AS vs CROX vs SWBI Stock Comparison

Amer Sports, Crocs and Smith & Wesson Brands Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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AS Amer Sports, Inc.
$29.24 +7.3% 1M -9.0% 1Y
Market cap
$16.29B
P/E
29.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.44B
Div. yield
–
Sporting Goods Consumer Discretionary
4 wins
CROX Crocs, Inc.
$150.26 +22.5% 1M +77.4% 1Y
Market cap
$7.11B
P/E
10.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.10B
Div. yield
–
Footwear Consumer Discretionary
6 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Crocs leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Crocs 6, Amer Sports 4, Smith & Wesson Brands 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionASCROXSWBILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $16.29B $7.11B $589.95M AS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 29.8x 10.7x 24.1x CROX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 23.6x 10.2x 23.6x CROX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +30.5% +0.7% +17.0% AS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 7.3% 16.2% 4.4% CROX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 9.7% 27.2% 6.6% CROX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.4x 1.1x 0.3x AS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -9.0% +77.4% +37.1% CROX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — -1.4%/yr -8.7%/yr CROX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 39.9% 49.3% 42.7% AS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 58/100 68/100 75/100 SWBI

Percentile Scorecard

ASCROXSWBI

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisASCROXSWBI
Valuation 36 #22 of 34 57 #20 of 45 88 #5 of 34
Growth 100 #1 of 32 45 #24 of 43 84 #6 of 32
Profitability 94 #3 of 32 95 #3 of 41 74 #9 of 32
Financial Health 56 #15 of 33 41 #31 of 52 53 #16 of 33
Shareholder Returns 6 #17 of 18 100 #1 of 34 77 #5 of 18
Overall 58 68 75
  • AS ranked among 34 companies in Leisure Products
  • CROX ranked among 52 companies in Apparel and Luxury
  • SWBI ranked among 34 companies in Leisure Products

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodASCROXSWBISPY
1 month +7.3%+22.5%-2.8% +0.7%
3 months -19.0%+21.5%-8.6% +3.7%
6 months -16.6%+47.3%-12.1% +7.1%
Year to date -21.7%+75.7%+38.4% +12.8%
1 year -9.0%+77.4%+37.1% +11.9%
3 years —+71.8%-3.9% +85.2%
3 years, per year —+19.8%-1.3% +22.8%
5 years —-6.9%-36.5% +67.6%
5 years, per year —-1.4%-8.7% +10.9%
10 years —+1,821.5%-30.9% +262.0%
10 years, per year —+34.4%-3.6% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureASCROXSWBISPY
Volatility, 1Y 39.9%49.3%42.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 38.0%37.0%31.1% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.480.770.57 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.231.570.87 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -40.7%-73.9%-67.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -30.3%0.0%-18.1% -1.2%
52-week high $41.96$150.26$16.67 $779.14
52-week low $26.25$73.39$8.16 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleASCROXSWBI
P/E now vs peer median 29.7xmedian 18.6x 10.7xmedian 16.4x 25.0xmedian 18.6x
P/S now vs peer median 2.2xmedian 1.1x 1.7xmedian 0.7x 1.1xmedian 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 11.3xmedian 10.1x 8.0xmedian 10.6x 9.5xmedian 10.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 23.5xmedian 11.2x 9.2xmedian 12.3x 7.5xmedian 11.2x
P/B now vs peer median 2.4xmedian 1.5x 5.2xmedian 2.3x 1.6xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.04 1.33median 0.56 -2.09median 1.04

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsASCROXSWBI
Revenue $7.44B $4.10B $551.35M
Gross profit $4.45B $2.44B $151.30M
Operating income $956.70M $924.85M $36.39M
Net income $567.80M $664.36M $24.48M
Free cash flow $694.70M $753.99M $82.07M
R&D – – $9.85M
EPS (diluted) $0.97 $13.85 $0.54
Cash & equivalents $720.40M $163.46M $18.70M
Total debt $147.40M $1.29B $39.19M
Shares (diluted) 563.08M 47.95M 45.48M
Enterprise value $13.88B $6.52B $502.21M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricASCROXSWBI
P/E 29.7x 10.7x 25.0x
P/FCF 23.5x 9.2x 7.5x
P/Operating cash flow 17.0x 8.5x 5.4x
P/S 2.2x 1.7x 1.1x
P/B 2.4x 5.2x 1.6x
P/Tangible book 3.9x 210.6x 1.6x
EV/EBITDA 11.3x 8.0x 9.5x
EV/EBIT 16.4x 8.7x 17.4x
EV/Revenue 2.1x 2.0x 1.1x
EV/FCF 22.6x 10.7x 7.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 16.4x 9.9x 5.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 1.33 -2.09

