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$65.44 +0.51 (+0.78%)
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BC vs. MBUU, MCFT, PATK, FBIN, HOG, LCII, MAS, PII, THO, and WGO

Should you be buying Brunswick stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brunswick include Malibu Boats (MBUU), MASTERCRAFT BOAT (MCFT), Patrick Industries (PATK), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), Harley-Davidson (HOG), LCI Industries (LCII), Masco (MAS), Polaris (PII), Thor Industries (THO), and Winnebago Industries (WGO).

Brunswick vs. Its Competitors

Brunswick (NYSE:BC) and Malibu Boats (NASDAQ:MBUU) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.

Brunswick has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Malibu Boats has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Brunswick has higher revenue and earnings than Malibu Boats. Malibu Boats is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brunswick, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Brunswick$5.24B0.82$130.10M$0.62105.54
Malibu Boats$807.56M0.80$14.88M$0.7743.35

Brunswick currently has a consensus target price of $66.75, indicating a potential upside of 2.01%. Malibu Boats has a consensus target price of $36.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.85%. Given Malibu Boats' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Malibu Boats is more favorable than Brunswick.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Brunswick
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Malibu Boats
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, Brunswick had 10 more articles in the media than Malibu Boats. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Brunswick and 6 mentions for Malibu Boats. Brunswick's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Malibu Boats' score of 0.84 indicating that Brunswick is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

99.3% of Brunswick shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.4% of Malibu Boats shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Brunswick shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Malibu Boats shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Malibu Boats has a net margin of 1.84% compared to Brunswick's net margin of 0.82%. Brunswick's return on equity of 10.73% beat Malibu Boats' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Brunswick0.82% 10.73% 3.54%
Malibu Boats 1.84%4.93%3.42%

Summary

Brunswick beats Malibu Boats on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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BC vs. The Competition

MetricBrunswickLEISURE&REC PRD IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.24B$2.57B$8.40B$21.54B
Dividend Yield2.65%2.89%3.00%3.50%
P/E Ratio105.5441.0918.6530.17
Price / Sales0.821.475.9375.23
Price / Cash7.1718.3217.0224.62
Price / Book2.282.405.074.58
Net Income$130.10M$3.73M$256.79M$1.00B
7 Day Performance0.15%0.78%1.51%1.52%
1 Month Performance1.96%0.40%20.13%5.96%
1 Year Performance-22.49%1.59%54.09%14.24%

Brunswick Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BC
Brunswick
3.9836 of 5 stars
$65.44
+0.8%
$66.75
+2.0%
-20.5%$4.24B$5.24B105.5415,000Positive News
MBUU
Malibu Boats
1.8767 of 5 stars
$33.03
-1.9%
$36.00
+9.0%
-14.9%$647.79M$807.56M42.902,200
MCFT
MASTERCRAFT BOAT
3.2735 of 5 stars
$23.80
+3.1%
$22.20
-6.7%
+25.0%$376.35M$284.20M54.091,750Positive News
PATK
Patrick Industries
4.0891 of 5 stars
$113.37
-0.2%
$104.86
-7.5%
+14.7%$3.78B$3.72B30.7210,000Positive News
FBIN
Fortune Brands Innovations
4.5156 of 5 stars
$60.64
-0.3%
$75.45
+24.4%
-32.4%$7.30B$4.61B19.0711,000Positive News
Short Interest ↑
HOG
Harley-Davidson
4.4542 of 5 stars
$30.99
+2.6%
$30.86
-0.4%
-22.4%$3.67B$4.47B16.065,900
LCII
LCI Industries
3.8016 of 5 stars
$105.25
-0.7%
$103.25
-1.9%
-17.6%$2.57B$3.74B17.5711,500Positive News
MAS
Masco
4.6724 of 5 stars
$75.62
-0.6%
$74.13
-2.0%
-10.7%$15.93B$7.83B20.0618,000Positive News
PII
Polaris
3.3729 of 5 stars
$59.51
+0.6%
$49.17
-17.4%
-31.6%$3.33B$7.18B-31.6515,000Positive News
THO
Thor Industries
4.4455 of 5 stars
$111.78
-0.5%
$94.00
-15.9%
-1.0%$5.98B$9.59B26.8122,300Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
WGO
Winnebago Industries
4.5064 of 5 stars
$36.45
-0.9%
$42.67
+17.1%
-41.8%$1.03B$2.97B-61.785,700

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This page (NYSE:BC) was last updated on 9/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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