Financial Contrast: Malibu Boats (NASDAQ:MBUU) vs. Harvia Oyj (OTCMKTS:HRVFF)

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

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Harvia Oyj	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Malibu Boats	$914.59 million	0.59	$1.65 million	$0.07	392.29

Malibu Boats has higher revenue and earnings than Harvia Oyj.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Harvia Oyj and Malibu Boats, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

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

Malibu Boats has a consensus price target of $31.60, indicating a potential upside of 15.08%. Given Malibu Boats’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Malibu Boats is more favorable than Harvia Oyj.

Profitability

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

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

91.3% of Malibu Boats shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Malibu Boats shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company 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 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.

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.