Marinemax Inc key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Marinemax Inc had return on equity of -3.3%, an operating margin of 1.5%, debt equal to 118.3% of equity and a current ratio of 1.20. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2009Sept 2009 | 2010Sept 2010 | 2011Sept 2011 | 2012Sept 2012 | 2013Sept 2013 | 2014Sept 2014 | 2015Sept 2015 | 2016Sept 2016 | 2017Sept 2017 | 2018Sept 2018 | 2019Sept 2019 | 2020Sept 2020 | 2021Sept 2021 | 2022Sept 2022 | 2023Sept 2023 | 2024Sept 2024 | 2025Sept 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 15.1% | 24.6% | 24.8% | 25.4% | 25.8% | 25.9% | 24.6% | 24.0% | 25.2% | 25.3% | 26.1% | 26.4% | 32.0% | 34.9% | 34.9% | 33.0% | 32.5% | 34.2% |
| Operating margin | −12.1% | −2.9% | −1.7% | 1.0% | 3.1% | 2.5% | 3.4% | 4.3% | 4.3% | 5.4% | 4.9% | 7.1% | 10.2% | 11.5% | 8.4% | 5.3% | 1.5% | 3.0% |
| Net margin | −13.0% | 0.6% | −2.4% | 0.2% | 2.6% | 1.8% | 6.4% | 2.4% | 2.2% | 3.3% | 2.9% | 4.9% | 7.5% | 8.6% | 4.6% | 1.6% | −1.4% | 0.2% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 35.2% | 8.0% | −4.4% | 0.6% | −0.3% | 0.3% | −0.9% | 1.1% | −0.9% | 4.8% | −2.4% | 19.3% | 16.9% | 0.8% | −12.0% | −3.5% | 0.5% | 8.1% |
| Return on equity | −38.8% | 1.2% | −5.8% | 0.6% | 7.1% | 4.9% | 18.5% | 7.6% | 7.7% | 12.0% | 10.0% | 18.1% | 29.5% | 28.7% | 12.9% | 4.0% | −3.3% | 0.4% |
| Return on assets | — | 0.7% | −3.3% | 0.3% | 4.0% | 2.9% | 11.1% | 4.5% | 4.0% | 6.1% | 5.1% | 9.6% | 17.4% | 16.8% | 5.8% | 1.5% | −1.2% | 0.2% |
| Asset turnover | — | 1.34 | 1.37 | 1.44 | 1.56 | 1.59 | 1.73 | 1.86 | 1.77 | 1.84 | 1.74 | 1.94 | 2.31 | 1.96 | 1.27 | 0.97 | 0.91 | 0.91 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.78 | 1.59 | 1.63 | 1.73 | 1.77 | 1.83 | 1.69 | 1.42 | 1.63 | 1.38 | 1.85 | 2.06 | 1.83 | 1.33 | 1.19 | 1.20 | 1.23 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 46.5% | 60.9% | 60.0% | 55.2% | 52.0% | 48.4% | 53.3% | 84.1% | 60.3% | 84.6% | 33.4% | 12.7% | 23.1% | 105.0% | 112.7% | 118.3% | 101.9% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | n/m | n/m | n/m | 1.2x | 4.3x | 3.8x | 5.7x | 7.4x | 6.1x | 6.4x | 5.2x | 11.5x | 57.2x | 80.8x | 3.8x | 1.7x | 0.5x | 1.1x |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | — | −19.1% | −6.3% | 0.8% | — | 35.1% | 37.7% | 26.2% | 26.5% | 23.4% | 24.7% | 24.4% | 25.7% | 28.7% | — | −1.2% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 27.2% | 27.5% | 26.6% | 24.4% | 22.7% | 23.4% | 21.2% | 19.7% | 20.9% | 20.0% | 21.2% | 19.3% | 21.8% | 23.4% | 26.5% | 27.7% | 28.0% | 31.2% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 0.4% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 1.3% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.4% | 0.8% | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2.7% | 2.5% | 2.6% | 1.9% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | >999% | — | 267.7% | −13.4% | 14.3% | −13.8% | 44.1% | −40.9% | 144.0% | −81.9% | 391.1% | 224.4% | 9.2% | −263.2% | −226.1% | — | >999% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 55.6% | — | 1.2% | — | 0.2% | 6.8% | 117.4% | — | — | 230.1% | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Sept 2024 | 2025 Q1Dec 2024 | 2025 Q2Mar 2025 | 2025 Q3Jun 2025 | 2025 Q4Sept 2025 | 2026 Q1Dec 2025 | 2026 Q2Mar 2026 | 2026 Q3Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 34.3% | 36.2% | 30.0% | 30.4% | 34.7% | 31.8% | 34.4% | 35.7% |
| Operating margin | 4.8% | 8.3% | 3.6% | −6.3% | 2.5% | 1.0% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Net margin | 0.7% | 3.9% | 0.5% | −7.9% | −0.2% | −1.6% | −0.5% | 2.5% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −3.1% | −35.1% | 9.5% | 10.4% | 8.7% | 1.7% | 8.4% | 12.6% |
| Current ratio | 1.19 | 1.19 | 1.16 | 1.21 | 1.20 | 1.19 | 1.18 | 1.23 |
| Debt to equity | 39.9% | 38.4% | 37.5% | 42.6% | 41.8% | 41.1% | 40.2% | 38.1% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 29.5% | 27.9% | 26.4% | 26.2% | 32.2% | 30.8% | 32.3% | 29.6% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.1bn of assets due within a year against $881m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.1bn short-term assets against $513m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $175m of cash against $363m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 38% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 7% to 38% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $219m of operating cash flow against $363m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $67m against $62m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Marinemax's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 5 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 5.0% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 9 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 31.2%, moving by 4.1 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 6 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 5.4%; its worst year was 2.0%.
- Cash conversion 7 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 6 of 10 years, at a median 2.5% of revenue.
- Discipline 18 / 20
The diluted share count fell 4.7% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.6% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (45 before it).
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