MBUU vs. MPX, MCFT, VMAR, FRZA, VEEE, GD, HII, UA, MODG, and STRA
Should you be buying Malibu Boats stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Malibu Boats include Marine Products (MPX), MasterCraft Boat (MCFT), Vision Marine Technologies (VMAR), Forza X1 (FRZA), Twin Vee Powercats (VEEE), General Dynamics (GD), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Under Armour (UA), Topgolf Callaway Brands (MODG), and Strategic Education (STRA).
Marine Products (NYSE:MPX) and Malibu Boats (NASDAQ:MBUU) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Marine Products has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Malibu Boats has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
13.9% of Marine Products shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.4% of Malibu Boats shares are owned by institutional investors. 75.7% of Marine Products shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Malibu Boats shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Malibu Boats had 9 more articles in the media than Marine Products. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Malibu Boats and 0 mentions for Marine Products. Marine Products' average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Malibu Boats' score of 0.00 indicating that Malibu Boats is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Marine Products presently has a consensus target price of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 56.25%. Malibu Boats has a consensus target price of $43.14, indicating a potential upside of 12.18%. Given Malibu Boats' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Marine Products is more favorable than Malibu Boats.
Marine Products has a net margin of 10.40% compared to Marine Products' net margin of -5.19%. Malibu Boats' return on equity of 23.29% beat Marine Products' return on equity.
Malibu Boats has higher revenue and earnings than Marine Products. Malibu Boats is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marine Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Malibu Boats received 200 more outperform votes than Marine Products when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.82% of users gave Malibu Boats an outperform vote while only 58.84% of users gave Marine Products an outperform vote.
Summary
Malibu Boats beats Marine Products on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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