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MATTEL Mattel Inc. (NYSE: MAT) is an American toy company and is the largest toy company based on revenue. Its products include Barbie dolls, Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars, American Girl dolls, board games, and, in the early 1980s, video game consoles.  INC inc - /ink/ increment, i.e. increase by one. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have an "inc" mnemonic.

Antonym: dec.
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Mattel Inc., incorporated in 1948, designs, manufactures and markets a variety of toy products worldwide, through sales to retailers and directly to consumers. Mattel's portfolio of brands and products are grouped in various categories. Mattel brands includes the Barbie Barbie
 in full Barbara Millicent Roberts

A plastic doll, 11.5 in. (29 cm) tall, with the figure of an adult woman that was introduced in 1959 by Mattel, Inc., a southern California toy company.
, Other Girl Brands, Wheels and Entertainment brands. Fisher-Price brands include Core Fisher-Price, Fisher-Price Friends and Power Wheels The creator of this article, or someone who has substantially contributed to it, may have a conflict of interest regarding its subject matter.
It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view.
. American Girl American Girl, may refer to:
  • American Girl (comics), a fictional superheroine in the Amalgam Comics universe
  • American Girl (company), a subsidiary of the American toy company Mattel known for its eponymous collection of dolls and related accessories
 brands include American Girl Today, The American Girls Collection and Bitty Baby. American Girl brands products are sold directly to consumers and its children's publications are also sold to certain retailers. Mattel's reportable segments are separately managed business units and are divided on a geographic basis between domestic and international. The domestic segment is further divided into Mattel Brands US, Fisher-Price Brands US and American Girl brands.
Income Statement             LTM *   2005 **   Summary

Revenue (billions)            $5.3      45.2   Headquarters: El Segundo
Operating Income (millions)  648.4    $664.5   Market Cap: $7.2 billion
Net Income (millions)        572.1    $417.0   Dividend Yield: 2.61%
EPS                          $1.42     $1.01   P/E Ratio: 15.44

* Latest Twelve Months Ending 6/2006

** Fiscal Year Ending 12/2005


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Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
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Date:Sep 18, 2006
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