American Outdoor Brands (AOUT) Competitors

American Outdoor Brands (NASDAQ:AOUT) and Funko (NASDAQ:FNKO) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has better earnings and valuation, AOUT or FNKO?

American Outdoor Brands has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Funko. American Outdoor Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Funko, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
American Outdoor Brands	$222.32M	0.49	-$80K	-$0.37	-23.03
Funko	$1.05B	0.21	-$14.72M	-$1.21	-3.35

Do analysts rate AOUT or FNKO?

American Outdoor Brands currently has a consensus target price of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 123.00%. Funko has a consensus target price of $7.17, indicating a potential upside of 76.95%. Given American Outdoor Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe American Outdoor Brands is more favorable than Funko.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Outdoor Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Funko	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is AOUT or FNKO more profitable?

American Outdoor Brands has a net margin of -2.16% compared to Funko's net margin of -6.72%. American Outdoor Brands' return on equity of 2.00% beat Funko's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Outdoor Brands	-2.16%	2.00%	1.42%
Funko	-6.72%	-19.97%	-6.15%

Does the media prefer AOUT or FNKO?

In the previous week, Funko had 1 more articles in the media than American Outdoor Brands. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Funko and 5 mentions for American Outdoor Brands. American Outdoor Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Funko's score of 0.78 indicating that American Outdoor Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
American Outdoor Brands	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Funko	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, AOUT or FNKO?

American Outdoor Brands has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Funko has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in AOUT or FNKO?

49.9% of American Outdoor Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of Funko shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of American Outdoor Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Funko shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

American Outdoor Brands beats Funko on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.