Outdoor (NASDAQ:POWW) and Ballistic Recovery (OTCMKTS:BRSI) Critical Survey

Outdoor (NASDAQ:POWW) and Ballistic Recovery (OTCMKTS:BRSI) are both aerospace companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Outdoor and Ballistic Recovery’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Outdoor	N/A	-18.60%	-15.41%
Ballistic Recovery	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Outdoor and Ballistic Recovery, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Outdoor	1	1	1	0	2.00
Ballistic Recovery	0	0	0	0	0.00

Outdoor currently has a consensus target price of $2.00, suggesting a potential upside of 36.05%. Given Outdoor’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Outdoor is more favorable than Ballistic Recovery.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Outdoor and Ballistic Recovery”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Outdoor	$49.40 million	3.48	-$130.83 million	($0.46)	-3.20
Ballistic Recovery	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Ballistic Recovery has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Outdoor.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

26.4% of Outdoor shares are held by institutional investors. 25.0% of Outdoor shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 45.3% of Ballistic Recovery shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Outdoor beats Ballistic Recovery on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Outdoor

AMMO, Inc. designs, produces, and markets ammunition and ammunition component products for sport and recreational shooters, hunters, individuals seeking home or personal protection, manufacturers, and law enforcement and military agencies. The company's products include STREAK Visual Ammunition that enables shooters to see the path of the bullets fired by them; and Stelth Subsonic ammunition primarily for suppressed firearms. It also owns and operates GunBroker.com, an auction site that supports the lawful sale of firearms, ammunition, and hunting/shooting accessories. In addition, the company's products comprises of armor piercing and hard armor piercing incendiary precision ammunition; and ammunition casings for pistol ammunition through large rifle ammunition. The company has a license agreement with Jeff Rann's ammunition for game hunting. AMMO, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.

About Ballistic Recovery

Ballistic Recovery Systems Inc. develops and commercializes parachute systems in the United States. The company operates in three segments: Aviation, Defense, and Space. The Aviation segment designs, tests, and produces whole-aircraft emergency recovery parachute systems for the general aviation and recreational aircraft industries. The Defense segment designs, tests, and produces personnel parachute systems, precision guided aerial delivery systems, and cargo and whole-aircraft emergency recovery parachutes used in unmanned aerial vehicles and training aircrafts. The Space segment designs, tests, and produces entry, descent, and landing systems for various space applications, as well as manned and un-manned, planetary, and terrestrial space applications. The company also provides safety apparel. Ballistic Recovery Systems Inc. was founded in 1980 and is based in South Saint Paul, Minnesota.