American Outdoor Brands Inc. Common Stock (AOUT)

FairStock Score: 39/100 — MIXED

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AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

As a value investor, I start with the business and the price. American Outdoor Brands sells shooting accessories, knives, tools, and outdoor cooking gear to a cyclical outdoor customer base, and it employs only 267 people. The filed record is not that of a durable compounder: in FY2024 ended 2024-04-30, revenue was $201.1M and net loss $12.2M (EPS -$0.94); in FY2025 ended 2025-04-30, revenue rose to $222.3M but net loss was $77,000 (EPS -$0.01); in FY2026 ended 2026-04-30, revenue fell to $190.5M and net loss widened to $9.2M (EPS -$0.73). The latest filed quarter, fiscal Q1 2027 ended 2026-07-31, showed revenue of $37.3M, net loss of $1.5M, and EPS -$0.12, versus revenue of $29.7M and net loss of $6.8M in fiscal Q1 2026 ended 2025-07-31. So there is improvement, but still no profit. At the 2026-10-13 close of $17.01 and $214.7M market cap, FairStock's P/E is -54.87 and P/B is 1.31. FairStock's ROE is -2.35% and ROCE -0.18%. Debt is modest with D/E 0.19. FCF is $18.5M TTM, an 8.6% yield, which is the main valuation support. But EV/EBITDA of 19.62 is high for a cyclical, unprofitable firm, Piotroski is 4/9, and Altman Z is 2.31. The price sits near the top of its 52-week range of $6.26-$17.69. The business has no obvious wide moat from these figures; it is a small leisure supplier with cyclical demand. Without consistent earnings, there is no clear margin of safety; FCF must become durable profit before I could call this a bargain.

In plain English: American Outdoor Brands makes gear for hunters, shooters, outdoor cooks, and people who work outdoors, including knives, tools, shooting accessories, and cooking products. The business has not made a yearly profit in the last four years, though sales in the latest filed quarter rose and the loss shrank. At $17.01, the stock looks pricey for a company with weak profits, but it does produce positive cash, so it is not obviously cheap.

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Data as of 2026-10-13 close · note generated 2026-10-15 · model deepseek-flash

Sources (SEC EDGAR): fiscal Q1 2027 10-Q (period ended 2026-07-31) · fiscal Q3 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-01-31) · fiscal Q2 2026 10-Q (period ended 2025-10-31) · fiscal Q1 2026 10-Q (period ended 2025-07-31) · FY2026 10-K (period ended 2026-04-30) · FY2025 10-K (period ended 2025-04-30) · FY2024 10-K (period ended 2024-04-30)

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