SWBI vs. RDW, POWW, WRAP, MNTS, POWWP, MNTSW, GEAR, NPK, RGR, and AXON
Should you be buying Smith & Wesson Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Smith & Wesson Brands include Redwire (RDW), AMMO (POWW), Wrap Technologies (WRAP), Momentus (MNTS), AMMO (POWWP), Momentus (MNTSW), Revelyst (GEAR), National Presto Industries (NPK), Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (RGR), and Axon Enterprise (AXON).
Smith & Wesson Brands vs.
Redwire (NYSE:RDW) and Smith & Wesson Brands (NASDAQ:SWBI) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
8.1% of Redwire shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.3% of Smith & Wesson Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Redwire shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Smith & Wesson Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Redwire has a beta of 2.17, indicating that its stock price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smith & Wesson Brands has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Redwire had 27 more articles in the media than Smith & Wesson Brands. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Redwire and 9 mentions for Smith & Wesson Brands. Smith & Wesson Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Redwire's score of 0.73 indicating that Smith & Wesson Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
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.
Redwire presently has a consensus price target of $18.04, indicating a potential downside of 24.16%. Smith & Wesson Brands has a consensus price target of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.93%. Given Smith & Wesson Brands' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Smith & Wesson Brands is more favorable than Redwire.
Smith & Wesson Brands received 2 more outperform votes than Redwire when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.29% of users gave Redwire an outperform vote while only 49.12% of users gave Smith & Wesson Brands an outperform vote.
Summary
Smith & Wesson Brands beats Redwire on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SWBI) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
