AMMO (POWW) Competitors

Escalade (NASDAQ:ESCA) and AMMO (NASDAQ:POWW) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ESCA or POWW?

Escalade received 223 more outperform votes than AMMO when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.52% of users gave Escalade an outperform vote while only 54.84% of users gave AMMO an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Escalade	Outperform Votes 240 64.52%	Underperform Votes 132 35.48%
AMMO	Outperform Votes 17 54.84%	Underperform Votes 14 45.16%

Is ESCA or POWW more profitable?

Escalade has a net margin of 5.20% compared to AMMO's net margin of -15.19%. Escalade's return on equity of 7.17% beat AMMO's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Escalade	5.20%	7.17%	4.79%
AMMO	-15.19%	2.35%	2.09%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ESCA or POWW?

65.2% of Escalade shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.4% of AMMO shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.8% of Escalade shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.0% of AMMO shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend ESCA or POWW?

AMMO has a consensus target price of $1.50, suggesting a potential upside of 17.19%. Given AMMO's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AMMO is more favorable than Escalade.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Escalade	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
AMMO	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media favor ESCA or POWW?

In the previous week, AMMO had 12 more articles in the media than Escalade. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for AMMO and 4 mentions for Escalade. Escalade's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat AMMO's score of 0.00 indicating that Escalade is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Escalade	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
AMMO	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ESCA or POWW?

Escalade has higher revenue and earnings than AMMO. AMMO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Escalade, 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
Escalade	$253.07M	0.84	$9.83M	$0.94	16.20
AMMO	$145.05M	1.05	-$15.56M	-$0.21	-6.09

Which has more risk & volatility, ESCA or POWW?

Escalade has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMMO has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Escalade beats AMMO on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.