MBUU vs. MPX, MCFT, BWMX, GTN.A, AMC, SBGI, SWBI, XPOF, RSVR, and MNRO
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), Betterware de México, S.A.P.I. de C.V. (BWMX), Gray Television (GTN.A), AMC Entertainment (AMC), Sinclair (SBGI), Smith & Wesson Brands (SWBI), Xponential Fitness (XPOF), Reservoir Media (RSVR), and Monro (MNRO). 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 better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
Malibu Boats has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marine Products has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Malibu Boats had 29 more articles in the media than Marine Products. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Malibu Boats and 10 mentions for Marine Products. Marine Products' average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Malibu Boats' score of 0.11 indicating that Marine Products is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 75.7% of Marine Products shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Malibu Boats received 199 more outperform votes than Marine Products when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.27% of users gave Malibu Boats an outperform vote while only 58.84% of users gave Marine Products an outperform vote.
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 currently has a consensus price target of $43.00, suggesting a potential upside of 31.74%. Marine Products has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 39.62%. Given Marine Products' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Marine Products is more favorable than Malibu Boats.
Summary
Malibu Boats and Marine Products tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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