RDW vs. SWBI, TWNT, POWW, WRAP, LLAP, MNTS, POWWP, LMT, KTOS, and RKLB
Should you be buying Redwire stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Redwire include Smith & Wesson Brands (SWBI), Tailwind Two Acquisition (TWNT), AMMO (POWW), Wrap Technologies (WRAP), Terran Orbital (LLAP), Momentus (MNTS), AMMO (POWWP), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), and Rocket Lab USA (RKLB).
Smith & Wesson Brands (NASDAQ:SWBI) and Redwire (NYSE:RDW) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
In the previous week, Smith & Wesson Brands had 5 more articles in the media than Redwire. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Smith & Wesson Brands and 11 mentions for Redwire. Redwire's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Smith & Wesson Brands' score of 0.49 indicating that Redwire is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Smith & Wesson Brands has a net margin of 7.39% compared to Redwire's net margin of -13.95%. Smith & Wesson Brands' return on equity of 11.03% beat Redwire's return on equity.
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.
Smith & Wesson Brands presently has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 40.08%. Redwire has a consensus target price of $7.65, indicating a potential upside of 33.74%. Given Smith & Wesson Brands' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Smith & Wesson Brands is more favorable than Redwire.
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 1.96, meaning that its stock price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500.
59.3% of Smith & Wesson Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.1% of Redwire shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Smith & Wesson Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Redwire shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Smith & Wesson Brands received 10 more outperform votes than Redwire when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.00% of users gave Redwire an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Smith & Wesson Brands an outperform vote.
Summary
Smith & Wesson Brands beats Redwire on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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