BC vs. MBUU, MCFT, PATK, FBIN, HOG, LCII, PII, THO, TKR, 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), Polaris (PII), Thor Industries (THO), Timken (TKR), and Winnebago Industries (WGO).
Brunswick vs. Its Competitors
Malibu Boats (NASDAQ:MBUU) and Brunswick (NYSE:BC) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Malibu Boats has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brunswick has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Malibu Boats presently has a consensus price target of $36.17, indicating a potential upside of 3.54%. Brunswick has a consensus price target of $70.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.86%. Given Brunswick's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Brunswick is more favorable than Malibu Boats.
91.3% of Malibu Boats shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Brunswick shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Malibu Boats shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Brunswick shares are owned 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.
In the previous week, Brunswick had 6 more articles in the media than Malibu Boats. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Brunswick and 4 mentions for Malibu Boats. Brunswick's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Malibu Boats' score of 0.39 indicating that Brunswick is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Brunswick has a net margin of 1.62% compared to Malibu Boats' net margin of -1.19%. Brunswick's return on equity of 12.88% beat Malibu Boats' return on equity.
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.
Summary
Brunswick beats Malibu Boats on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BC) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff