Malibu Boats (MBUU) reported $188.62 million in revenue for the quarter ended December 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 5.8%. EPS of -$0.02 for the same period compares to $0.31 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +1.22% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $186.35 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being -$0.03, the EPS surprise was +20%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Malibu Boats performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Net Sales per Unit - Total: $170,544.00 versus the two-analyst average estimate of $169,800.00.
- Unit Volume by Segment - Total: 1,106 versus 1,098 estimated by two analysts on average.
- Revenue by product- Malibu: $70.6 million versus $68.7 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -4.7% change.
- Revenue by product- Cobalt: $52.6 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $51.85 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -6.1%.
- Revenue by product- Saltwater Fishing: $65.3 million versus $66.05 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -7% change.
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Shares of Malibu Boats have returned +11.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.5% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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