Four days after Mattel CEO is ousted, the CFO and new Interim CEO had an investor call to outline the financial performance.  As a follow-up to the equity analysis from the previous articles, there is evidence that the storm could be over for Mattel and 2015 will face tailwinds and much easier comps as the company looks to recover from a disaster in 2014.  For a summary of the earnings call discussion and 2014 year end performance, click here.

Mattel Inc.’s 2014 year end results are in, the CEO is out!  The full story will be available Friday, but I tried to make some inferences and initial thoughts on the performance for stock analysts to consider before the Mattel earnings call.  It should be an interesting one!  For the full story, click here.

Given the stock market’s increased interest in Mattel, Inc. and the fact that it has now reached my price target range from 12/25, I decided to play devil’s advocate (as anyone should when evaluating stocks to invest in) and take a closer look at MEGA Brands’ historic performance and Barbie’s decline in popularity.

Note, there is now a Portfolio Performance Tracker that can be accessed on the Value Portfolio menu bar.

To see the follow up article click here.  

Merry Christmas all.  I just wrote a timely critical look at the leaders in toy industry as I look for the stock market’s 2015 best value stocks to invest in.  My analysis compares Mattel and Hasbro.  To check it out, the article can be found on SeekingAlpha.com or directly, here.  Cheers!