Malibu Boats (NASDAQ:MBUU) & Lazydays (NASDAQ:GORV) Critical Analysis

Lazydays (NASDAQ:GORV) 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 institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lazydays	$558.43 million	0.00	-$163.71 million	($103.13)	0.00
Malibu Boats	$807.56 million	0.68	$14.88 million	$0.98	29.31

Malibu Boats has higher revenue and earnings than Lazydays. Lazydays 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 recent recommendations and price targets for Lazydays and Malibu Boats, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lazydays	1	0	0	0	1.00
Malibu Boats	2	6	1	0	1.89

Malibu Boats has a consensus price target of $36.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.09%. Given Malibu Boats’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Malibu Boats is more favorable than Lazydays.

Risk & Volatility

Lazydays has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Malibu Boats has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

89.7% of Lazydays shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.4% of Malibu Boats shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Lazydays shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Malibu Boats shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lazydays	-38.07%	-338.41%	-34.68%
Malibu Boats	2.31%	5.28%	3.66%

Summary

Malibu Boats beats Lazydays on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Lazydays

Lazydays Holdings, Inc. operates recreational vehicle (RV) dealerships under the Lazydays name in the United States. The company offers RV sales, RV-repair and services, financing and insurance products, third-party protection plans, and after-market parts and accessories. It also operates the Lazydays RV resort at Tampa, Florida. The company was founded in 1976 and is based in Tampa, Florida.

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.