MCFT vs. MBUU, PATK, BC, LCII, PII, WGO, RVSN, VEEE, VMAR, and RGR
Should you be buying MASTERCRAFT BOAT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MASTERCRAFT BOAT include Malibu Boats (MBUU), Patrick Industries (PATK), Brunswick (BC), LCI Industries (LCII), Polaris (PII), Winnebago Industries (WGO), Rail Vision (RVSN), Twin Vee PowerCats (VEEE), Vision Marine Technologies (VMAR), and Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (RGR).
MASTERCRAFT BOAT vs. Its Competitors
MASTERCRAFT BOAT (NASDAQ:MCFT) and Malibu Boats (NASDAQ:MBUU) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Malibu Boats has higher revenue and earnings than MASTERCRAFT BOAT. 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.
MASTERCRAFT BOAT presently has a consensus target price of $22.20, suggesting a potential upside of 7.43%. Malibu Boats has a consensus target price of $36.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.60%. Given Malibu Boats' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Malibu Boats is more favorable than MASTERCRAFT BOAT.
97.6% of MASTERCRAFT BOAT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.4% of Malibu Boats shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of MASTERCRAFT BOAT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Malibu Boats shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Malibu Boats had 2 more articles in the media than MASTERCRAFT BOAT. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Malibu Boats and 2 mentions for MASTERCRAFT BOAT. Malibu Boats' average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat MASTERCRAFT BOAT's score of 0.00 indicating that Malibu Boats is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MASTERCRAFT BOAT has a net margin of 2.48% compared to Malibu Boats' net margin of 1.84%. MASTERCRAFT BOAT's return on equity of 7.01% beat Malibu Boats' return on equity.
MASTERCRAFT BOAT has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Malibu Boats has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
MASTERCRAFT BOAT beats Malibu Boats on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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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This page (NASDAQ:MCFT) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
