Smith & Wesson Brands

SWBI

Aerospace & Defense · Industrials

Price

$14.86

-0.39 (-2.56%)

Market Cap

$664.6M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

−5.2% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 47.7M (2022) → 45.3M (2026)

Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells firearms worldwide. The company offers handguns, including revolvers and pistols; long guns, such as modern sporting rifles, bolt action rifles; handcuffs; suppressors; and other firearm-related products under the Smith & Wesson, M&P, and Gemtech brands. It also provides manufacturing services comprising forging, heat treating, rapid prototyping, tooling, finishing, plating, machining, and custom plastic injection molding to other busi

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+17.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+123.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$10M/ year

↑ Rising (+8% vs prior year)

2.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

3.1%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$18M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

Smith & Wesson Brands is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 17%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

26.2%

Modest — 26.2% gross margin

Operating Margin

4.8%

Thin — 4.8% operating margin

ROCE

1.5%

Weak — 1.5% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+1.1%

Nearly flat sales (1.1% YoY)

EPS YoY

-49.0%

Earnings shrinking (-49.0% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency

2/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

461%

Turns 461% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

11.0%

Modest free cash flow (11.0%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.20

Conservative — low debt load (0.20)

Interest Cover

4.50x

Adequate interest coverage (4.5x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

38.6x

Pricey — P/E 38.6

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward

+6.7

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (38.6 → 31.8)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

3.23%

Moderate income — 3.23% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend Growth

+0.0%

Dividend flat

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