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 businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Does the media favor MCFT or MBUU?

In the previous week, Malibu Boats had 2 more articles in the media than MasterCraft Boat. MarketBeat recorded 5 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 news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
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
Malibu Boats	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate MCFT or MBUU?

MasterCraft Boat presently has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.84%. Malibu Boats has a consensus target price of $38.17, suggesting a potential upside of 26.97%. Given Malibu Boats' higher possible 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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in MCFT or MBUU?

97.6% of MasterCraft Boat shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% 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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation and earnings, 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	0.92	$7.80M	-$0.39	-43.15
Malibu Boats	$759.23M	0.76	-$55.91M	-$0.41	-73.32

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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 63.60% 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 63.60%	Underperform Votes 257 36.40%

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%

Which has more volatility & risk, MCFT or MBUU?

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

Summary

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