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Jaime Katz
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Hasbro Wins 2016 Holiday Season, Grabbing Market Share and Topnotch Profit Performance

After Mattel’s dismal portrayal of the delayed holiday season, we waited with bated breath for Hasbro’s take on the period. Narrow-moat Hasbro didn’t disappoint, coming out the clear winner of takeaway at retail. The NPD numbers Mattel had quoted implied a fourth-quarter slowdown and, more important, a consumer shift in the timing of purchases--the first three weeks of December had notched declines at 7% before rallying closer to Christmas. In this case, it seems clear that Hasbro has taken aggr...
Underlying
Hasbro Inc.

Hasbro is a global play and entertainment company. The company's segments are: United States and Canada, which includes the marketing and selling of action figures, electronic toys and related electronic interactive products, among others, primarily within the United States and Canada; International, which markets and sells both toy and game products primarily in the European, Asia Pacific, and Latin and South American regions; Entertainment, Licensing and Digital, which includes consumer products licensing, digital gaming, movie and television entertainment operations; and Global Operations, which sources finished products for the company's United States and Canada and International segments.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Jaime Katz

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