Leisure Stocks to Consider Buying for Value, Growth, and Stability: Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS)

Conclusion

LVS may be a top growth stock, but it comes at an expensive price of 29.1x past earnings. By contrast, Mattel trades much more reasonably at a respective 18.2x and 13.3x past and forward earnings. Accordingly, I see Mattel as a much safer investment, especially when considering its shareholder-friendly capital allocation policy. Another stock you should consider is LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE:LF) . It trades at only 7.5x past earnings and a PEG ratio of 0.38, which indicates that future growth has not been fully factored into the stock price. This company also is relatively stable as a leader in the niche market of educational interactive games. With no debt, a strong current ratio of 3.9x, and excellent free cash flow yield of 6.8%, I believe LeapFrog is a potential takeover target. Its $630 million market cap is easily swallowable for firms like Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAS) and Mattel, so the upside is huge from here. If nothing else, it is a nice value play to balance alongside LVS and Mattel.

The article Leisure Stocks to Consider Buying for Value, Growth, and Stability originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by David Gould.

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