Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Auto - Recreational Vehicles
Malibu Boats, Inc. MBUU
$23.01 +0.79% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $451.8M
Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.07, down 90.4% year over year.
- The shares trade at 312.2× trailing earnings, higher than 93% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 18%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 14%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 31%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 5%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 11%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 22%
- Gross marginBottom 12%
- Operating marginBottom 19%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 12%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 41%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 37%
- Interest coverBottom 22%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 29%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 28%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 38%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 19%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 11%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 30%
- 6-month returnBottom 40%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 24%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 37%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 14%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 28%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 49%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 31%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 50%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 44%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 44%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 37%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 8.8% | 13.3% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 17.8% | 15.6% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 2.7% | 0.3% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 3.5% | 4.7% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 13.3% | 8.8% | ↑ | Top 18% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -90.4% | — | Bottom 14% | |
| Gross margin | 15.6% | 17.8% | ↓ | Bottom 12% |
| Operating margin | 0.3% | 2.7% | ↓ | Bottom 19% |
| Net margin | 0.2% | 1.8% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 4.7% | 3.5% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 0.3% | — | Bottom 22% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -13.0% | — | Bottom 5% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -6.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +21.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.81×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 0.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 7.59%
- Shareholder yield
- 7.59%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +2.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.4%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 27, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 4
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +73.6%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -3.0%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $34.00
- Target vs current price
- +47.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 16
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 50%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2026 | +18.1% | +8.1% | +1.6% | -12.1% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | +93.1% | -1.2% | +9.5% | +5.3% | +8.6% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | +33.3% | -11.3% | -9.3% | -20.6% | -25.7% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | +150.0% | -13.3% | -14.6% | -11.5% | -0.5% |
| Aug 28, 2025 | -8.7% | -17.0% | -16.0% | -18.6% | -37.2% |
| May 8, 2025 | +7.5% | +3.4% | +7.4% | +4.8% | +11.8% |
| Jan 30, 2025 | +47.6% | +1.1% | -0.1% | -12.7% | -25.0% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | +200.0% | +6.3% | +7.3% | +3.4% | -8.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2026 | $0.92 | $0.78 | +18.1% | $295.5M |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.56 | $0.29 | +93.1% | $235.7M |
| Feb 5, 2026 | -$0.02 | -$0.03 | +33.3% | $188.6M |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $0.15 | $0.06 | +150.0% | $194.7M |
| Aug 28, 2025 | $0.42 | $0.46 | -8.7% | $207.0M |
| May 8, 2025 | $0.72 | $0.67 | +7.5% | $228.7M |
| Jan 30, 2025 | $0.31 | $0.21 | +47.6% | $200.3M |
| Oct 31, 2024 | $0.08 | -$0.08 | +200.0% | $171.6M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 312.2× | 11.9× | 93th | Bottom 29% |
| P/E (forward) | 9.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.9× | — | — | Top 38% |
| EV / Sales | 0.59× | — | — | Top 19% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 9.48% | — | — | Top 28% |
| Earnings yield | 0.32% | — | — | Bottom 29% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 6.8× – 390.8× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -30.1%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -90.4%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +2833.7%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -13.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -17.2%
- RSI (14)
- 36.9
- Relative volume
- 0.70×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 41.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 46th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.09
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.36
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -33.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -59.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2021 | Oct 1, 2026 | -75.2% | 1393 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 5, 2020 | Nov 10, 2020 | -14.1% | 3 days | 9 days (Nov 23, 2020) |
| Oct 7, 2020 | Oct 26, 2020 | -10.9% | 13 days | 8 days (Nov 5, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $451.8M
- P/E (TTM)
- 312.2
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.07
- Revenue (TTM)
- $914.6M
- 52-week range
- $22.20 – $34.97
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.21B | $1.39B | $829.0M | $807.6M | $914.6M |
| Gross profit | $310.1M | $351.3M | $147.1M | $144.1M | $143.1M |
| Operating income | $213.8M | $144.8M | -$55.9M | $21.8M | $3.1M |
| Net income | $157.6M | $104.5M | -$55.9M | $14.9M | $1.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $7.51 | $5.06 | -$2.74 | $0.76 | $0.07 |
| Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $171.6M | $200.3M | $228.7M | $207.0M | $194.7M | $188.6M | $235.7M | $295.5M |
| Net income | -$5.0M | $2.4M | $12.9M | $4.7M | -$702,000 | -$2.5M | -$2.4M | $7.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.25 | $0.12 | $0.66 | $0.24 | -$0.04 | -$0.13 | -$0.13 | $0.37 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $164.8M | $184.7M | $55.6M | $56.5M | $67.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$55.1M | -$54.8M | -$76.0M | -$27.9M | -$24.7M |
| Free cash flow | $109.8M | $129.9M | -$20.4M | $28.6M | $42.8M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$34.6M | -$7.9M | -$29.3M | -$36.0M | -$33.9M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $74.4M
- Total assets
- $996.2M
- Total liabilities
- $467.8M
- Total debt
- $165.0M
- Net debt
- $90.6M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $524.4M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 27, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,437,218
- Days to cover
- 5.46
- Change vs previous report
- +1.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.