Patrick Industries (PATK) Competitors

Patrick Industries (NASDAQ:PATK) and Malibu Boats (NASDAQ:MBUU) are related companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Is PATK or MBUU more profitable?

Patrick Industries has a net margin of 3.30% compared to Malibu Boats' net margin of 1.84%. Patrick Industries' return on equity of 13.04% beat Malibu Boats' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Patrick Industries	3.30%	13.04%	4.77%
Malibu Boats	1.84%	4.93%	3.42%

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

93.3% of Patrick Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.4% of Malibu Boats shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Patrick Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Malibu Boats shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, PATK or MBUU?

Patrick Industries has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Malibu Boats has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer PATK or MBUU?

In the previous week, Malibu Boats had 13 more articles in the media than Patrick Industries. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Malibu Boats and 5 mentions for Patrick Industries. Patrick Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Malibu Boats' score of 0.29 indicating that Patrick Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Patrick Industries	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Malibu Boats	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer PATK or MBUU?

Patrick Industries presently has a consensus price target of $104.86, suggesting a potential downside of 7.87%. Malibu Boats has a consensus price target of $36.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.32%. Given Malibu Boats' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Malibu Boats is more favorable than Patrick Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Patrick Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Malibu Boats	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has better earnings and valuation, PATK or MBUU?

Patrick Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Malibu Boats. Patrick Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Malibu Boats, 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
Patrick Industries	$3.72B	1.02	$138.40M	$3.69	30.84
Malibu Boats	$807.56M	0.81	$14.88M	$0.77	43.97

Summary

Patrick Industries beats Malibu Boats on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.