Comparing Malibu Boats (NASDAQ:MBUU) and Harvia Oyj (OTCMKTS:HRVFF)

Malibu Boats (NASDAQ:MBUU) and Harvia Oyj (OTCMKTS:HRVFF) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Malibu Boats and Harvia Oyj”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Malibu Boats	$914.59 million	0.57	$1.65 million	$0.07	379.57
Harvia Oyj	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Malibu Boats has higher revenue and earnings than Harvia Oyj.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Malibu Boats and Harvia Oyj, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Malibu Boats	1	5	2	0	2.12
Harvia Oyj	0	0	0	0	0.00

Malibu Boats presently has a consensus price target of $31.60, suggesting a potential upside of 18.93%. Given Malibu Boats’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Malibu Boats is more favorable than Harvia Oyj.

Profitability

This table compares Malibu Boats and Harvia Oyj’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Malibu Boats	0.18%	4.78%	2.85%
Harvia Oyj	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

91.3% of Malibu Boats shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Malibu Boats shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Malibu Boats beats Harvia Oyj on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Harvia Oyj

Harvia Oyj manufactures and distributes traditional, steam, and infrared saunas. It provides electric and wood burning heaters, as well as combi heaters with steam; bathroom and indoor saunas; backyard paradise and sauna interior solutions; doors and glass products; hot tubs; control units; infrared cabins, controls, and heating devices; steam rooms, SPA modules, and steam generators; and water purifying solutions. The company also offers accessories, such as pails and ladles, scents, textiles, indicators, sound and lighting products, stones, maintenance products, neck and back rests, and other accessories, as well as safety solutions; and sauna installation, maintenance, and repair services. It operates in Finland, North America, Germany, Scandinavia, rest of European countries, and internationally. The company was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Muurame, Finland.