MarineMax
MarineMax's revenue fell 5.0% to $2.3 billion in fiscal 2025. Its operating margin was 1.5%, down from 5.3% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $12 million. It paid out $27 million in dividends and buybacks, 230% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 4.2%.
Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash. Market cap is the last closing share price times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate. P/E is the last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters, or the latest fiscal year where the quarters aren't available; there is none when the company made a loss.
Charts show fiscal years, from the 10-K filings.
Revenue and margins
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2016 to 2024, earnings per share grew 7.7% a year and net income 6.7% a year, as buybacks cut the share count by 7%. MarineMax then lost money in fiscal 2025.
Returns on capital
Cash flow
Payouts and share count
Valuation
Two ways to value MarineMax yourself, both starting from its filings: a discounted cash flow model and the price-to-earnings method.
Discounted cash flow (DCF)
A discounted cash flow (DCF) model values a business as the cash it may generate in future, discounted back to today. The starting figures come from MarineMax's 10-K (or, for net cash and shares, its latest 10-Q) and the assumptions are yours: start from one of three example scenarios, then change any figure to see what it implies for a share, and how that compares with the last share price.
Value per share on three example scenarios, from MarineMax's fiscal 2025 free cash flow of $12M, net cash of −$939M at September 30, 2025 and 22 million diluted shares, from its filings. The scenarios are fitted to MarineMax: the base scenario's growth in years 1 to 5 is its revenue growth over the last 3 years, 0.0% a year; the cautious and optimistic ones are lower and higher, and growth in years 6 to 10 is halfway to the long-run rate. The base scenario's discount rate is 11%: 9% for a business of moderate risk (Specialty Stores), plus 1 point as a smaller company, worth $1.2B, plus 1 point for unsteady results (a loss in fiscal 2025); the cautious and optimistic ones use a point more and a point less. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target. A negative value means MarineMax's net debt is larger than what that scenario's cash flows are worth today.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $52.45
- Value on these assumptions, against the last close
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- Cash flows in years 1 to 10, valued today
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- Everything after year 10, valued today
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- Plus net cash
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- Share of value from after year 10
How the value changes with two assumptions
Price-to-earnings (P/E) method
Another common way to value a company is to multiply its earnings per share by a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple: the number of years of today's earnings an investor pays for a share. A higher multiple usually means investors expect earnings to grow. Choose a multiple, for example from similar companies, to see the value it gives.
Value per share on three example scenarios, from MarineMax's earnings per share of $0.13 (over the last four quarters). Each grows earnings for a year at the cash flow scenarios' rates and applies a multiple to next year's earnings: 16.6×, the average of its peers' median and the Consumer Discretionary median for the base scenario, 20% less and more for the cautious and optimistic ones. The price is brought back a year at 12%, 11% and 10%. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $52.45
- Value at this multiple, against the last close
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| Company | Last close | Earnings per share | P/E today |
|---|---|---|---|
| National VisionEYE | $17.80 | $0.61 | 29.2× |
| Five BelowFIVE | $230.00 | $11.16 | 20.6× |
| Academy Sports + OutdoorsASO | $59.61 | $5.99 | 10.0× |
| Sally BeautySBH | $17.43 | $1.92 | 9.1× |
| MarineMaxHZO | $52.45 | $0.13 | — |
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 222 | 228 | 202 | 224 | 170 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 76 | 181 | 962 | 1,100 | 1,109 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | −147 | −48 | 760 | 876 | 939 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | −0.7x | −0.2x | 3.1x | 5.1x | 11.3x |
| Debt to equity | 0.1x | 0.2x | 1.1x | 1.1x | 1.2x |
| Interest coverage | 57.1x | 80.8x | 3.8x | 1.7x | 0.5x |
| Current ratio | 2.1x | 1.8x | 1.3x | 1.2x | 1.2x |
| Quick ratio | 1.1x | 0.7x | 0.4x | 0.3x | 0.3x |
Insider trades
No officer, director or 10% owner of MarineMax reported buying or selling its shares on the open market between October 27, 2025 and October 26, 2026.
