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Smith & Wesson Brands $SWBI

🫧 Edgar looked up Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. ($SWBI). Last filing: 8-K (5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders), 2026-09-16. 6 event filings (8-K) in the past twelve months. Auditor change (8-K Item 4.01) filed 2024-09-20.

🔖 Exposure: revenue $523.8M (FY2026). Experience: revenue up 10.4% on the year, down 11.8% a year over 4 years; operating margin 5.6%, up from 5.0%. Soundness: equity 73.4% of assets, return on equity 4.9%, payout 125.7% of profit. Credibility: four or more audited years, reasonable weight. Range: 80% of past cases like this landed between $440.8M and $708.5M next year (method v3, set from 4,309 SEC company-years; on a year the method never saw, 83% landed inside). A range, not a forecast. Against peers (38 filers, $50M+ revenue, its industry group): operating margin 5.6% against a 8.1% median; growth 10.4% against 2.4%.

Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. against its own record and its peers
Operating marginPeer median 8.1%5.6%Revenue, on the yearPeer median 2.4%10.4%Equity of assetsPeer median 48.5%73.4%Return on equityPeer median 8.5%4.9%Payout of profitPeer median 24.6%125.7%Gold tick: the median of 26–39 peers with $50M+ revenue in ordnance & accessories, (no vehicles/guided missiles)
Handed back now, or kept to compound
Of each dollar of profit120.0% paid outMore was paid out than was earned in the year.Handed back per share$0.52Growth its own profit can fund0.0%retained x return on equityRevenue growth it managed10.4%last year, for comparison

Gold is paid out to shareholders; navy is kept in the business. Retained profit times return on equity is the pace a company can fund from itself. Facts from the filings, not a recommendation.

The figures, as filed

Fiscal year end2026-04-30
Revenue$524M
Revenue, on the year10.4%
Revenue, a year over the record−11.8%
Operating margin5.6%
Operating margin, prior year5.0%
Net margin3.5%
Research and development$10M · 2.0% of revenue
Free cash flow$90M
Cash$28M
Total debt
Equity of assets73.4%
Return on equity4.9%
Payout of profit125.7%
Dividend per share$0.52
Audited years read5

Peers: the median of 38 filers with $50M+ revenue in ordnance & accessories, (no vehicles/guided missiles).

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