Marine Products (MPX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Marine Products Corporation designs, manufactures, and sells recreational fiberglass powerboats for the sport boat and sport fishing boat markets worldwide. The company offers Chaparral sterndrive pleasure boats, including SSi Sport Boats, SSX Sport Boats, and the Surf Series; Chaparral outboard pleasure boats, which include OSX Luxury Sportboats and SSi outboard models; and Robalo outboard sport fishing boats. It also provides center and dual consoles, and Cayman Bay Boats under the Robalo brand name. The company sells its products to a network of domestic and international independent authorized dealers. Marine Products Corporation was founded in 1965 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia. Marine Products Corporation operates as a subsidiary of LOR, Inc.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $8.55 to $9.04
• 50-Day Range: $7.99 to $9.30
• 52-Week Range: $7.49 to $10.89
• Volume: 20,912 shs
• Average Volume: 19,985 shs
• Market Capitalization: $303.45 million
• P/E Ratio: 21.68
• Dividend Yield: 6.46%
• Price Target: $8.00
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Marine Products Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Marine Products scored higher than 27% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 235th out of 288 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Marine Products has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Marine Products has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 25.00%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Marine Products are expected to grow by 25.00% in the coming year, from $0.40 to $0.50 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Marine Products is 21.68, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 27.74.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Marine Products is 21.68, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 19.42.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Marine Products has a P/B Ratio of 2.38. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.99% of the float of Marine Products has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Marine Products has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 10.1, which indicates bearish sentiment.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Marine Products has recently increased by 2.37%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Marine Products is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 6.29%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Marine Products does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Marine Products is 140.00%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, Marine Products will have a dividend payout ratio of 112.00% in the coming year. This indicates that Marine Products may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.99% of the float of Marine Products has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Marine Products has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 10.1, which indicates bearish sentiment.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Marine Products has recently increased by 2.37%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.38

News Sentiment

Marine Products has a news sentiment score of 0.38. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.91 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 11 news articles for Marine Products this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for MPX on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Marine Products insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

75.20% of the stock of Marine Products is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 13.86% of the stock of Marine Products is held by institutions.

MPX Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have MPX shares performed this year?

Marine Products' stock was trading at $9.17 at the start of the year. Since then, MPX stock has decreased by 5.5% and is now trading at $8.67.

How were Marine Products' earnings last quarter?

Marine Products Corporation (NYSE:MPX) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 24th. The company reported $0.12 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.12. The company had revenue of $67.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $67.80 million. Marine Products had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.98% and a net margin of 6.26%.
Read the conference call transcript.

Who are Marine Products' major shareholders?

Marine Products' top institutional shareholders include Kapitalo Investimentos Ltda (0.04%).
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Marine Products?

Shares of MPX stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Marine Products own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Marine Products investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Tesla (TSLA), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Netflix (NFLX) and Home Depot (HD).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 6/10 Dividend: 5/09/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 6/10 Dividend: 5/09/2025
• Dividend Payable: 6/10/2025
• Last Earnings: 7/24/2025
• Today: 7/30/2025
• Record date for 9/10 Dividend: 8/11/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 9/10 Dividend: 8/11/2025
• Dividend Payable: 9/10/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: LEISURE&REC PRD
• Sub-Industry: Leisure Products
• Current Symbol: NYSE:MPX
• CIK: 1129155
• Web: www.marineproductscorp.com
• Phone: (404) 321-7910
• Fax: 404-321-5483
• Employees: 940
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Marine Products: $8.00
• High Price Target: $8.00
• Low Price Target: $8.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -7.7%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.40
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 21.68
• Forward P/E Ratio: 21.68
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $17.85 million
• Net Margins: 6.26%
• Pretax Margin: 7.47%
• Return on Equity: 10.98%
• Return on Assets: 7.98%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 2.96
• Quick Ratio: 1.81

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $224.37 million
• Price / Sales: 1.35
• Cash Flow: $0.58 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 14.95
• Book Value: $3.64 per share
• Price / Book: 2.38

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 34,955,000
• Free Float: 8,669,000
• Market Cap: $303.06 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.90