Malibu Boats, Inc. (MBUU)Consumer Cyclical | Recreational Vehicles | Loudon, United States | NasdaqGM
21.49 USD
-0.46
(-2.096%) ⇩
(Oct. 14, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 21.49 |
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 3:50 a.m. EDT
The investment case for Malibu Boats is currently fractured by a severe disconnect between its explosive earnings recovery and its market reality. Fundamentally, the company is turning a corner hard; revenue is up 42.7%, earnings are surging 54.7%, and the forward P/E of 7x suggests the market has priced in a catastrophic failure that hasn't happened. However, the price action tells a different story. The stock is trading below its 50-day and 200-day averages, having lost nearly 22% over the last six months. This multi-month decline has triggered a defensive reaction from the options market, where traders are buying deep out-of-the-money puts to catch a potential collapse, creating a heavy cloud of uncertainty that suppresses the share price despite the improving bottom line. Until the stock clears its moving averages and the options market stops betting on a crash, the momentum remains broken, making this a hold rather than a buy. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.077512 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.080817 |
| AutoETS | 0.083688 |
| MSTL | 0.084404 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 36% |
| H-stat | 30.38 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.093 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.37 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Consumer Cyclical |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 33.449 |
| Revenue per Share | 47.376 |
| Market Cap | 422,876,320 |
| Trailing P/E | 238.78 |
| Forward P/E | 6.96 |
| Beta | 1.19 |
| Profit Margins | 0.18% |
| Website | https://www.malibuboats.com |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 3:50 a.m. EDT: Speculators are heavily positioning for downside protection, evidenced by massive open interest in out-of-the-money puts (strikes 17.5 and 27.5) compared to negligible call volume. The put/call ratio is skewed significantly toward bearish bets, while call activity remains sparse and concentrated at strikes far above the current price, indicating a lack of immediate bullish conviction.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.27914613 |
| Address1 | 5,075 Kimberly Way |
| All Time High | 93.0 |
| All Time Low | 11.38 |
| Ask | 37.51 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 5 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.0 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 225,500 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 223,909 |
| Average Volume | 223,909 |
| Average Volume10Days | 225,500 |
| Beta | 1.19 |
| Bid | 20.7 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 3 |
| Book Value | 26.666 |
| City | Loudon |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,798,675,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 3 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 21.49 |
| Current Ratio | 1.432 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 21.973 |
| Day Low | 21.16 |
| Debt To Equity | 33.449 |
| Display Name | Malibu Boats |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,787,833,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,787,833,800 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.52 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.547 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,787,833,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,277,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,277,000 |
| Ebitda | 68,904,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.07534 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 7.68 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.579 |
| Enterprise Value | 529,174,400 |
| Eps Current Year | 2.45667 |
| Eps Forward | 3.08778 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.09 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NGM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 15 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 25.9171 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -4.427101 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.17081776 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -27.914614 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 34.97 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -13.480001 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.38547328 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 21.16 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.32999992 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.015595459 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 21.16 - 34.97 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,391,178,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 19,032,047 |
| Forward Eps | 3.08778 |
| Forward P E | 6.9596925 |
| Free Cashflow | 66,410,624 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGM |
| Full Time Employees | 3,000 |
| Fullday Change | -0.460001 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -2.0956764 |
| Fullday Price | 21.49 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,790,812,800 |
| Gross Margins | 0.16362 |
| Gross Profits | 149,648,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.02767 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.96717 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 19,677,818 |
| Industry | Recreational Vehicles |
| Industry Disp | Recreational Vehicles |
| Industry Key | recreational-vehicles |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,782,777,600 |
| Long Business Summary | Malibu Boats, Inc. designs, manufactures, markets, and sells various recreational powerboats. The company operates through four segments: Malibu, Saltwater Fishing, Cobalt, and Saxdor. It provides performance sport boats, and sterndrive, and outboard boats as well as adventure dayboats under the Malibu, Axis, Pursuit, Maverick, Cobia, Pathfinder, Hewes, Saxdor, and Cobalt brand names. The company's products are used for various recreational boating activities, including water sports, such as wakeboarding, water skiing, and wake surfing; and general recreational boating and fishing. It sells its products through independent dealers. Malibu Boats, Inc. was founded in 1982 and is based in Loudon, Tennessee. |
| Long Name | Malibu Boats, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 422,876,320 |
| Market State | POSTPOST |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_4289434 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 1,653,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,814,313,600 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 456,722,155 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 8 |
| Open | 21.58 |
| Operating Cashflow | 67,509,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.05831 |
| Overall Risk | 6 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.07 |
| Phone | 865 458 5478 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 21.49 |
| Post Market Time | 1,792,009,627 |
| Previous Close | 21.95 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 8.747613 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 0.80589515 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.4623671 |
| Profit Margins | 0.0018099999 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.555 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.0 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.460001 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -2.09568 |
| Regular Market Day High | 21.973 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 21.16 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 21.16 - 21.973 |
| Regular Market Open | 21.58 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 21.95 |
| Regular Market Price | 21.49 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,792,008,001 |
| Regular Market Volume | 292,493 |
| Return On Assets | 0.01802 |
| Return On Equity | 0.0032600001 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.427 |
| Revenue Per Share | 47.376 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.17004645 |
| Sector | Consumer Cyclical |
| Sector Disp | Consumer Cyclical |
| Sector Key | consumer-cyclical |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 9 |
| Shares Outstanding | 19,677,818 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0646 |
| Shares Short | 1,270,459 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,409,767 |
| Short Name | Malibu Boats, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.065 |
| Short Ratio | 5.01 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | TN |
| Symbol | MBUU |
| Target High Price | 42.0 |
| Target Low Price | 30.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 35.125 |
| Target Median Price | 35.0 |
| Total Cash | 74,419,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 3.782 |
| Total Debt | 176,751,008 |
| Total Revenue | 914,590,016 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.09 |
| Trailing P E | 238.77777 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 0.0608 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 27.5336 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -6.0436 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.2194991 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 292,493 |
| Website | https://www.malibuboats.com |
| Zip | 37,774 |