Outdoor (POWW) Competitors

Outdoor (NASDAQ:POWW) and Smith & Wesson Brands (NASDAQ:SWBI) are both small-cap defense companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and profitability.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in POWW or SWBI?

26.4% of Outdoor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.3% of Smith & Wesson Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 25.0% of Outdoor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Smith & Wesson Brands shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate POWW or SWBI?

Outdoor presently has a consensus target price of $1.75, indicating a potential upside of 18.24%. Smith & Wesson Brands has a consensus target price of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 45.81%. Given Smith & Wesson Brands' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Smith & Wesson Brands is more favorable than Outdoor.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Outdoor	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Smith & Wesson Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has better valuation and earnings, POWW or SWBI?

Smith & Wesson Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Outdoor. Outdoor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smith & Wesson Brands, 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
Outdoor	$49.40M	3.51	-$130.83M	-$0.46	-3.22
Smith & Wesson Brands	$474.66M	0.76	$13.43M	$0.27	30.48

Which has more volatility & risk, POWW or SWBI?

Outdoor has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smith & Wesson Brands has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to POWW or SWBI?

In the previous week, Smith & Wesson Brands had 2 more articles in the media than Outdoor. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Smith & Wesson Brands and 1 mentions for Outdoor. Smith & Wesson Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Outdoor's score of 0.00 indicating that Smith & Wesson Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Outdoor	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Smith & Wesson Brands	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is POWW or SWBI more profitable?

Smith & Wesson Brands has a net margin of 2.60% compared to Outdoor's net margin of -38.60%. Smith & Wesson Brands' return on equity of 3.71% beat Outdoor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Outdoor	-38.60%	-18.60%	-15.41%
Smith & Wesson Brands	2.60%	3.71%	2.39%

Summary

Smith & Wesson Brands beats Outdoor on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.