(VIANEWS) - The NASDAQ ended the session with Smith & Wesson jumping 28.35% to $17.25 on Friday, after two sequential sessions in a row of gains. NASDAQ dropped 1.16% to $16,085.11, after two sequential sessions in a row of gains, on what was an all-around bearish trend trading session today.
Smith & Wesson's last close was $13.44, 9.56% under its 52-week high of $14.86.
About Smith & Wesson
Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells firearms worldwide. The company offers handguns, including revolvers and pistols; long guns, such as modern sporting rifles, bolt action rifles; handcuffs; suppressors; and other firearm-related products under the Smith & Wesson, M&P, and Gemtech brands. It also provides manufacturing services comprising forging, heat treating, rapid prototyping, tooling, finishing, plating, machining, and custom plastic injection molding to other businesses under the Smith & Wesson and Smith & Wesson Precision Components brand names; and sells parts purchased through third parties. The company sells its products to firearm enthusiasts, collectors, hunters, sportsmen, competitive shooters, individuals desiring home and personal protection, law enforcement, security agencies and officers, and military agencies. It markets its products through independent dealers, retailers, in-store retails, and direct to consumers; print, broadcast, and digital advertising campaigns; social and electronic media; and in-store retail merchandising strategies. Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. was founded in 1852 and is based in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Smith & Wesson has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.64.
PE Ratio
Smith & Wesson has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 26.95. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $26.95 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company's return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder's equity, for the twelve trailing months is 7.98%.More news about Smith & Wesson (SWBI).