Brunswick (BC) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in MBUU or BC?

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

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, MBUU or BC?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Malibu Boats	$829.03M	0.75	-$55.91M	-$0.41	-78.68
Brunswick	$5.10B	0.73	$130.10M	$0.62	92.11

Which has more risk and volatility, MBUU or BC?

Malibu Boats has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brunswick has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MBUU or BC more profitable?

Brunswick has a net margin of 0.82% compared to Malibu Boats' net margin of -1.19%. Brunswick's return on equity of 10.73% beat Malibu Boats' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Malibu Boats	-1.19%	1.66%	1.16%
Brunswick	0.82%	10.73%	3.54%

Does the media favor MBUU or BC?

In the previous week, Brunswick had 10 more articles in the media than Malibu Boats. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Brunswick and 3 mentions for Malibu Boats. Malibu Boats' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Brunswick's score of 0.79 indicating that Malibu Boats is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Malibu Boats	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brunswick	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend MBUU or BC?

Malibu Boats presently has a consensus target price of $36.40, suggesting a potential upside of 12.83%. Brunswick has a consensus target price of $68.25, suggesting a potential upside of 19.51%. Given Brunswick's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brunswick is more favorable than Malibu Boats.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Malibu Boats	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14
Brunswick	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.54

Summary

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