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MasterCraft Boat Holdings

MCFT
40
Auto - Recreational Vehicles · Consumer Cyclical
Price
$25.46
+0.14 (+0.55%)
Market Cap
$616.7M
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
40
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Mar 29, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Good
Valuation
Good

Share count falling — buybacks

12.7% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 19.0M (2021) → 16.5M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

MasterCraft Boat Holdings makes recreational powerboats sold mainly to everyday consumers who enjoy water sports and leisure boating. Its core brands include MasterCraft (towboats for wakeboarding and waterskiing), Crest (pontoon boats), and NauticStar (offshore and bay fishing boats). The company sells through a network of independent dealers across North America and competes in the broader recreational marine industry.

MasterCraft earns revenue by selling finished boats to dealers, who then resell them to end customers — so the company does not rely on subscriptions or recurring fees. It operates primarily in the United States, with some international dealer sales, and generated roughly $400 million in annual revenue in recent fiscal periods. Its moat comes partly from the MasterCraft brand's strong reputation in the tow-sports segment, but the business is highly sensitive to consumer confidence and interest rates, since most boat purchases are financed — making an economic slowdown or tight credit conditions the key risk to watch.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+3.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-120.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

Declining (-100% vs prior year)

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

2.6%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$85M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

MasterCraft Boat Holdings is growing revenue at 3% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
24.4%
Thin — 24.4% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-1.7%
Losing money on operations — -1.7%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
5.9%
Weak — 5.9% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+9.8%
Steady sales growth (+9.8% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
3/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
306%
Turns 306% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
8.6%
Modest free cash flow (8.6%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
N/A
Data not available
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
76.88x
Comfortably covers interest (76.9x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
37.2x
Pricey — P/E 37.2

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+24.3
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (37.2 → 13.0)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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