Boat and marine products retailer MarineMax (NYSE: HZO) will be reporting earnings this Thursday before market hours. Here’s what to look for.

MarineMax missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 10.6% last quarter, reporting revenues of $657.2 million, down 13.3% year on year. It was a disappointing quarter for the company, with full-year EBITDA guidance missing analysts’ expectations significantly and a significant miss of analysts’ revenue estimates.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting MarineMax’s revenue to decline 3.4% year on year to $543.8 million, improving from the 5.3% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted loss is expected to come in at -$0.12 per share.

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. MarineMax has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates four times over the last two years.

Looking at MarineMax’s peers in the automotive and marine retail segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Camping World delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 4.7%, beating analysts’ expectations by 3.9%, and Lithia reported revenues up 4.9%, topping estimates by 2.6%. Camping World traded down 24.9% following the results while Lithia was up 4%.

Read our full analysis of Camping World’s results here and Lithia’s results here.

Debates over possible tariffs and corporate tax adjustments have raised questions about economic stability in 2025. While some of the automotive and marine retail stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 4.5% on average over the last month. MarineMax is down 6.4% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $30.17 (compared to the current share price of $23.53).

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