Company Analysis

Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. (SWBI)

Nasdaq: SWBI · Ordnance & Accessories, (No Vehicles/Guided Missiles) · Maryville, TN · filing with the SEC since 2000
Grade5.4
◀ Past 4.2● Present 5.7▶ Future 6.1

The grade of Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.4/10
◀ Past4.230% of the headline
● Present5.740% of the headline
▶ Future6.130% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.2/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
5.4/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2024-09-20.

weight 33% of this tense · 54th percentile among 37 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2024-09-20) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
2.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-5.9% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 24th percentile among 34 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $903 million in fiscal 2017 to $524 million in fiscal 2026, down 5.9% a year; it rose in 4 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 55% from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-5.9%bottom 11% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 22% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 44% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak55.2%bottom 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
6.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.9% a year. 49% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 26 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-04-30, Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.9% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 49% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 32% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.7/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 5%: 5¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 27%: owes 27¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 59th percentile among 34 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-04-30, Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. earned about 5 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 28 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 27 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count was unchanged over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 26% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 45% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 35% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 47% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 48% of 35 in its family; net margin 3.5%.

weight 33% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc.'s standing among 35 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $524 million in fiscal 2026 ranks in the bottom 39% by size; a net margin of 3.5% ranks in the bottom 47%; revenue growth of 3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 31% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$524Mbottom 39% of its family
  • net margin3.5%bottom 47% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth3.0%top 31% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
6.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 39% of 28 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2022.

weight 22% of this tense · 61st percentile among 28 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Smith, Mark Peter (The reporting person is President and Chief Executive Officer., as filed), filing under that title since 2022-08-26, 4.2 years (top 50% of its family); the 10 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 7.1 years (top 37%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 10 people in charge now (top 31%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge3 in three years among 10 peopletop 31% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed7.1 yearstop 37% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record4.2 yearstop 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 33% of 32 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 67th percentile among 32 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $28 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 5.5% of its assets as net cash, top 33% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 17.3% of revenue (top 5%); a gross margin of 26.9% (top 48%); research spending of 2% of revenue (top 47%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets5.5%top 33% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue17.3%top 5% of its family
  • gross margin26.9%top 48% of its family
  • research spending against revenue2.0%top 47% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.1/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 39% of 34 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 61st percentile among 34 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 3% a year over the last three filed years against -5.9% over all 10, speeding up (top 5% of its family); the newest year grew 10.4% (top 31%); research spending grew 10.9% a year (top 31%); capital spending grew -35.7% a year (bottom 11%) (its annual reports). Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2026: Product One at $394 million (75%), Product Two at $90 million (17%), Other Products and Services at $39 million (7%); 2 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+8.9 points a yeartop 5% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth10.4%top 31% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending10.9%top 31% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-35.7%bottom 11% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
4.7/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 47% of 34 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 47th percentile among 34 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $524 million in fiscal 2026 came in 10.9% above the $472 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 31% of its family); net income of $18 million against a prior three-year average of $31 million (bottom 34%); a net margin of 3.5% against 6.1% before (bottom 37%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace10.9%top 31% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-40%bottom 34% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-2.6 pointsbottom 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton SWBI · research, not advice