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$59.69 +0.40 (+0.67%)
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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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Malibu Boats currently has a consensus target price of $36.40, indicating a potential upside of 4.06%. Brunswick has a consensus target price of $70.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.27%. Given Brunswick's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)
7 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, Brunswick had 8 more articles in the media than Malibu Boats. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Brunswick and 3 mentions for Malibu Boats. Brunswick's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Malibu Boats' score of 0.50 indicating that Brunswick is being referred to more favorably in the news 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
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Malibu Boats has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brunswick has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Malibu Boats-1.19% 1.66% 1.16%
Brunswick 1.62%12.88%4.20%

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
Malibu Boats$829.03M0.81-$55.91M-$0.41-85.32
Brunswick$5.24B0.75$130.10M$1.2149.33

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

Summary

Brunswick beats Malibu Boats on 14 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$3.89B$3.30B$8.25B$20.51B
Dividend Yield2.90%3.01%3.16%3.74%
P/E Ratio49.3333.4321.0127.90
Price / Sales0.753.004.0940.80
Price / Cash6.5519.9216.7222.25
Price / Book2.083.924.664.59
Net Income$130.10M-$13.89M$212.85M$982.91M
7 Day Performance0.42%-0.57%36.35%0.11%
1 Month Performance2.28%23.69%44.43%3.55%
1 Year Performance-16.21%24.58%20.32%13.79%

Brunswick Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BC
Brunswick
4.4173 of 5 stars
$59.69
+0.7%
$70.00
+17.3%
-14.2%$3.89B$5.24B49.3315,000
MBUU
Malibu Boats
0.9625 of 5 stars
$31.34
-2.7%
$36.17
+15.4%
+14.6%$601.42M$829.03M-76.442,250
MCFT
Mastercraft Boat
1.5999 of 5 stars
$18.58
-1.5%
$20.00
+7.6%
+13.9%$308.43M$366.59M-47.641,750
PATK
Patrick Industries
4.5693 of 5 stars
$92.27
-0.2%
$96.42
+4.5%
+42.5%$3.08B$3.72B22.1310,000
FBIN
Fortune Brands Innovations
4.4266 of 5 stars
$51.52
+0.4%
$77.17
+49.8%
-15.9%$6.20B$4.61B15.1111,000
HOG
Harley-Davidson
4.6906 of 5 stars
$23.61
0.0%
$30.00
+27.1%
-22.3%$2.87B$5.19B8.815,900Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
LCII
LCI Industries
4.1809 of 5 stars
$91.25
-0.8%
$114.50
+25.5%
+2.4%$2.30B$3.74B14.9611,500
PII
Polaris
3.8122 of 5 stars
$40.70
-0.6%
$45.27
+11.2%
-34.9%$2.29B$7.18B56.5315,000
THO
Thor Industries
3.8469 of 5 stars
$88.79
-1.0%
$87.63
-1.3%
+1.9%$4.72B$10.04B21.2922,300
TKR
Timken
4.4351 of 5 stars
$72.62
-0.8%
$79.00
+8.8%
-1.5%$5.08B$4.57B15.6519,000
WGO
Winnebago Industries
4.6803 of 5 stars
$29.01
-0.9%
$42.33
+45.9%
-34.5%$813.15M$2.97B-49.175,700

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This page (NYSE:BC) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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