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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SWBI or RDW?

Smith & Wesson Brands and Redwire both received 29 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 74.36% of users gave Redwire an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Smith & Wesson Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Smith & Wesson Brands	Outperform Votes 29 50.00%	Underperform Votes 29 50.00%
Redwire	Outperform Votes 29 74.36%	Underperform Votes 10 25.64%

Do analysts recommend SWBI or RDW?

Smith & Wesson Brands currently has a consensus price target of $12.75, suggesting a potential upside of 41.20%. Redwire has a consensus price target of $17.71, suggesting a potential upside of 103.50%. Given Redwire's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Redwire is more favorable than Smith & Wesson Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Smith & Wesson Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Redwire	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

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

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

Which has preferable valuation and 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	$493.05M	0.81	$39.61M	$0.65	13.89
Redwire	$304.10M	2.16	-$27.26M	-$2.34	-3.72

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%

Does the media refer more to SWBI or RDW?

In the previous week, Redwire had 15 more articles in the media than Smith & Wesson Brands. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Redwire and 4 mentions for Smith & Wesson Brands. Smith & Wesson Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Redwire's score of 0.11 indicating that Smith & Wesson Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Smith & Wesson Brands	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Redwire	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, SWBI or RDW?

Smith & Wesson Brands has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Redwire has a beta of 2.33, meaning that its share price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Smith & Wesson Brands beats Redwire on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.