Malibu Boats Inc.
Such factors include, but are not limited to: our ability to accurately forecast demand for our products; our large fixed-cost base; our ability to execute our manufacturing strategy; increases in the cost of, or unavailability of, raw materials, component parts and transportation costs; disruptions in our suppliers operations; our reliance on third-party suppliers for raw materials and compone…
$22.26
-$0.42 (-1.85%)
EOD Oct 16, 2026
Operating margin is thin at 0.34%. Limited cushion if revenue slows or costs rise, not the profile of a wide-moat business.
Revenue grew 13.3%, still solid. Margins contracted 2.4pp, which offsets some of the top-line progress.
At 247x earnings, the current multiple leaves limited room for execution misses or growth deceleration. ROIC dropped from 3.10% to 0.38%, capital efficiency is deteriorating.
247.3x earnings, 10.1x FCF. The market is pricing in years of above-average growth. If that thesis breaks, downside from multiple compression alone could be 30%+. This is a stock where you're paying for the future, not the present.
Price History
Valuation & Multiples
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$915M
▲ +13.3% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
$2M
▼ -88.9% YoY
Op. Margin
0.34%
▼ -2.4pp YoY
ROIC
0.38%
▼ -2.7pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
$43M
▲ +49.9% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
$68M
▲ +19.5% YoY
Net Debt
$102M
Cash & Equiv.
$74M
5Y CAGR: -0.3%
5Y CAGR: -15.7%
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SourceComputed from the 10-Q filed 27 Aug 2026, covering the period ending 30 Jun 2026, as reported to the SEC. Data last refreshed 26 Sept 2026. How this is calculated.
Price from market data, last close as of 16 Oct 2026. Fiscal year ends Jun. Sector medians are approximate S&P 500 benchmarks and update periodically.
Is Malibu Boats (MBUU) overvalued?
At a P/E of 247.3 and a price-to-free-cash-flow of 10.1, Malibu Boats (MBUU) trades below a two-stage DCF intrinsic value of about $33.09 per share, so at $22.26 the stock looks undervalued (48.7% below estimated intrinsic value). A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, Malibu Boats scores 28/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a lower-quality business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology, or see how the market compares in our US profitability statistics. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Frequently asked
What is Malibu Boats's fair value?+
Intrinsiqq's two-stage DCF estimates an intrinsic value of about $33.09 per share for MBUU, projecting its recent free cash flow forward with a growth rate that fades toward a long-run rate and discounting it back to today. Applying a 25% margin of safety gives a more conservative fair-value entry around $24.82. At today's $22.26, that puts the stock about 48.7% below estimated intrinsic value. The result is sensitive to the growth and discount-rate inputs, so it is best to run conservative, base and optimistic cases. You can adjust all of them yourself with the sliders on the DCF tab.
Is Malibu Boats a high-quality business?+
Malibu Boats scores 28 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 8 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a lower-quality business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 0.3% operating margin and a 0.4% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
Is Malibu Boats a good stock to buy right now?+
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. MBUU currently trades below its estimated intrinsic value and scores 28/100 on quality (lower-quality). A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.
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