MBUU vs GAIN Comparison

Malibu Boats is a designer and manufacturer of power boats in the United States. It is a market leader in performance sport boats, sold under its Malibu and Axis brands. It acquired Cobalt Boats, a producer of sterndrive boats, in 2017, and Pursuit Boats, which makes high end offshore and outboard motorboats in 2018. In 2021, it purchased Maverick Boat Group, a seller of flat fishing boats, with exposure to bay, dual console, and center console boats. Malibu has also expanded into boat trailers and accessories, and in 2020, began producing its own engines for its performance sport boats.

Gladstone Investment Corp operates as an externally managed, closed-end, non-diversified management investment company. Its objective is to invest in debt and equity securities of established private businesses operating in the U.S. and to achieve and grow current income by investing in debt securities of established businesses; provide the stockholders with long-term capital appreciation in the value of its assets by investing in equity securities of established businesses. It focuses on investing in lower-middle-market private businesses.