RGR vs. SWBI, POWW, VSTO, GTN.A, AMC, MNRO, SBGI, IMAX, BYON, and GDEN
Should you be buying Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. include Smith & Wesson Brands (SWBI), AMMO (POWW), Vista Outdoor (VSTO), Gray Television (GTN.A), AMC Entertainment (AMC), Monro (MNRO), Sinclair (SBGI), IMAX (IMAX), Beyond (BYON), and Golden Entertainment (GDEN). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Smith & Wesson Brands (NASDAQ:SWBI) and Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE:RGR) 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 institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability and community ranking.
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. received 299 more outperform votes than Smith & Wesson Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.92% of users gave Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. an outperform vote while only 49.06% of users gave Smith & Wesson Brands an outperform vote.
Smith & Wesson Brands presently has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.66%. Given Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.'s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Smith & Wesson Brands is more favorable than Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc..
In the previous week, Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. had 3 more articles in the media than Smith & Wesson Brands. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. and 0 mentions for Smith & Wesson Brands. Smith & Wesson Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.'s score of 0.00 indicating that Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
59.3% of Smith & Wesson Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.0% of Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Smith & Wesson Brands 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Smith & Wesson Brands has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. has higher revenue and earnings than Smith & Wesson Brands. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. 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.
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. has a net margin of 7.71% compared to Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.'s net margin of 5.05%. Smith & Wesson Brands' return on equity of 12.30% beat Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.'s return on equity.
Smith & Wesson Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Smith & Wesson Brands pays out 84.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. pays out 39.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Smith & Wesson Brands has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Smith & Wesson Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. beats Smith & Wesson Brands on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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