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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001590976-24-000070"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MBUU"
cik: "0001590976"
company_name: "MALIBU BOATS, INC."
filed_at: "2024-08-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T06:59:19.033528+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Malibu Boats Q4 net sales plunge 57% to $158.7M; full-year net loss of $56.4M

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $158.7M (-57.4% YoY); unit volume 1,045 (-59.0%); net loss $19.6M ($0.94 diluted EPS loss).
- Q4 adjusted EBITDA negative $4.1M vs $90.1M positive a year ago; gross margin fell to 7.9% from 27.5%.
- FY2024 net loss $56.4M vs net income $107.9M in FY2023; adjusted EBITDA $82.2M, down 71%.
- FY2025 guidance: low single-digit net sales growth; adjusted EBITDA margin 10%-12%.
- All segments saw double-digit revenue declines; Malibu segment sales down 76.6% to $37.5M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001590976-24-000070
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MBUU
- cik: 0001590976
- company_name: MALIBU BOATS, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-08-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590976/000159097624000070/0001590976-24-000070-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590976/000159097624000070/mbuu-20240829.htm

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