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Mattel's stock dropped after news that their CEO is leaving.

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Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz is leaving, and Roger Lynch is set to replace him. Lynch has led media and streaming businesses, but recent results mixed a profit-per-share miss with higher sales, and Mattel kept its forecasts unchanged.

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A leadership handoff can bring a change in priorities, but the named replacement has led media and streaming businesses. That gives Mattel an experienced incoming chief, though it does not show how he will run a toy company. The latest quarter gave mixed signals: adjusted profit per share missed its estimate, sales topped theirs, and Mattel kept its full-year forecasts. Neither side clearly outweighs the other.

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