MarineMax (HZO) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, HZO or WINA?

MarineMax has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Winmark has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in HZO or WINA?

92.9% 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 10.6% of Winmark shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings and 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	$2.43B	0.29	$38.07M	$1.65	18.79
Winmark	$81.78M	17.99	$40.18M	$10.93	38.24

Is HZO or WINA more profitable?

Winmark has a net margin of 49.02% compared to MarineMax's net margin of 1.57%. MarineMax's return on equity of 5.09% beat Winmark's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MarineMax	1.57%	5.09%	1.89%
Winmark	49.02%	-85.43%	97.81%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HZO or WINA?

MarineMax received 299 more outperform votes than Winmark when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.79% of users gave MarineMax an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave Winmark an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MarineMax	Outperform Votes 443 61.79%	Underperform Votes 274 38.21%
Winmark	Outperform Votes 144 57.14%	Underperform Votes 108 42.86%

Do analysts rate HZO or WINA?

MarineMax presently has a consensus target price of $41.83, suggesting a potential upside of 34.90%. Winmark has a consensus target price of $445.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.46%. Given MarineMax's 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)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Winmark	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor HZO or WINA?

In the previous week, MarineMax had 2 more articles in the media than Winmark. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for MarineMax and 2 mentions for Winmark. Winmark's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat MarineMax's score of 0.97 indicating that Winmark is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

MarineMax beats Winmark on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.