MasterCraft Boat (MCFT) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MCFT or MBUU?

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 63.51% of users gave Malibu Boats an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MasterCraft Boat	Outperform Votes 371 65.66%	Underperform Votes 194 34.34%
Malibu Boats	Outperform Votes 449 63.51%	Underperform Votes 258 36.49%

Do analysts prefer MCFT or MBUU?

MasterCraft Boat currently has a consensus target price of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.11%. Malibu Boats has a consensus target price of $36.17, indicating a potential upside of 11.94%. 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
MasterCraft Boat	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29
Malibu Boats	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14

Is MCFT or MBUU more profitable?

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
MasterCraft Boat	-2.29%	3.74%	2.25%
Malibu Boats	-12.09%	1.04%	0.73%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in MCFT or MBUU?

97.6% of MasterCraft Boat shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Malibu Boats shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of MasterCraft Boat shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Malibu Boats shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, MCFT or MBUU?

MasterCraft Boat has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MasterCraft Boat	$303.24M	1.01	$7.80M	-$0.39	-47.44
Malibu Boats	$759.23M	0.82	-$55.91M	-$0.41	-78.80

Which has more volatility & risk, MCFT or MBUU?

MasterCraft Boat has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Malibu Boats has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer MCFT or MBUU?

In the previous week, Malibu Boats had 1 more articles in the media than MasterCraft Boat. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Malibu Boats and 4 mentions for MasterCraft Boat. MasterCraft Boat's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Malibu Boats' score of 0.37 indicating that MasterCraft Boat is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

MasterCraft Boat beats Malibu Boats on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.