Redwire (RDW) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, SWBI or RDW?

Smith & Wesson Brands has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Redwire has a beta of 2.51, suggesting that its stock price is 151% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer SWBI or RDW?

Smith & Wesson Brands currently has a consensus price target of $12.75, suggesting a potential upside of 39.96%. Redwire has a consensus price target of $17.71, suggesting a potential upside of 95.03%. Given Redwire's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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

Which has better earnings & valuation, 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	14.02
Redwire	$304.10M	2.26	-$27.26M	-$2.34	-3.88

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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%

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%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership 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 insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Redwire shares are held by 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.

Does the media favor SWBI or RDW?

In the previous week, Redwire had 6 more articles in the media than Smith & Wesson Brands. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Redwire and 6 mentions for Smith & Wesson Brands. Smith & Wesson Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Redwire's score of 0.17 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Redwire	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

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