Company Analysis

Malibu Boats, Inc. (MBUU)

Nasdaq: MBUU · Ship & Boat Building & Repairing · Loudon, TN · filing with the SEC since 2013
Grade5.3
◀ Past 6.6● Present 4.8▶ Future 4.6

The grade of Malibu Boats, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.3/10
◀ Past6.630% of the headline
● Present4.840% of the headline
▶ Future4.630% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 70th percentile among 30 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Malibu Boats, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+14% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 56th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Malibu Boats, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $282 million in fiscal 2017 to $915 million in fiscal 2026, up 14% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 42% from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span14.0%top 23% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 43% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 45% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak41.8%bottom 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 2.1% a year. 55% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 80th percentile among 20 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-06-30, Malibu Boats, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 2.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 55% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-09 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 22% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.8/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.6/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 0%: 0¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 47%: owes 47¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 56th percentile among 27 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-06-30, Malibu Boats, Inc. earned about 0 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 15 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 47 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.8% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 28% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 38% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 35% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 20% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
3.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 37% of 30 in its family; net margin 0.2%.

weight 33% of this tense · 37th percentile among 30 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Malibu Boats, Inc.'s standing among 30 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $915 million in fiscal 2026 ranks in the bottom 48% by size; a net margin of 0.2% ranks in the bottom 45%; revenue growth of -13% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 18% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$915Mbottom 48% of its family
  • net margin0.2%bottom 45% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-13.0%bottom 18% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
4.5/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 45% of 21 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.

weight 22% of this tense · 45th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Malibu Boats, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Menneto, Steven (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-08-06, 2.3 years (bottom 21% of its family); the 11 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 12.8 years (top 2%); 9 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 11 people in charge now (bottom 16%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge9 in three years among 11 peoplebottom 16% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed12.8 yearstop 2% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record2.3 yearsbottom 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 49% of 30 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 49th percentile among 30 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Malibu Boats, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $74 million against debt of $165 million leaves -9.1% of its assets as net cash, bottom 38% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 4.7% of revenue (top 45%); a gross margin of 16% (top 46%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-9.1%bottom 38% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue4.7%top 45% of its family
  • gross margin16.0%top 46% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
3.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 37% of 29 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 37th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Malibu Boats, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew -13% a year over the last three filed years against 14% over all 10, slowing (bottom 9% of its family); the newest year grew 13.3% (top 22%); capital spending grew -23.4% a year (bottom 26%) (its annual reports). Malibu Boats, Inc. reported 4 lines of business in fiscal 2026: Malibu at $313 million (34%), Saltwater Fishing at $284 million (31%), Cobalt at $233 million (26%), and 1 more; 3 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-27.0 points a yearbottom 9% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth13.3%top 22% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-23.4%bottom 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.3/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 47% of 28 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 28 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Malibu Boats, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $915 million in fiscal 2026 came in 48.5% above the $616 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 16% of its family); net income of $2 million against a prior three-year average of $21 million (bottom 20%); a net margin of 0.2% against 0.9% before (top 45%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace48.5%top 16% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-92%bottom 20% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-0.7 pointstop 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton MBUU · research, not advice