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Malibu Boats (MBUU) Competitors

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$39.28 +3.34 (+9.28%)
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MBUU vs. MCFT, PATK, BC, FBIN, HOG, HZO, LCII, PII, THO, and WGO

Should you be buying Malibu Boats stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Malibu Boats include Mastercraft Boat (MCFT), Patrick Industries (PATK), Brunswick (BC), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), Harley-Davidson (HOG), MarineMax (HZO), LCI Industries (LCII), Polaris (PII), Thor Industries (THO), and Winnebago Industries (WGO).

Malibu Boats vs. Its Competitors

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

Mastercraft Boat has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Malibu Boats$759.23M0.99-$55.91M-$0.41-95.80
Mastercraft Boat$303.24M1.18$7.80M-$0.39-55.05

Malibu Boats presently has a consensus price target of $36.40, suggesting a potential downside of 7.32%. Mastercraft Boat has a consensus price target of $20.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.85%. Given Mastercraft Boat's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mastercraft Boat is more favorable than Malibu Boats.

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

Malibu Boats has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mastercraft Boat has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Malibu Boats had 7 more articles in the media than Mastercraft Boat. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Malibu Boats and 2 mentions for Mastercraft Boat. Malibu Boats' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Mastercraft Boat's score of 0.58 indicating that Malibu Boats is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Malibu Boats
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Mastercraft Boat
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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
Malibu Boats-1.19% 1.66% 1.16%
Mastercraft Boat -2.46%3.34%2.11%

91.3% of Malibu Boats shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.6% of Mastercraft Boat shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Malibu Boats shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Mastercraft Boat shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MBUU and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MBUU vs. The Competition

MetricMalibu BoatsLEISURE&REC PRD IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$753.04M$3.61B$8.43B$9.75B
Dividend YieldN/A3.03%3.11%4.09%
P/E Ratio-95.7039.9517.0625.96
Price / Sales0.992.234.93122.90
Price / Cash4.7021.2016.5558.38
Price / Book1.503.304.716.38
Net Income-$55.91M$1.23M$225.87M$265.56M
7 Day Performance8.08%2.48%15.33%1.81%
1 Month Performance9.41%-0.15%14.12%1.14%
1 Year Performance14.38%11.40%52.23%20.98%

Malibu Boats Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MBUU
Malibu Boats
1.27 of 5 stars
$39.28
+9.3%
$36.40
-7.3%
+3.2%$753.04M$759.23M-95.702,250News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
MCFT
Mastercraft Boat
2.1075 of 5 stars
$20.32
+1.1%
$20.00
-1.6%
+1.2%$333.59M$303.24M-52.101,750Upcoming Earnings
PATK
Patrick Industries
4.4592 of 5 stars
$110.22
-1.7%
$104.86
-4.9%
+28.7%$3.73B$3.82B29.8710,000Insider Trade
BC
Brunswick
3.4041 of 5 stars
$63.17
-0.2%
$68.25
+8.0%
-19.7%$4.13B$5.24B101.8815,000Positive News
FBIN
Fortune Brands Innovations
4.2151 of 5 stars
$58.85
+0.3%
$75.91
+29.0%
-27.4%$7.05B$4.61B18.5111,000News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
HOG
Harley-Davidson
4.4091 of 5 stars
$27.66
+1.0%
$29.83
+7.8%
-26.6%$3.33B$5.19B14.335,900
HZO
MarineMax
3.6781 of 5 stars
$25.74
+1.4%
$33.25
+29.2%
-16.5%$544.53M$2.43B-19.214,050
LCII
LCI Industries
3.1003 of 5 stars
$102.12
-1.3%
$103.25
+1.1%
-12.6%$2.51B$3.74B17.0511,500Positive News
Dividend Announcement
PII
Polaris
3.7039 of 5 stars
$56.37
-1.5%
$48.33
-14.3%
-37.1%$3.22B$7.18B-29.9815,000Positive News
THO
Thor Industries
3.8228 of 5 stars
$106.11
-1.2%
$89.38
-15.8%
+1.4%$5.72B$10.04B25.4522,300Options Volume
WGO
Winnebago Industries
4.3187 of 5 stars
$34.14
-0.5%
$42.67
+25.0%
-41.8%$961.45M$2.97B-57.865,700News Coverage
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:MBUU) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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