Somewhat Positive Media Coverage Somewhat Unlikely to Affect Jakks Pacific (JAKK) Stock Price

Press coverage about Jakks Pacific (NASDAQ:JAKK) has been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Jakks Pacific earned a daily sentiment score of 0.21 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned news coverage about the company an impact score of 45.2032621389757 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the near term.

Shares of NASDAQ:JAKK traded down $0.10 during trading on Monday, hitting $2.17. 137,836 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 176,100. The company has a market capitalization of $66.34, a PE ratio of -2.18 and a beta of 0.86. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.41, a quick ratio of 1.65 and a current ratio of 2.08. Jakks Pacific has a 1-year low of $1.95 and a 1-year high of $5.35.

Jakks Pacific (NASDAQ:JAKK) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 22nd. The company reported ($0.61) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.11) by ($0.50). The company had revenue of $136.63 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $155.74 million. Jakks Pacific had a negative return on equity of 22.00% and a negative net margin of 13.55%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down 18.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted ($0.47) earnings per share. equities analysts forecast that Jakks Pacific will post -0.1 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Several research analysts have commented on JAKK shares. BMO Capital Markets restated a “market perform” rating and set a $2.50 price objective (down from $3.50) on shares of Jakks Pacific in a research report on Friday, February 23rd. Zacks Investment Research downgraded shares of Jakks Pacific from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 16th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and five have assigned a hold rating to the stock. The company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $2.89.

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About Jakks Pacific

JAKKS Pacific, Inc is a multi-line, multi-brand toy company. The Company designs, produces, markets and distributes toys and related products, pet toys, consumables and related products, electronics and related products, kids indoor and outdoor furniture, and other consumer products. The Company operates through two business segments: traditional toys and electronics, and role play, novelty and seasonal toys.

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