Redwire (RDW) Competitors

Smith & Wesson Brands (NASDAQ:SWBI) and Redwire (NYSE:RDW) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

Do analysts prefer SWBI or RDW?

Smith & Wesson Brands currently has a consensus target price of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 37.72%. Redwire has a consensus target price of $8.55, suggesting a potential downside of 17.71%. Given Smith & Wesson Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities 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)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Redwire	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Do institutionals & insiders believe in 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Redwire shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, SWBI or RDW?

Smith & Wesson Brands has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Redwire has a beta of 1.93, suggesting that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SWBI or RDW more profitable?

Smith & Wesson Brands has a net margin of 6.74% compared to Redwire's net margin of -18.60%. Smith & Wesson Brands' return on equity of 9.20% beat Redwire's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Smith & Wesson Brands	6.74%	9.20%	6.12%
Redwire	-18.60%	N/A	-12.89%

Does the media prefer SWBI or RDW?

In the previous week, Redwire had 1 more articles in the media than Smith & Wesson Brands. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Redwire and 1 mentions for Smith & Wesson Brands. Smith & Wesson Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Redwire's score of 0.56 indicating that Smith & Wesson Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Smith & Wesson Brands	Positive
Redwire	Positive

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	$535.83M	1.09	$39.61M	$0.74	17.66
Redwire	$298.03M	2.32	-$27.26M	-$1.21	-8.59

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SWBI or RDW?

Smith & Wesson Brands received 6 more outperform votes than Redwire when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.00% 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 27 50.00%	Underperform Votes 27 50.00%
Redwire	Outperform Votes 21 70.00%	Underperform Votes 9 30.00%

Summary

Smith & Wesson Brands beats Redwire on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.