RGR vs. JOUT, MPX, JAKK, HAS, MAT, BC, PII, GEAR, NPK, and SWBI
Should you be buying Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. include Johnson Outdoors (JOUT), Marine Products (MPX), JAKKS Pacific (JAKK), Hasbro (HAS), Mattel (MAT), Brunswick (BC), Polaris (PII), Revelyst (GEAR), National Presto Industries (NPK), and Smith & Wesson Brands (SWBI).
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. vs.
Johnson Outdoors (NASDAQ:JOUT) and Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE:RGR) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
Johnson Outdoors pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Johnson Outdoors pays out -50.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. pays out 25.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Johnson Outdoors is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Johnson Outdoors had 5 more articles in the media than Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Johnson Outdoors and 2 mentions for Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.'s average media sentiment score of -0.41 beat Johnson Outdoors' score of -0.67 indicating that Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. received 48 more outperform votes than Johnson Outdoors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.92% of users gave Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. an outperform vote while only 65.18% of users gave Johnson Outdoors an outperform vote.
Johnson Outdoors has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. has a beta of 0.16, meaning that its share price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500.
64.1% of Johnson Outdoors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.0% of Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.7% of Johnson Outdoors shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Johnson Outdoors. Johnson Outdoors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. has a net margin of 5.83% compared to Johnson Outdoors' net margin of -4.48%. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.'s return on equity of 9.33% beat Johnson Outdoors' return on equity.
Summary
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. beats Johnson Outdoors on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:RGR) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
