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$30.12 +0.06 (+0.18%)
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MBUU vs. MCFT, RVSN, VMAR, VEEE, MPX, GD, HII, UA, MANU, and VAC

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), Under Armour (UA), Manchester United (MANU), and Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC).

Malibu Boats vs.

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

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$759.23M0.76-$55.91M-$0.41-73.32
MasterCraft Boat$303.24M0.92$7.80M-$0.39-43.15

Malibu Boats currently has a consensus target price of $38.17, indicating a potential upside of 26.97%. MasterCraft Boat has a consensus target price of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.84%. Given Malibu Boats' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly 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)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29

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%

Malibu Boats has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MasterCraft Boat has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Malibu Boats received 78 more outperform votes than MasterCraft Boat when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.66% 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
371
65.66%
Underperform Votes
194
34.34%

In the previous week, Malibu Boats had 3 more articles in the media than MasterCraft Boat. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Malibu Boats and 3 mentions for MasterCraft Boat. Malibu Boats' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat MasterCraft Boat's score of 0.66 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
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
MasterCraft Boat
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

MasterCraft Boat beats Malibu Boats on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MBUU vs. The Competition

MetricMalibu BoatsShip & boat building & repairing IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$576.88M$10.59B$7.91B$8.39B
Dividend YieldN/A3.60%3.24%4.10%
P/E Ratio-6.9117.9015.0919.71
Price / Sales0.761.057.77117.28
Price / Cash4.598.8116.3734.62
Price / Book1.151.644.734.50
Net Income-$55.91M$532.15M$257.85M$248.18M
7 Day Performance-6.76%-2.31%-1.06%0.20%
1 Month Performance7.66%3.78%7.59%12.37%
1 Year Performance-16.31%-21.74%-3.47%7.04%

Malibu Boats Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MBUU
Malibu Boats
3.0691 of 5 stars
$30.12
+0.2%
$38.17
+26.7%
-12.9%$577.94M$759.23M-6.923,020News Coverage
Positive News
MCFT
MasterCraft Boat
2.9002 of 5 stars
$17.76
+3.8%
$20.00
+12.6%
-19.3%$294.91M$311.26M-44.401,750
RVSN
Rail Vision
0.3653 of 5 stars
$0.40
-3.8%
N/A-66.6%$20.99M$1.30M-0.0960
VMAR
Vision Marine Technologies
2.407 of 5 stars
$7.13
+6.3%
$300.00
+4,107.6%
-93.4%$7.00M$2.33M-0.0614News Coverage
Positive News
VEEE
Twin Vee Powercats
0.5598 of 5 stars
$3.00
-12.8%
N/A-65.4%$4.46M$14.39M-2.86120
MPX
Marine Products
1.3159 of 5 stars
$8.55
+0.3%
$8.00
-6.5%
-17.9%$299.01M$226.22M17.46940
GD
General Dynamics
4.6666 of 5 stars
$276.45
+1.8%
$293.00
+6.0%
-6.5%$74.20B$49.21B20.27106,500Trending News
Analyst Revision
HII
Huntington Ingalls Industries
4.03 of 5 stars
$229.92
-0.7%
$238.44
+3.7%
-12.0%$9.02B$11.46B16.4743,000Positive News
Analyst Revision
UA
Under Armour
2.0739 of 5 stars
$5.90
+5.6%
$9.00
+52.7%
-6.5%$2.53B$5.32B-20.3317,500Gap Down
High Trading Volume
MANU
Manchester United
1.6344 of 5 stars
$14.60
+2.1%
$20.75
+42.2%
-14.0%$2.47B$620.67M-14.311,040Trending News
Gap Down
VAC
Marriott Vacations Worldwide
4.9735 of 5 stars
$70.03
+8.3%
$92.25
+31.7%
-30.0%$2.42B$4.97B13.3421,400Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:MBUU) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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