MBUU Stock Analysis: Malibu Boats | NASDAQ
Recreational Vehicles | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 559m USD | 12M Return: -17.2% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 5.86M
EPS Trend: -77.3%
Qual. Beats: 1
Rev. Trend: -77.5%
Qual. Beats: 3
Warnings
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 11.6 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
Malibu Boats, Inc. (NASDAQ: MBUU) is a U.S.-based recreational powerboat manufacturer founded in 1982 and headquartered in Loudon, Tennessee. The company operates through three reporting segments-Malibu, Saltwater Fishing, and Cobalt-and sells performance sport boats, sterndrive boats, and outboard boats under multiple brands, including Malibu, Axis, Pursuit, Maverick, Cobia, Pathfinder, Hewes, and Cobalt. Its products serve a range of recreational boating activities, including wakeboarding, water skiing, wake surfing, general recreation, and fishing, and are distributed through an independent dealer network. The company has been publicly traded since its January 2014 IPO.
As a player in the Consumer Discretionary sector (GICS Sub-Industry: Leisure Products), Malibu Boats benefits from a multi-brand portfolio strategy that allows it to address distinct consumer segments-from watersports enthusiasts to offshore and bay fishing customers. The reliance on an independent dealer network is typical of the recreational marine industry, where manufacturers distribute through regional boat dealers rather than direct-to-consumer channels.
- Saltwater Fishing segment drives margin expansion with Pursuit and Cobia brands
- Dealer inventory destocking pressures near-term wholesale boat revenue
- Interest rates and consumer slowdown weigh on premium recreational boat demand
| Net Income: -905k TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.04 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 1.47 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 8.89% < 20% (prev 11.80%; Δ -2.91% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.06 > 3% & CFO 61.6m > Net Income -905k |
| Net Debt (124.5m) to EBITDA (42.5m): 2.93 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 1.31 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (19.2m) vs 12m ago -2.12% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 14.97% > 18% (prev 16.31%; Δ -1.34% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 93.58% > 50% (prev 100.1%; Δ -6.48% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 0.76 > 6 (EBIT TTM 1.54m / Interest Expense TTM 2.02m) |
| A: 0.07 (Total Current Assets 307.3m - Total Current Liabilities 233.8m) / Total Assets 1.01b |
| B: 0.48 (Retained Earnings 479.1m / Total Assets 1.01b) |
| C: 0.00 (EBIT TTM 1.54m / Avg Total Assets 882.8m) |
| D: 1.07 (Book Value of Equity 517.7m / Total Liabilities 485.2m) |
| Altman-Z'' = 3.16 = A |
| DSRI: 0.92 (Receivables 42.3m/42.4m, Revenue 826.1m/759.2m) |
| GMI: 1.09 (GM 16.31% / 14.97%) |
| AQI: 1.21 (AQ_t 0.45 / AQ_t-1 0.37) |
| SGI: 1.09 (Revenue 826.1m / 759.2m) |
| TATA: -0.06 (NI -905k - CFO 61.6m) / TA 1.01b) |
| Beneish M = -2.83 (Cap -4..+1) = A |
As of August 02, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 27.57 with a total of 199,678 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -0.47%, over one month by +0.51%, over three months by +7.70% and over the past year by -17.23%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 25.50 (which is 7.5% or 1.9 ATR below the current price).
Malibu Boats has received a consensus analysts rating of 3.56. Therefore, it is recommended to hold MBUU.
- StrongBuy: 2
- Buy: 1
- Hold: 6
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 35.3 | 28.1% |
P/E Forward = 11.1732
P/S = 0.6765
P/B = 1.0769
P/EG = 0.2249
Revenue TTM = 826.1m USD
EBIT TTM = 1.54m USD
EBITDA TTM = 42.5m USD
Long Term Debt = 165.0m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 4.84m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 174.7m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 4.84m
Net Debt = 124.5m USD (calculated: Debt 174.7m - CCE 50.2m)
Enterprise Value = 683.4m USD (558.9m + Debt 174.7m - CCE 50.2m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 0.76 (Ebit TTM 1.54m / Interest Expense TTM 2.02m)
EV/FCF = 17.07x (Enterprise Value 683.4m / FCF TTM 40.0m)
FCF Yield = 5.86% (FCF TTM 40.0m / Enterprise Value 683.4m)
FCF Margin = 4.85% (FCF TTM 40.0m / Revenue TTM 826.1m)
Net Margin = -0.11% (Net Income TTM -905k / Revenue TTM 826.1m)
Gross Margin = 14.97% ((Revenue TTM 826.1m - Cost of Revenue TTM 702.4m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 17.51% (prev 12.41%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.68 (Enterprise Value 683.4m / Total Assets 1.01b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 1.16% (Interest Expense 2.02m / Debt 174.7m)
Taxrate = 24.79% (5.02m / 20.3m)
NOPAT = 1.16m (EBIT 1.54m * (1 - 24.79%))
Current Ratio = 1.31 (Total Current Assets 307.3m / Total Current Liabilities 233.8m)
Debt / Equity = 0.34 (Debt 174.7m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 517.7m)
Debt / EBITDA = 2.93 (Net Debt 124.5m / EBITDA 42.5m)
Debt / FCF = 3.11 (Net Debt 124.5m / FCF TTM 40.0m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 511.1m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = -0.10% (Net Income -905k / Total Assets 1.01b)
RoE = -0.18% (Net Income TTM -905k / Total Stockholder Equity 511.1m)
RoCE = 0.23% (EBIT 1.54m / Capital Employed (Equity 511.1m + L.T.Debt 165.0m))
RoIC = 0.16% (NOPAT 1.16m / Invested Capital 736.5m)
WACC = 8.32% (E(558.9m)/V(733.6m) * Re(10.65%) + D(174.7m)/V(733.6m) * Rd(1.16%) * (1-Tc(0.25)))
Discount Rate = 10.65% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -97.63 | Cagr: -2.84%
[DCF] Terminal Value 77.97% ; FCFF base≈31.6m ; Y1≈36.2m ; Y5≈53.3m
[DCF] Fair Price = 34.53 (EV 802.7m - Net Debt 124.5m = Equity 678.1m / Shares 19.6m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow 15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: -77.31 | EPS CAGR: -57.11% | SUE: 2.01 | # QB: 1
Revenue Correlation: -77.53 | Revenue CAGR: -18.20% | SUE: 4.0 | # QB: 3
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.30 | Chg30d=+0.20% | Revisions=+17% | Analysts=9
EPS current Year (2026-06-30): EPS=1.47 | Chg30d=+0.08% | Revisions=-25% | GrowthEPS=-7.1% | GrowthRev=+9.4%
EPS next Year (2027-06-30): EPS=2.53 | Chg30d=+0.65% | Revisions=+40% | GrowthEPS=+72.1% | GrowthRev=+22.4%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +22% (up=4, down=2)