Growth

14 metrics
MetricASCROXSWBI
Revenue growth (1Y) 30.5% 0.7% 17.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 1.3% 2.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 37.3% 1.3% 21.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 3.9% -0.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 52.3% 355.5% 62.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -4.1% -9.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 142.9% 263.9% 106.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -0.6% -12.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 117.4% 309.7% 100.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 8.0% -11.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 106.4% 4.3% 632.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -4.6% 31.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 170.6% 5.3% 1,537%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -3.4% 49.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricASCROXSWBI
Gross margin 59.8% 59.4% 27.4%
EBITDA margin 18.8% 24.5% 12.1%
Operating margin 12.9% 22.6% 6.6%
Pretax margin 10.8% 20.7% 6.0%
Net margin 7.3% 16.2% 4.4%
FCF margin 9.3% 18.4% 14.9%
Operating cash flow margin 12.9% 19.8% 20.6%
Return on equity 8.3% 48.7% 6.5%
Return on assets 5.6% 15.4% 4.7%
Return on invested capital 9.7% 27.2% 6.6%
Return on capital employed 11.7% 25.7% 8.1%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.9x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.7x 1.2x 4.6x
Stock comp / revenue 0.7% 1.1% 1.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricASCROXSWBI
Debt / assets 1.4% 30.1% 7.5%
Debt / equity 0.0x 1.0x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.4x 1.1x 0.3x
Debt / FCF 0.2x 1.7x 0.5x
Liabilities / assets 32.9% 68.6% 28.6%
Equity / assets 67.1% 31.4% 71.4%
Interest coverage 10.6x 11.5x 3.7x
Current ratio 1.8x 1.4x 3.6x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.7x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.2x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 4.11 4.50 5.14

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricASCROXSWBI
Dividend yield – – 3.8%
Net buyback yield -5.3% 9.9% –
Shareholder yield -5.3% 9.9% 3.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusASCROXSWBI
Forward P/E 23.6xFY2026 10.2xFY2026 23.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.24FY2026 $14.80FY2026 $0.58FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +27.8%FY2026 +18.3%FY2026 +41.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +40.3% +4.6% 0.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $7.73BFY2026 $3.83BFY2026 $587.52MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +17.7%FY2026 -5.3%FY2026 +12.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +16.5% +4.0% +1.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersASCROXSWBI
Held by institutions 38.1% 98.3% 64.9%
Institutions holding 355 499 199
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.1% +0.6% +14.6%
Institutions buying 237 238 113
Institutions selling 87 186 51
Buyers to sellers 2.72 1.28 2.22

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ASCROXSWBI
AS 1.00 0.29 0.11
CROX 0.29 1.00 0.05
SWBI 0.11 0.05 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AS, CROX and SWBI?

Amer Sports (AS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Amer Sports (AS) $16.29B, Crocs (CROX) $7.11B, Smith & Wesson Brands (SWBI) $589.95M.

Which stock is cheaper, AS, CROX and SWBI?

Crocs (CROX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Amer Sports (AS) 29.8x, Crocs (CROX) 10.7x, Smith & Wesson Brands (SWBI) 24.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Crocs (CROX) is cheapest (Amer Sports (AS) 23.6x, Crocs (CROX) 10.2x, Smith & Wesson Brands (SWBI) 23.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Amer Sports (AS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Amer Sports (AS) +30.5%, Crocs (CROX) +0.7%, Smith & Wesson Brands (SWBI) +17.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Crocs (CROX) has the highest net margin (Amer Sports (AS) 7.3%, Crocs (CROX) 16.2%, Smith & Wesson Brands (SWBI) 4.4%). On return on invested capital, Crocs (CROX) leads (Amer Sports (AS) 9.7%, Crocs (CROX) 27.2%, Smith & Wesson Brands (SWBI) 6.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Crocs (CROX) returned the most: Amer Sports (AS) -9.0%, Crocs (CROX) +77.4%, Smith & Wesson Brands (SWBI) +37.1%. Over five years, Crocs (CROX) compounded fastest (Crocs (CROX) -1.4%/yr, Smith & Wesson Brands (SWBI) -8.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Amer Sports (AS) has been the steadiest (Amer Sports (AS) 39.9%, Crocs (CROX) 49.3%, Smith & Wesson Brands (SWBI) 42.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AS, CROX and SWBI?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Crocs (CROX) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.