Smith & Wesson Brands (SWBI) Competitors

Smith & Wesson Brands (NASDAQ:SWBI) and Redwire (NYSE:RDW) 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, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SWBI or RDW?

59.3% of Smith & Wesson Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.1% of Redwire shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Smith & Wesson Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Redwire shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SWBI or RDW?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Smith & Wesson Brands	$514.65M	0.86	$39.61M	$0.78	12.87
Redwire	$298.03M	3.10	-$27.26M	-$1.21	-11.48

Does the media refer more to SWBI or RDW?

In the previous week, Redwire had 6 more articles in the media than Smith & Wesson Brands. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Redwire and 0 mentions for Smith & Wesson Brands. Redwire's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Smith & Wesson Brands' score of 0.00 indicating that Redwire is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Smith & Wesson Brands	Neutral
Redwire	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SWBI or RDW?

Smith & Wesson Brands received 4 more outperform votes than Redwire when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.88% of users gave Redwire an outperform vote while only 48.21% of users gave Smith & Wesson Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Smith & Wesson Brands	Outperform Votes 27 48.21%	Underperform Votes 29 51.79%
Redwire	Outperform Votes 23 71.88%	Underperform Votes 9 28.13%

Which has more volatility & risk, SWBI or RDW?

Smith & Wesson Brands has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Redwire has a beta of 2.25, indicating that its share price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer SWBI or RDW?

Smith & Wesson Brands currently has a consensus price target of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.48%. Redwire has a consensus price target of $10.13, suggesting a potential downside of 27.11%. Given Smith & Wesson Brands' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Smith & Wesson Brands is more favorable than Redwire.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Smith & Wesson Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Redwire	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Is SWBI or RDW more profitable?

Smith & Wesson Brands has a net margin of 7.00% compared to Redwire's net margin of -18.60%. Smith & Wesson Brands' return on equity of 8.78% beat Redwire's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Smith & Wesson Brands	7.00%	8.78%	5.79%
Redwire	-18.60%	N/A	-12.89%

Summary

Smith & Wesson Brands beats Redwire on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.