VSTO vs. RGR, SWBI, VZIO, FUN, SIX, CNK, CMPR, SONO, CABO, and MBC
Should you be buying Vista Outdoor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vista Outdoor include Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (RGR), Smith & Wesson Brands (SWBI), VIZIO (VZIO), Cedar Fair (FUN), Six Flags Entertainment (SIX), Cinemark (CNK), Cimpress (CMPR), Sonos (SONO), Cable One (CABO), and MasterBrand (MBC). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE:RGR) and Vista Outdoor (NYSE:VSTO) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk, media sentiment and earnings.
In the previous week, Vista Outdoor had 16 more articles in the media than Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Vista Outdoor and 10 mentions for Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.. Vista Outdoor's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.'s score of 0.25 indicating that Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vista Outdoor has a consensus target price of $38.67, indicating a potential upside of 13.36%. Given Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.'s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vista Outdoor is more favorable than Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc..
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vista Outdoor. Vista Outdoor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
64.0% of Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of Vista Outdoor shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Vista Outdoor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. has a net margin of 7.71% compared to Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.'s net margin of -0.20%. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.'s return on equity of 19.75% beat Vista Outdoor's return on equity.
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vista Outdoor has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Vista Outdoor received 78 more outperform votes than Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.92% of users gave Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. an outperform vote while only 57.82% of users gave Vista Outdoor an outperform vote.
Summary
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. beats Vista Outdoor on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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