AOUT
American Outdoor Brands, Inc.
AOUT has the edge over GME overall, supported by stronger modeled upside and lower modeled downside.
GME
GameStop Corp.
GME offers stronger fundamentals, but that advantage does not outweigh its weaker overall profile.
AOUT Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Under pressure | |
| Healthy | |
| Strong |
AOUT's cash flow and balance sheet are currently healthy, and its revenue is stable, but its profitability is under pressure.
GME Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Unavailable |
GME's profitability and cash flow are currently strong, and its revenue is stable. There isn't enough data to rate its balance sheet.
AOUT PE Valuation
AOUT has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
GME PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | 17x | $25.62 | — |
| Cheap | 18x | $27.96 | +9.1% |
| Forward | 38x | $25.62 | — |
| Fair | 43x | $66.84 | +161% |
| Expensive | 252x | $388 | +1414% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
GME's PE is in its cheap range at 17x. Analysts expect earnings to fall, which would put today's price at 38x next year's earnings, in its fair range.
AOUT Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Strong growth | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
AOUT has the edge over GME on the outlook, with more favorable earnings and revenue expectations.
GME Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly deteriorating | |
| Strong decline | |
| Strong decline | |
| Strongly weakening | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect GME's earnings and revenue to decline, with profitability weakening.
AOUT Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $0.60 | — |
| Q3 2026 | -$0.31 | +$0.06 |
| Q2 2026 | -$0.73 | -$0.72 |
| Q1 2026 | -$0.78 | -$0.44 |
| Q4 2025 | -$0.45 | +$0.13 |
| Q3 2025 | -$0.37 | +$0.44 |
| Q2 2025 | -$0.01 | +$0.93 |
| Q1 2025 | -$0.34 | +$0.49 |
| Q4 2024 | -$0.58 | +$0.23 |
AOUT is still losing money, but far less than before: $0.31 per share over the past year, against $6.93 at its worst in early 2020.
GME Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $0.67 | -56% |
| Q3 2026 | $1.54 | +93% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.34 | +153% |
| Q1 2026 | $0.77 | +133% |
| Q4 2025 | $0.89 | +394% |
| Q3 2025 | $0.80 | +515% |
| Q2 2025 | $0.53 | +563% |
| Q1 2025 | $0.33 | +1550% |
| Q4 2024 | $0.18 | +$0.21 |
GME has the edge over AOUT on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
AOUT Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $37.3M | +25% |
| Q2 2026 | $47.1M | -24% |
| Q1 2026 | $56.6M | -3.3% |
| Q4 2025 | $57.2M | -5% |
| Q3 2025 | $29.7M | -29% |
| Q2 2025 | $61.9M | +34% |
| Q1 2025 | $58.5M | +9.5% |
| Q4 2024 | $60.2M | +4% |
AOUT has the edge over GME on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -5.7% | +17 points |
| Q2 2026 | -0.8% | +0.8 points |
| Q1 2026 | -6.9% | -7.4 points |
| Q4 2025 | 3.7% | -1.4 points |
| Q3 2025 | -23% | -17 points |
| Q2 2025 | -1.5% | +10 points |
| Q1 2025 | 0.5% | +5.9 points |
| Q4 2024 | 5.1% | +5.1 points |
AOUT's operating margin was −5.7% last quarter, up 17 points from the same quarter a year ago.
GME Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $790.2M | -19% |
| Q2 2026 | $835.3M | +14% |
| Q1 2026 | $1.1B | -14% |
| Q4 2025 | $821M | -4.6% |
| Q3 2025 | $972.2M | +22% |
| Q2 2025 | $732.4M | -17% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.3B | -28% |
| Q4 2024 | $860.3M | -20% |
GME's revenue has slid since its 2022 peak: $790M last quarter, down 19% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 20% | +13 points |
| Q2 2026 | 17% | +19 points |
| Q1 2026 | 12% | +6 points |
| Q4 2025 | 5% | +8.9 points |
| Q3 2025 | 6.8% | +9.6 points |
| Q2 2025 | -1.5% | +4.3 points |
| Q1 2025 | 6.2% | +3.1 points |
| Q4 2024 | -3.9% | -2.5 points |
GME has the edge over AOUT on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
AOUT Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $12.9M | +$14.9M |
| Q2 2026 | $11.4M | +58% |
| Q1 2026 | $9M | +114% |
| Q4 2025 | -$14.1M | -$6.1M |
| Q3 2025 | -$2M | +$3.2M |
| Q2 2025 | $7.2M | -49% |
| Q1 2025 | $4.2M | -57% |
| Q4 2024 | -$8M | +$763K |
AOUT still generates free cash flow, though less than at its 2023 peak: $19M over the past year.
