American Outdoor Brands (AOUT) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, AOUT or FNKO?

American Outdoor Brands has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Funko. American Outdoor Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Funko, 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
American Outdoor Brands	$206.68M	0.68	-$12.25M	-$0.35	-31.57
Funko	$1.05B	0.22	-$154.08M	-$0.30	-14.37

Which has more risk and volatility, AOUT or FNKO?

American Outdoor Brands has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Funko has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

Do analysts rate AOUT or FNKO?

American Outdoor Brands currently has a consensus price target of $15.50, suggesting a potential upside of 40.27%. Funko has a consensus price target of $13.33, suggesting a potential upside of 209.36%. Given Funko's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Funko is more favorable than American Outdoor Brands.

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

Does the media favor AOUT or FNKO?

In the previous week, Funko had 19 more articles in the media than American Outdoor Brands. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Funko and 2 mentions for American Outdoor Brands. American Outdoor Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Funko's score of 0.11 indicating that American Outdoor Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
American Outdoor Brands	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Funko	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

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

49.9% of American Outdoor Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of Funko shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of American Outdoor Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Funko shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AOUT or FNKO?

Funko received 237 more outperform votes than American Outdoor Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.00% of users gave American Outdoor Brands an outperform vote while only 59.87% of users gave Funko an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
American Outdoor Brands	Outperform Votes 33 60.00%	Underperform Votes 22 40.00%
Funko	Outperform Votes 270 59.87%	Underperform Votes 181 40.13%

Summary

Funko beats American Outdoor Brands on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.