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

53.1% of Acushnet shares are held by institutional investors. 53.3% of Acushnet shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Acushnet and Dometic Gp’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Acushnet	6.54%	22.95%	7.74%
Dometic Gp	2.02%	3.60%	1.64%

Volatility & Risk

Acushnet has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dometic Gp has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Acushnet beats Dometic Gp on 14 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Acushnet

Acushnet Holdings Corp. designs, develops, manufactures, and distributes golf products in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Japan, Korea, and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Titleist Golf Balls, Titleist Golf Clubs, Titleist Golf Gear, and FootJoy Golf Wear. It offers golf balls under the Titleist brand; golf clubs, such as drivers, fairways, hybrids, and irons under the Titleist brand; wedges under the Vokey Design brand; and putters under the Scotty Cameron brand. The company also provides golf bags, headwear, golf gloves, travel products, and other golf accessories. In addition, it offers golf shoes, gloves, golf outerwear, and men’s and women’s golf apparel under the FootJoy brand; and ski, golf, and lifestyle apparel under the KJUS brand name. It sells its products through on-course golf shops and golf specialty retailers, as well as through representatives, other retailers, and online. The company was formerly known as Alexandria Holdings Corp. and changed its name to Acushnet Holdings Corp. in March 2016. Acushnet Holdings Corp. was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Fairhaven, Massachusetts.

About Dometic Gp

Dometic Group AB (publ), together with its subsidiaries, provides solutions for mobile living in the areas of food and beverage, climate, power and control, safety and security, and hygiene and sanitation in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company offers climate control products, such as air conditioners, awnings, blinds, windows and doors, ventilation products, furnaces, and patio rooms and tents for recreational vehicles, boats, and trucks; food and beverage products, including refrigerators, coolers, stoves, ovens, microwaves, and coffee machines; and safety and security products comprising safety doors, alarms, safes, and gas detectors, as well as driving support accessories. It also provides electrical and control solutions, which include steering systems, inverters, generators, chargers, and control products, as well as related accessories; and hygiene and sanitation products, such as toilets, holding tanks, pumps, water makers, vacuum cleaners, chemicals and consumables, washers and dryers, and water heaters, as well as related accessories. In addition, the company offers vessel controls, and fuel and system integration systems to the leisure marine industry; and marine blinds, screens, and soft furnishings for the leisure marine and yacht segments. Dometic Group AB (publ) provides its products for use in recreational vehicles, pleasure boats, workboats, trucks, cars, and others. The company was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in Solna, Sweden.