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Americas Entertainment: Toys Earnings Preview: Key themes and expectations heading into 2Q26 results for HAS, MAT & FNKO
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Americas Entertainment: Toys Earnings Preview: Key themes and expectations heading into 2Q26 results for HAS, MAT & FNKO
Equity Research
25 June 2026 | 8:34AM EDT
Americas Entertainment: Toys Earnings Preview: Key themes and
expectations heading into 2Q26 results for HAS, MAT & FNKO
Within this report, we highlight key themes and our expectations heading into Stephen Laszczyk
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2Q26 earnings for our Toys coverage, including Mattel (MAT), Hasbro (HAS), and stephen.laszczyk@gs.com
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Funko (FNKO).
Antares Tobelem
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Earnings Previews Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Hasbro (HAS, Buy): We largely maintain our outlook for consolidated Revenue and Danni Kennedy
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AOP (+/- ~1%) heading into 2Q26 results in July (GSe). On a segment level basis, we danni.kennedy@gs.com
modestly raise our outlook for WOTC Revenue and AOP for 2Q26E (by ~1%) and
2026E+ (by ~1%), and modestly lower our outlook for Consumer Products Revenue
for 2Q26E (by ~1%) and 2026E+ (by ~1%). Our improved outlook for WOTC largely
reflects increased confidence in Magic the Gathering, which we expect to benefit
from strong demand for news sets (e.g. Secrets of Strixhaven and Marvel Super
Heroes) as well as backlist. Our reduced outlook for Consumer Products reflects
weaker consumer sentiment over the last several weeks against the backdrop of
cybersecurity events that have made it more difficult for Hasbro to book orders in a
timely manner. On net, our outlook for 2Q26E Revenue/AOP is inline/~3% above
consensus. We maintain our Buy rating and our 12-month target price of $115.
Mattel (MAT, Neutral): We lower our outlook for Revenue, Gross Profit, and
Adjusted Diluted EPS heading into 2Q26E results in July (GSe). Our lower estimates
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