American Outdoor Brands (AOUT) Competitors

Funko (NASDAQ:FNKO) and American Outdoor Brands (NASDAQ:AOUT) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Is FNKO or AOUT 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
Funko	-2.29%	-3.44%	-1.04%
American Outdoor Brands	-3.70%	1.86%	1.36%

Does the media prefer FNKO or AOUT?

In the previous week, American Outdoor Brands had 3 more articles in the media than Funko. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for American Outdoor Brands and 4 mentions for Funko. American Outdoor Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Funko's score of 0.03 indicating that American Outdoor Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Funko	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
American Outdoor Brands	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend FNKO or AOUT?

Funko presently has a consensus target price of $13.83, indicating a potential upside of 1.34%. American Outdoor Brands has a consensus target price of $12.50, indicating a potential downside of 16.16%. Given Funko's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Funko is more favorable than American Outdoor Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Funko	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
American Outdoor Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FNKO or AOUT?

Funko received 235 more outperform votes than American Outdoor Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.73% of users gave Funko an outperform vote while only 59.26% of users gave American Outdoor Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Funko	Outperform Votes 267 59.73%	Underperform Votes 180 40.27%
American Outdoor Brands	Outperform Votes 32 59.26%	Underperform Votes 22 40.74%

Which has more risk & volatility, FNKO or AOUT?

Funko has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Outdoor Brands has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

99.2% of Funko shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.9% of American Outdoor Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 4.8% of Funko shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of American Outdoor Brands shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, FNKO or AOUT?

American Outdoor Brands has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Funko. Funko is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Outdoor 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
Funko	$1.05B	0.71	-$154.08M	-$0.48	-28.44
American Outdoor Brands	$201.60M	0.94	-$12.25M	-$0.59	-25.27

Summary

Funko beats American Outdoor Brands on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.