RGR vs. SWBI, VSTO, IMAX, SBGI, AFYA, MBC, GES, CMPR, PRDO, and BALY
Should you be buying Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. include Smith & Wesson Brands (SWBI), Vista Outdoor (VSTO), IMAX (IMAX), Sinclair Broadcast Group (SBGI), Afya (AFYA), MasterBrand (MBC), Guess' (GES), Cimpress (CMPR), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), and Bally's (BALY). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. vs.
Smith & Wesson Brands (NASDAQ:SWBI) and Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE:RGR) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and institutional ownership.
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. received 292 more outperform votes than Smith & Wesson Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.56% of users gave Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. an outperform vote while only 48.00% of users gave Smith & Wesson Brands an outperform vote.
Smith & Wesson Brands presently has a consensus target price of $12.75, suggesting a potential upside of 11.35%. Given Smith & Wesson Brands' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Smith & Wesson Brands is more favorable than Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc..
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. has a net margin of 14.82% compared to Smith & Wesson Brands' net margin of 11.67%. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.'s return on equity of 23.87% beat Smith & Wesson Brands' return on equity.
57.4% of Smith & Wesson Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.0% of Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Smith & Wesson Brands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Smith & Wesson Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Smith & Wesson Brands pays out 30.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. pays out 33.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Smith & Wesson Brands has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Smith & Wesson Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Smith & Wesson Brands and Smith & Wesson Brands both had 2 articles in the media. Smith & Wesson Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.'s score of 0.11 indicating that Smith & Wesson Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Smith & Wesson Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.. Smith & Wesson Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Smith & Wesson Brands has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. beats Smith & Wesson Brands on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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