Piotroski F-score
The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Pass | Pass | Fail |
| Cash from operations is positive | Fail | Fail | Pass |
| Return on assets rose | Fail | Fail | Fail |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Fail | Fail | Pass |
| Debt fell relative to assets | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| Current ratio rose | Fail | Fail | Pass |
| Share count didn't rise | Fail | Fail | Pass |
| Gross margin rose | Fail | Fail | Fail |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | Fail | Fail | Fail |
| F-score | 1 of 9 | 2 of 9 | 5 of 9 |
| Accruals ratio | 17.6% | 2.5% | −4.1% |
Compare
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| Company | Year | Revenue growth | Operating margin | Free cash flow margin | Return on capital | Net debt to EBITDA | F-score | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MarineMax | FY25 | −5.0% | 1.5% | 0.5% | 1.4% | 11.3x | 5 | |
| National Vision | FY25 | 9.0% | 3.0% | 3.7% | 3.9% | 1.4x | 7 | Compare |
| Sally Beauty | FY25 | −0.4% | 8.9% | 4.7% | 16.1% | 1.7x | 8 | Compare |
| Five Below | FY25 | 22.9% | 9.6% | 8.6% | 26.9% | −1.4x | 7 | Compare |
| Academy Sports + Outdoors | FY25 | 2.0% | 8.5% | 3.7% | 17.6% | 0.2x | 7 | Compare |
10 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | 942 | 1,052 | 1,177 | 1,237 | 1,510 | 2,063 | 2,308 | 2,395 | 2,431 | 2,309 |
| Revenue growth | 25.4% | 11.7% | 11.9% | 5.1% | 22.0% | 36.7% | 11.9% | 3.8% | 1.5% | −5.0% |
| Gross profit | 226 | 265 | 298 | 323 | 399 | 659 | 806 | 835 | 801 | 750 |
| Research and development | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | 40 | 45 | 63 | 60 | 107 | 210 | 265 | 201 | 128 | 34 |
| Net income | 23 | 24 | 39 | 36 | 75 | 155 | 198 | 109 | 38 | −32 |
| Diluted EPS (US$) | 0.91 | 0.95 | 1.71 | 1.57 | 3.37 | 6.78 | 8.84 | 4.87 | 1.65 | −1.43 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 25 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 22 |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | 23 | 5 | 70 | −12 | 305 | 374 | 77 | −222 | −26 | 73 |
| Capital expenditure | 13 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 26 | 58 | 65 | 60 | 61 |
| Free cash flow | 10 | −10 | 57 | −29 | 292 | 348 | 18 | −288 | −86 | 12 |
| Dividends paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Share buybacks | 6 | 43 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 24 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 28 |
| Acquisitions | 17 | 19 | 10 | 41 | 20 | 134 | 83 | 517 | 22 | 10 |
| Stock-based compensation | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 22 | 24 | 19 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 39 | 42 | 49 | 38 | 156 | 222 | 228 | 202 | 224 | 170 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 166 | 254 | 213 | 312 | 152 | 76 | 181 | 962 | 1,100 | 1,109 |
| Total assets | 547 | 640 | 640 | 784 | 775 | 1,008 | 1,353 | 2,421 | 2,605 | 2,470 |
| Total liabilities | 234 | 338 | 287 | 415 | 320 | 413 | 570 | 1,503 | 1,619 | 1,522 |
| Shareholders' equity | 312 | 302 | 353 | 369 | 455 | 595 | 783 | 916 | 976 | 937 |
| Margins and ratios | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 24.0% | 25.2% | 25.3% | 26.1% | 26.4% | 32.0% | 34.9% | 34.9% | 33.0% | 32.5% |
| Operating margin | 4.3% | 4.3% | 5.4% | 4.9% | 7.1% | 10.2% | 11.5% | 8.4% | 5.3% | 1.5% |
| Net margin | 2.4% | 2.2% | 3.3% | 2.9% | 4.9% | 7.5% | 8.6% | 4.6% | 1.6% | −1.4% |
| Free cash flow margin | 1.1% | −0.9% | 4.8% | −2.4% | 19.3% | 16.9% | 0.8% | −12.0% | −3.5% | 0.5% |
| Return on capital | 6.3% | 5.9% | 9.0% | 7.7% | 14.9% | 35.0% | 33.9% | 12.3% | 5.2% | 1.4% |
| Return on equity | 7.6% | 7.7% | 12.0% | 10.0% | 18.1% | 29.5% | 28.7% | 12.9% | 4.0% | −3.3% |
| Return on assets | 4.5% | 4.0% | 6.1% | 5.0% | 9.6% | 17.4% | 16.8% | 5.8% | 1.5% | −1.2% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 2.6x | 3.9x | 2.2x | 3.8x | −0.0x | −0.7x | −0.2x | 3.1x | 5.1x | 11.3x |