Malibu Boats (NASDAQ:MBUU) and YETI (NYSE:YETI) Head-To-Head Comparison

Malibu Boats (NASDAQ:MBUU) and YETI (NYSE:YETI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Malibu Boats and YETI”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Malibu Boats	$807.56 million	0.77	$14.88 million	$0.77	41.91
YETI	$1.83 billion	1.55	$175.69 million	$2.10	16.67

YETI has higher revenue and earnings than Malibu Boats. YETI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Malibu Boats, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Malibu Boats and YETI, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Malibu Boats	1	6	1	0	2.00
YETI	0	9	5	0	2.36

Malibu Boats currently has a consensus price target of $36.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.56%. YETI has a consensus price target of $38.54, suggesting a potential upside of 10.06%. Given Malibu Boats’ higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Malibu Boats is more favorable than YETI.

Volatility and Risk

Malibu Boats has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, YETI has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

91.4% of Malibu Boats shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Malibu Boats shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of YETI shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Malibu Boats and YETI’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Malibu Boats	1.84%	4.93%	3.42%
YETI	9.73%	24.60%	14.84%

Summary

YETI beats Malibu Boats on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Malibu Boats

Malibu Boats, Inc. designs, engineers, manufactures, markets, and sells a range of recreational powerboats. It operates through three segments: Malibu, Saltwater Fishing, and Cobalt. The company provides performance sport boats, and sterndrive and outboard boats under the Malibu, Axis, Pursuit, Maverick, Cobia, Pathfinder, Hewes, and Cobalt brands. Its products are used for a range of recreational boating activities, including water sports, such as water skiing, wakeboarding, and wake surfing; and general recreational boating and fishing. The company sells its products through independent dealers in North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, South America, South Africa, and Australia/New Zealand. Malibu Boats, Inc. was founded in 1982 and is based in Loudon, Tennessee.

About YETI

YETI Holdings, Inc. designs, retails, and distributes products for the outdoor and recreation market under the YETI brand. It offers coolers and equipment, including hard and soft coolers, cargo, bags, outdoor living, and associated accessories, as well as backpacks, duffel bags, luggage, packing cubes, carryalls, camp chairs, blankets, dog beds, dog bowls, and gear cases under the LoadOut, Panga, Crossroads, Camino, Hondo Base, Trailhead, Lowlands, Boomer, and SideKick Dry brands. The company also provides drinkware products, such as colsters, lowballs, wine tumblers, stackable pints, mugs, tumblers, straw mugs and cups, bottles, jugs, and water bottles, as well as accessories comprising bottle straw and chug caps, lids, straw lids, color packs, tumbler handles, and jug mounts under the Rambler brand. In addition, it offers apparel and gear products, such as hats, shirts, bottle openers, and ice substitutes. The company sells its products through independent retailers, including outdoor specialty, hardware, sporting goods, and farm and ranch supply stores, as well as through its Website, YETI.com. It operates in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, and Japan. YETI Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.