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MBUU vs. MCFT, RVSN, VMAR, VEEE, MPX, GD, HII, CENTA, PTON, and MLCO

Should you be buying Malibu Boats stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Malibu Boats include MasterCraft Boat (MCFT), Rail Vision (RVSN), Vision Marine Technologies (VMAR), Twin Vee Powercats (VEEE), Marine Products (MPX), General Dynamics (GD), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Central Garden & Pet (CENTA), Peloton Interactive (PTON), and Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO).

Malibu Boats vs.

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 dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and community ranking.

Malibu Boats presently has a consensus price target of $38.17, indicating a potential upside of 43.27%. MasterCraft Boat has a consensus price target of $19.60, indicating a potential upside of 29.20%. 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
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)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17

Malibu Boats received 79 more outperform votes than MasterCraft Boat when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.19% of users gave MasterCraft Boat an outperform vote while only 63.60% of users gave Malibu Boats an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Malibu BoatsOutperform Votes
449
63.60%
Underperform Votes
257
36.40%
MasterCraft BoatOutperform Votes
370
66.19%
Underperform Votes
189
33.81%

Malibu Boats has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MasterCraft Boat has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

MasterCraft Boat has a net margin of -2.29% compared to Malibu Boats' net margin of -12.09%. MasterCraft Boat's return on equity of 3.74% beat Malibu Boats' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Malibu Boats-12.09% 1.04% 0.73%
MasterCraft Boat -2.29%3.74%2.25%

91.3% of Malibu Boats shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.6% of MasterCraft Boat shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Malibu Boats shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of MasterCraft Boat shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Malibu Boats had 2 more articles in the media than MasterCraft Boat. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Malibu Boats and 11 mentions for MasterCraft Boat. MasterCraft Boat's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Malibu Boats' score of 0.31 indicating that MasterCraft Boat is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Malibu Boats
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
MasterCraft Boat
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

MasterCraft Boat has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Malibu Boats. MasterCraft Boat is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Malibu Boats, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Malibu Boats$733.99M0.71-$55.91M-$4.35-6.12
MasterCraft Boat$311.26M0.82$7.80M-$0.40-37.93

Summary

MasterCraft Boat beats Malibu Boats on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MBUU vs. The Competition

MetricMalibu BoatsShip & boat building & repairing IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$523.08M$10.51B$7.05B$7.57B
Dividend YieldN/A3.92%3.50%4.32%
P/E Ratio-6.1217.4715.8017.81
Price / Sales0.710.967.4894.61
Price / Cash4.598.8116.4234.64
Price / Book1.021.594.124.00
Net Income-$55.91M$532.15M$259.47M$247.23M
7 Day Performance-6.03%-2.51%-0.78%1.45%
1 Month Performance-14.94%-5.91%-6.82%-6.24%
1 Year Performance-23.65%-25.42%-6.10%0.60%

Malibu Boats Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MBUU
Malibu Boats
3.4639 of 5 stars
$26.64
-1.5%
$38.17
+43.3%
-26.3%$523.08M$733.99M-6.123,020Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
MCFT
MasterCraft Boat
3.7193 of 5 stars
$15.37
-2.1%
$20.40
+32.7%
-29.4%$257.49M$311.26M-38.421,750Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
RVSN
Rail Vision
1.4489 of 5 stars
$0.29
-4.1%
N/A-66.9%$5.85M$1.30M-0.0660Short Interest ↓
Positive News
Gap Up
VMAR
Vision Marine Technologies
3.1339 of 5 stars
$4.80
-7.0%
$300.00
+6,150.0%
-92.5%$4.71M$2.95M-0.0414Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
VEEE
Twin Vee Powercats
1.2664 of 5 stars
$0.24
-12.6%
N/A-68.9%$3.50M$14.39M-0.22120Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
MPX
Marine Products
1.7982 of 5 stars
$7.88
-0.8%
$8.00
+1.6%
-26.3%$275.35M$236.56M16.07940
GD
General Dynamics
4.4524 of 5 stars
$247.62
-1.0%
$298.59
+20.6%
-2.6%$66.46B$47.72B18.15106,500Positive News
HII
Huntington Ingalls Industries
4.3814 of 5 stars
$183.30
-0.9%
$221.22
+20.7%
-20.7%$7.19B$11.54B13.1343,000Positive News
CENTA
Central Garden & Pet
3.6472 of 5 stars
$30.96
-1.6%
$41.00
+32.4%
-5.6%$2.03B$3.22B17.017,000News Coverage
Positive News
PTON
Peloton Interactive
4.1393 of 5 stars
$5.15
+2.4%
$8.69
+68.7%
+74.2%$2.01B$2.62B-6.692,918Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down
MLCO
Melco Resorts & Entertainment
4.18 of 5 stars
$4.63
-3.5%
$7.24
+56.4%
-28.9%$1.94B$4.64B-21.0420,209Short Interest ↓
Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:MBUU) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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