MarineMax (HZO) Competitors

MarineMax (NYSE:HZO) and Winmark (NASDAQ:WINA) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, profitability, valuation and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HZO or WINA?

MarineMax received 303 more outperform votes than Winmark when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.66% of users gave MarineMax an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave Winmark an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MarineMax	Outperform Votes 447 61.66%	Underperform Votes 278 38.34%
Winmark	Outperform Votes 144 57.14%	Underperform Votes 108 42.86%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, HZO or WINA?

Winmark has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MarineMax. MarineMax is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Winmark, 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
MarineMax	$2.42B	0.22	$38.07M	$2.45	10.23
Winmark	$83.10M	18.25	$40.18M	$11.19	38.37

Which has more risk and volatility, HZO or WINA?

MarineMax has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Winmark has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend HZO or WINA?

MarineMax presently has a consensus target price of $38.50, suggesting a potential upside of 53.63%. Given MarineMax's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe MarineMax is more favorable than Winmark.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MarineMax	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.17
Winmark	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is HZO or WINA more profitable?

Winmark has a net margin of 49.15% compared to MarineMax's net margin of 2.33%. MarineMax's return on equity of 4.96% beat Winmark's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MarineMax	2.33%	4.96%	1.85%
Winmark	49.15%	-93.24%	88.80%

Does the media prefer HZO or WINA?

In the previous week, MarineMax and MarineMax both had 7 articles in the media. Winmark's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat MarineMax's score of 0.39 indicating that Winmark is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MarineMax	1 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Winmark	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in HZO or WINA?

92.8% of MarineMax shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.3% of Winmark shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of MarineMax shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of Winmark shares are owned by 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

MarineMax beats Winmark on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.