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 better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.

Which has more volatility & risk, AOUT or FNKO?

American Outdoor Brands has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Funko has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer AOUT or FNKO?

In the previous week, Funko had 23 more articles in the media than American Outdoor Brands. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Funko and 0 mentions for American Outdoor Brands. Funko's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat American Outdoor Brands' score of 0.00 indicating that Funko is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
American Outdoor Brands	Neutral
Funko	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AOUT or FNKO?

49.9% of American Outdoor Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of Funko shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of American Outdoor Brands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Funko shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is AOUT or FNKO more profitable?

Funko has a net margin of -2.29% compared to American Outdoor Brands' net margin of -3.70%. American Outdoor Brands' return on equity of 1.86% beat Funko's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Outdoor Brands	-3.70%	1.86%	1.36%
Funko	-2.29%	-3.44%	-1.04%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AOUT or FNKO?

Funko received 239 more outperform votes than American Outdoor Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.00% of users gave American Outdoor Brands an outperform vote while only 59.91% of users gave Funko an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
American Outdoor Brands	Outperform Votes 33 60.00%	Underperform Votes 22 40.00%
Funko	Outperform Votes 272 59.91%	Underperform Votes 182 40.09%

Do analysts rate AOUT or FNKO?

American Outdoor Brands currently has a consensus price target of $15.50, suggesting a potential upside of 24.90%. Funko has a consensus price target of $9.88, suggesting a potential upside of 148.12%. Given Funko's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Funko is more favorable than American Outdoor Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Outdoor Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Funko	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has higher 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	$206.68M	0.76	-$12.25M	-$0.35	-35.46
Funko	$1.02B	0.21	-$154.08M	-$0.37	-10.76

Summary

Funko beats American Outdoor Brands on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.