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Share-Based Payments
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Share-Based Payments Share-Based Payments
Mattel has various stock compensation plans, which are described in Part II, Item 8 "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data—Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements—Share-Based Payments" in the 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Under the Mattel, Inc. Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Long-Term Compensation Plan, Mattel has the ability to grant nonqualified stock options, incentive stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units ("RSUs"), performance RSUs ("performance awards"), dividend equivalent rights, and shares of common stock to officers, employees, non-employee directors, and consultants providing services to Mattel. Stock options are granted with exercise prices at the fair market value of Mattel's common stock on the applicable grant date and expire no later than ten years from the grant date. Stock options, RSUs, and performance awards related to Mattel's long-term incentive program generally provide for vesting over, or at the end of, a period of three years from the grant date.
On May 21, 2025, annual performance awards were granted to officers and key employees of Mattel under the Long-Term Incentive Program ("LTIP") for 2025-2027. Under the 2025-2027 LTIP, shares of Mattel's common stock may be earned based on Mattel’s relative Total Shareholder Return ("relative TSR") over the three-year performance measurement period. Performance awards previously granted under Mattel’s LTIP during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, may be earned based on Mattel's performance against three-year cumulative Adjusted Free Cash Flow targets, with the final payout subject to modification based on Mattel's relative TSR over the same periods. The actual number of shares earned under both the 2025-2027 LTIP and prior LTIP awards may range from 0% to 200% of the target award, depending on performance against the applicable metrics.
On September 30, 2024, a one-time retention performance award was granted to Ynon Kreiz, Mattel's Chief Executive Officer, which vests over a period of five years from the grant date, subject to potential acceleration upon certain qualifying terminations of employment.
Compensation expense, included within other selling and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations, related to stock options, RSUs, and performance awards, was as follows:
 For the Three Months EndedFor the Nine Months Ended
 September 30,
2025		September 30,
2024		September 30,
2025		September 30,
2024
 (In thousands)
Stock option compensation expense$400 $716 $1,431 $2,515 
RSU compensation expense14,901 13,860 43,370 42,185 
Performance award compensation expense7,029 5,109 16,153 12,748 
$22,330 $19,685 $60,954 $57,448 
As of September 30, 2025, total unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested share-based payments totaled $136.4 million and is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.3 years.
Mattel uses treasury shares purchased under its share repurchase program to satisfy stock option exercises and the vesting of RSUs and performance awards. Cash received for stock option exercises, net of taxes, was $5.5 million and $6.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.