Malibu Boats, Inc. designs, engineers, manufactures, markets, and sells various recreational powerboats. The company operates through three segments: Malibu, Saltwater Fishing, and Cobalt. It provides performance sport boats, and sterndrive and outboard boats under the Malibu, Axis, Pursuit, Maverick, Cobia, Pathfinder, Hewes, and Cobalt brands. The company's products are used for various recreational boating activities, including water sports, such as …
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Commodity Pressure / Weak DifferentiationGross margin at 35.7th percentile with high volatility suggests weak pricing power or commoditized products.
Volatile Margins Suggest CyclicalityMargin volatility is high (stability score 0.31), suggesting cyclical exposure or competitive pressure.
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Malibu Boats, Inc. ranks #9 of 16
scored companies in Recreational Vehicles by moat score — the top 56%.
The widest moat in the group is LCI Industries (LCII)
at 80/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near MBUU in Recreational Vehicles
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 58
· 15% of the moat score
A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.
Customer Stickiness
Score 58
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 39
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 37
· 17% of the moat score
Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.
Scale & Market Position
Score 33
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
Malibu Boats, Inc. (MBUU) scores 40 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #9 of 16 scored companies in Recreational Vehicles, the top 56%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 15 companies in Recreational Vehicles. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (58/100) and its weakest is Pricing Power (28/100).
How does Malibu Boats, Inc. compare with other Recreational Vehicles companies?
Malibu Boats, Inc. ranks #9 of 16 scored companies in Recreational Vehicles by moat score. The widest moat in Recreational Vehicles is LCI Industries (LCII) at 80/100. The companies ranked closest are Polaris Inc. (PII) at 44 just above it and MasterCraft Boat Holdings, Inc. (MCFT) at 40 just below it.
How is the moat score calculated?
Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 15 companies in Recreational Vehicles. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Malibu Boats, Inc. scored with the Corporate Default template?
Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.
Which competitive defenses are measured for Malibu Boats, Inc.?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and MBUU scores: Pricing Power (28), Cost Advantage (58), Customer Stickiness (58), Capital Efficiency (39), Resilience (37), Scale & Market Position (33). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.
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