GME Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $60.7M | -46% |
| Q2 2026 | $332.9M | +76% |
| Q1 2026 | $187.4M | +18% |
| Q4 2025 | $107M | +435% |
| Q3 2025 | $113.3M | +73% |
| Q2 2025 | $189.6M | +$304.3M |
| Q1 2025 | $158.8M | +$177.5M |
| Q4 2024 | $20M | +80% |
GME has the edge over AOUT on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
AOUT Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.3% | -37K shares |
| 1 year | -1.3% | -169K shares |
| 3 years | -4.9% | -640K shares |
| 5 years | -12% | -1.8M shares |
| Available history | -9.6% | -1.3M shares |
AOUT has the edge over GME on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | — |
| Q2 2026 | $508,000 |
| Q1 2026 | $1.4M |
| Q4 2025 | $662,000 |
| Q3 2025 | $2.5M |
| Q2 2025 | $1.2M |
| Q1 2025 | $1.2M |
| Q4 2024 | $1M |
AOUT spent $3M buying back its own shares over the past year, down 57% from the year before.
GME Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.1% | +300K shares |
| 1 year | +8.4% | +46.1M shares |
| 3 years | +94% | +288M shares |
| 5 years | +104% | +302M shares |
| Available history | +80% | +264M shares |
GME has 593M diluted shares, up 8.4% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q1 2021 | — |
| Q4 2020 | — |
| Q1 2020 | $21.8M |
| Q4 2019 | $114M |
AOUT Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -4.5x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | -6.2x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2026 | -3.1x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | -0.4x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2025 | -2.1x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2025 | -1.8x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -1.8x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | -2.1x | Net Cash |
AOUT has more cash than debt.
GME Net Leverage
AOUT Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 68.3 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 89.4 | Overbought |
AOUT's weekly RSI is 68 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 89 (overbought).
GME Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 59.9 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 68.5 | Neutral |
GME's weekly RSI is 60 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 69 (neutral).
AOUT PE vs Consumer Cyclical Sector
| Metric | AOUT | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | N/A | 18x | — |
AOUT has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
GME PE vs Consumer Cyclical Sector
| Metric | GME | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 17x | 18x | 7.7% below |
| PE % | 15 | 47 | 32 pts below |
GME is trading at 17x earnings, in line with the Consumer Cyclical sector's median of 18x.
AOUT Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $17.5 | 8.3% above |
| 20 week MA | $15.0 | 26% above |
| 50 week MA | $11.5 | 65% above |
| 100 week MA | $11.4 | 67% above |
| 200 week MA | $10.2 | 86% above |
AOUT is in an uptrend: it's above all five of its weekly moving averages, and 86% above its 200-week average.
GME Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $25.2 | 1.8% above |
| 20 week MA | $22.4 | 15% above |
| 50 week MA | $22.6 | 13% above |
| 100 week MA | $24.0 | 7% above |
| 200 week MA | $21.8 | 17% above |
GME is in an uptrend: it's above all five of its weekly moving averages, and 17% above its 200-week average.
AOUT Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $15.5 | $17.5 | +13% |
| 2021 | $17.5 | $19.0 | +8.6% |
| 2022 | $19.0 | $9.67 | -49% |
| 2023 | $9.67 | $8.40 | -13% |
| 2024 | $8.40 | $14.9 | +78% |
| 2025 | $14.9 | $8.28 | -45% |
| 2026 YTD | $8.28 | $19.0 | +129% |
AOUT has the edge over GME on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
GME Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $1.48 | $5.04 | +241% |
| 2021 | $5.04 | $38.0 | +655% |
| 2022 | $38.0 | $20.1 | -47% |
| 2023 | $20.1 | $17.5 | -13% |
| 2024 | $17.5 | $32.2 | +84% |
| 2025 | $32.2 | $21.1 | -35% |
| 2026 YTD | $21.1 | $25.6 | +21% |
GME's yearly returns have swung widely, from +655% in 2021 to −47% in 2022. It's up 21% so far in 2026.