American Outdoor Brands vs Escalade
AOUT and ESCA side by side, both in dolls, toys, games and sporting and athletic. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How AOUT and ESCA compare
Escalade is the larger company, worth 1.2 times as much as American Outdoor Brands ($293M against $240M).
Escalade grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (0.05% versus −5.8% for American Outdoor Brands).
Escalade keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 10.0% compared with −2.0% at American Outdoor Brands.
Escalade pays a dividend yielding 2.9%; American Outdoor Brands does not pay one.
Escalade scores higher on the StockData Score (20 against 9 for American Outdoor Brands), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AOUT | ESCA |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $240M | $293M |
| Share price | $19.05 | $21.29 |
| Change, 1 year | 183% | 73.1% |
| Change, 5 years | −22.5% | 9.1% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.90 | 0.66 |
| Employees | 267 | – |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 9 | 20 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 5 (better) |
| Growth score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 12.2× |
| P/S | 1.2× | 1.2× (better) |
| P/B | 1.5× (better) | 1.6× |
| EV/EBITDA | 27.7× | 7.7× (better) |
| P/FCF | 12.5× | 7.1× (better) |
| FCF yield | 8.0% | 14.0% (better) |
| Fair value | $10.55 | $27.08 |
| Margin of safety | −80.6% | 21.4% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −5.8% | 0.05% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −7.2% | −2.6% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 91.0% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 92.3% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | −11.5% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 46.0% (better) | 28.5% |
| Operating margin | −2.2% | 13.1% (better) |
| Net margin | −2.0% | 10.0% (better) |
| FCF margin | 9.7% | 17.0% (better) |
| Return on equity | −2.4% | 13.5% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | −2.4% | 13.2% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.07 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | −0.31 |
| Interest coverage | – | 44.9× |
| Current ratio | 4.93 (better) | 3.01 |
| Altman Z-score | 3.23 | 5.97 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 9 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 2.9% |
| Payout ratio | – | 34.3% |
| Buyback yield | 1.1% (better) | 0.75% |
| Shareholder yield | 1.1% | 3.6% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 68.3% | 30.7% |
| Held by insiders | 21.6% | 29.6% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$2.1M |
| Short interest, % of float | 2.2% | 2.8% |
Go deeper
- AOUT stock overview
- AOUT income statement
- AOUT valuation and score
- ESCA stock overview
- ESCA income statement
- ESCA valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.