Malibu Boats (MBUU) Competitors

Mastercraft Boat (NASDAQ:MCFT) and Malibu Boats (NASDAQ:MBUU) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MCFT or MBUU?

97.6% of Mastercraft Boat shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.4% of Malibu Boats shares are held by institutional investors. 4.0% of Mastercraft Boat shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Malibu Boats shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, MCFT or MBUU?

Mastercraft Boat has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Malibu Boats. 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mastercraft Boat	$366.59M	0.86	$7.80M	-$0.39	-48.90
Malibu Boats	$829.03M	0.76	-$55.91M	-$0.41	-80.49

Do analysts recommend MCFT or MBUU?

Mastercraft Boat presently has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.88%. Malibu Boats has a consensus target price of $36.40, suggesting a potential upside of 10.30%. Given Malibu Boats' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Malibu Boats is more favorable than Mastercraft Boat.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mastercraft Boat	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29
Malibu Boats	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14

Does the media refer more to MCFT or MBUU?

In the previous week, Mastercraft Boat had 2 more articles in the media than Malibu Boats. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Mastercraft Boat and 1 mentions for Malibu Boats. Malibu Boats' average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Mastercraft Boat's score of 1.22 indicating that Malibu Boats is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Mastercraft Boat	Positive
Malibu Boats	Positive

Is MCFT or MBUU more profitable?

Malibu Boats has a net margin of -1.19% compared to Mastercraft Boat's net margin of -2.46%. Mastercraft Boat's return on equity of 3.34% beat Malibu Boats' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mastercraft Boat	-2.46%	3.34%	2.11%
Malibu Boats	-1.19%	1.66%	1.16%

Which has more risk & volatility, MCFT or MBUU?

Mastercraft Boat has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Malibu Boats has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Mastercraft Boat beats Malibu Boats on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.