OneWater Marine (ONEW) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend ONEW or MBUU?

OneWater Marine presently has a consensus target price of $19.60, suggesting a potential upside of 14.29%. Malibu Boats has a consensus target price of $36.40, suggesting a potential downside of 0.63%. Given OneWater Marine's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe OneWater Marine is more favorable than Malibu Boats.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
OneWater Marine	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Malibu Boats	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14

Which has more volatility and risk, ONEW or MBUU?

OneWater Marine has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Malibu Boats has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ONEW or MBUU more profitable?

OneWater Marine has a net margin of -0.61% compared to Malibu Boats' net margin of -1.19%. Malibu Boats' return on equity of 1.66% beat OneWater Marine's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OneWater Marine	-0.61%	0.45%	0.11%
Malibu Boats	-1.19%	1.66%	1.16%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ONEW or MBUU?

94.3% of OneWater Marine shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.4% of Malibu Boats shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.3% of OneWater Marine shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Malibu Boats shares are owned by 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.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ONEW or MBUU?

OneWater Marine has higher revenue and earnings than Malibu Boats. Malibu Boats is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OneWater Marine, 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
OneWater Marine	$1.77B	0.16	-$5.70M	-$0.81	-21.17
Malibu Boats	$829.03M	0.85	-$55.91M	-$0.41	-89.34

Does the media prefer ONEW or MBUU?

In the previous week, Malibu Boats had 5 more articles in the media than OneWater Marine. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Malibu Boats and 2 mentions for OneWater Marine. Malibu Boats' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat OneWater Marine's score of 0.38 indicating that Malibu Boats is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
OneWater Marine	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Malibu Boats	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

OneWater Marine beats Malibu Boats on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.