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 businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.
97.6% of MASTERCRAFT BOAT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.4% of Malibu Boats shares are held by institutional investors. 4.0% of MASTERCRAFT BOAT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Malibu Boats shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
In the previous week, MASTERCRAFT BOAT had 3 more articles in the media than Malibu Boats. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for MASTERCRAFT BOAT and 13 mentions for Malibu Boats. MASTERCRAFT BOAT's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Malibu Boats' score of 0.45 indicating that MASTERCRAFT BOAT is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MASTERCRAFT BOAT has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Malibu Boats has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MASTERCRAFT BOAT presently has a consensus price target of $22.17, suggesting a potential upside of 0.53%. Malibu Boats has a consensus price target of $36.40, suggesting a potential upside of 10.98%. Given Malibu Boats' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Malibu Boats is more favorable than MASTERCRAFT BOAT.
MASTERCRAFT BOAT has a net margin of 2.48% compared to Malibu Boats' net margin of -1.19%. MASTERCRAFT BOAT's return on equity of 7.06% beat Malibu Boats' return on equity.
Summary
MASTERCRAFT BOAT beats Malibu Boats on 13 of the 16 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 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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