MBUU vs. MPX, MCFT, SWBI, RGR, AMCX, GTN, GTN.A, ACEL, MNRO, and MSC
Should you be buying Malibu Boats stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Malibu Boats include Marine Products (MPX), MasterCraft Boat (MCFT), Smith & Wesson Brands (SWBI), Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (RGR), AMC Networks (AMCX), Gray Television (GTN), Gray Television (GTN.A), Accel Entertainment (ACEL), Monro (MNRO), and Studio City International (MSC). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Malibu Boats (NASDAQ:MBUU) and Marine Products (NYSE:MPX) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.
In the previous week, Malibu Boats had 14 more articles in the media than Marine Products. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Malibu Boats and 1 mentions for Marine Products. Malibu Boats' average media sentiment score of 0.02 beat Marine Products' score of 0.00 indicating that Malibu Boats is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Malibu Boats currently has a consensus target price of $43.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.89%. Marine Products has a consensus target price of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 54.44%. Given Marine Products' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Marine Products is more favorable than Malibu Boats.
Marine Products has a net margin of 10.40% compared to Malibu Boats' net margin of -5.19%. Marine Products' return on equity of 23.29% beat Malibu Boats' return on equity.
Malibu Boats has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marine Products has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Malibu Boats has higher revenue and earnings than Marine Products. Malibu Boats is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marine Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Malibu Boats received 199 more outperform votes than Marine Products when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.07% of users gave Malibu Boats an outperform vote while only 58.84% of users gave Marine Products an outperform vote.
91.4% of Malibu Boats shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.9% of Marine Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Malibu Boats shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 75.7% of Marine Products shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Malibu Boats beats Marine Products on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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