MCFT vs. MBUU, MPX, VMAR, FRZA, VEEE, GD, HII, LEG, AMWD, and GIII
Should you be buying MasterCraft Boat stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MasterCraft Boat include Malibu Boats (MBUU), Marine Products (MPX), Vision Marine Technologies (VMAR), Forza X1 (FRZA), Twin Vee Powercats (VEEE), General Dynamics (GD), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Leggett & Platt (LEG), American Woodmark (AMWD), and G-III Apparel Group (GIII).
Malibu Boats (NASDAQ:MBUU) and MasterCraft Boat (NASDAQ:MCFT) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Malibu Boats had 5 more articles in the media than MasterCraft Boat. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Malibu Boats and 4 mentions for MasterCraft Boat. Malibu Boats' average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat MasterCraft Boat's score of 0.33 indicating that MasterCraft Boat is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
91.3% of Malibu Boats shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.6% of MasterCraft Boat shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Malibu Boats shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of MasterCraft Boat shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
MasterCraft Boat has a net margin of 8.26% compared to MasterCraft Boat's net margin of -5.19%. Malibu Boats' return on equity of 21.71% beat MasterCraft Boat's return on equity.
Malibu Boats has higher revenue and earnings than MasterCraft Boat. Malibu Boats is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MasterCraft Boat, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Malibu Boats currently has a consensus price target of $43.14, suggesting a potential upside of 12.18%. MasterCraft Boat has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.74%. Given Malibu Boats' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MasterCraft Boat is more favorable than Malibu Boats.
Malibu Boats has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MasterCraft Boat has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Malibu Boats received 75 more outperform votes than MasterCraft Boat when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.79% of users gave MasterCraft Boat an outperform vote while only 65.82% of users gave Malibu Boats an outperform vote.
Summary
MasterCraft Boat beats Malibu Boats on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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