Redwire (RDW) Competitors

Smith & Wesson Brands (NASDAQ:SWBI) and Redwire (NYSE:RDW) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and media sentiment.

Is SWBI or RDW more profitable?

Smith & Wesson Brands has a net margin of 7.00% compared to Redwire's net margin of -18.60%. Smith & Wesson Brands' return on equity of 8.78% beat Redwire's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Smith & Wesson Brands	7.00%	8.78%	5.79%
Redwire	-18.60%	N/A	-12.89%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SWBI or RDW?

Smith & Wesson Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Redwire. Redwire 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
Smith & Wesson Brands	$493.05M	0.95	$39.61M	$0.65	16.38
Redwire	$277.70M	5.27	-$27.26M	-$2.26	-8.40

Which has more risk & volatility, SWBI or RDW?

Smith & Wesson Brands has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Redwire has a beta of 2.53, meaning that its stock price is 153% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate SWBI or RDW?

Smith & Wesson Brands currently has a consensus target price of $12.75, suggesting a potential upside of 19.72%. Redwire has a consensus target price of $20.05, suggesting a potential upside of 5.64%. Given Smith & Wesson Brands' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Smith & Wesson Brands is more favorable than Redwire.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Smith & Wesson Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Redwire	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SWBI or RDW?

59.3% of Smith & Wesson Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.1% of Redwire shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Smith & Wesson Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Redwire shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor SWBI or RDW?

In the previous week, Redwire had 16 more articles in the media than Smith & Wesson Brands. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Redwire and 5 mentions for Smith & Wesson Brands. Redwire's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Smith & Wesson Brands' score of 0.62 indicating that Redwire is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Smith & Wesson Brands	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Redwire	6 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SWBI or RDW?

Redwire received 1 more outperform votes than Smith & Wesson Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.17% of users gave Redwire an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Smith & Wesson Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Smith & Wesson Brands	Outperform Votes 29 50.00%	Underperform Votes 29 50.00%
Redwire	Outperform Votes 30 73.17%	Underperform Votes 11 26.83%

Summary

Smith & Wesson Brands and Redwire tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.