DA Davidson raised the firm’s price target on Mattel to $27 from $26 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. The company’s Q1 sales missed estimates due to retailer inventory reductions, but profit beat consensus due to a better-than-expected gross margin expansion, the analyst tells investors in a research note.
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