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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001590976-25-000014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MBUU"
cik: "0001590976"
company_name: "MALIBU BOATS, INC."
filed_at: "2025-01-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T05:21:53.243633+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Malibu Boats Q2 net sales down 5.1% to $200.3M; cuts FY2025 guidance

## Summary
- GAAP net income fell 76.1% to $2.4M ($0.12 diluted EPS); adjusted EBITDA down 26.3% to $16.9M.
- Unit volume dropped 11.0% to 1,222 units; Saltwater Fishing segment sales declined 15.2% to $70.2M.
- FY2025 guidance: net sales flat to down low single digits YoY; EBITDA margin ~10% (from prior higher).
- CEO cites persistent retail softness, especially in saltwater; cautious heading into selling season.
- Cobalt segment bucked trend: sales up 7.8% to $56.0M on 18-unit volume increase.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001590976-25-000014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MBUU
- cik: 0001590976
- company_name: MALIBU BOATS, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590976/000159097625000014/0001590976-25-000014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590976/000159097625000014/mbuu-20250130.htm

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