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Malibu Boats, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade B

MBUU · Consumer Cyclical

Generally healthy

Revenue
$808M
2025
Net Income
$15M
2025
Gross Margin
17.8%
Free Cash Flow
$29M
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Screening Summary

15
Passed
2
Watch
0
Failed
-2.86
M-Score

Management Signals

No recent CEO, CFO, board, or accounting leadership signals found in SEC 8-K filings.
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Financial Trends

Revenue & Net Income ($B)

Margins (%)

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18-Point Screening

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Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

DSO 10 days, change +0 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR growth -0.5% vs revenue growth -2.6%

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue -2.6%, CFFO 1.7%. Cash follows revenue

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Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

Inventory -2.3% vs COGS -2.7%. Normal

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth -63.2% vs revenue -2.6%. Normal

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B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 80.2%, exceeds 70%

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 17.8%, change +0.1pp. Stable

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Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 3.80. Profits backed by cash

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $0.0B, FCF/NI = 1.92

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -5.7%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.0B covers debt $0.0B

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Balance Sheet Health

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D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.2B = 43% of equity

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 0.3x. Healthy

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets -8.4% vs revenue -2.6%. Normal

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

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Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles change -3% YoY. Normal

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Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -2.86 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator

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Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-2.86
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
1.022
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
0.994
GMI
Gross margin declining?
0.958
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
0.974
SGI
Revenue growth rate
0.845
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
1.197
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
-0.0567
TATA
Accruals level
1.109
LVGI
Leverage increasing?
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Altman Z-Score

5.64
Safe Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.1161
Liquidity
0.6598
Cumulative profit
0.0301
Operating efficiency
2.4003
Leverage

Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25