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Recent channel checks indicate a “continued high level of competitive promotions and discounting, along with still elevated inventory levels, particularly in the lucrative modern sporting rifle (MSR) category,” Wunderlich’s Rommel Dionisio said in a report. American Outdoor Brands...

The Shot Show gets underway in Las Vegas Tuesday. The four-day event counts among its attendees, shooting, hunting and outdoor trade and commercial buyers and sellers of military, law enforcement and tactical products and services. Why Shot Show Is Important Many companies unveil new products...

The numbers for firearm background checks, though firing to an all time record in 2016, were found wanting in December. Data released by the FBI based on the National Instant Background Check System, or NICS, showed that 2,771,159 checks were made in December 2016 compared to 3,314,594 in...

After market close on Thursday, Smith & Wesson Holding Corp (NASDAQ: SWHC) reported Q2 results, which beat on both top- and bottom-line estimates. The stock sank on lower-than-consensus Q3 guidance, however, with shares trading down around 8 percent in the pre-market Friday. Wunderlich analyst...

Following the recent election of a “more gun-friendly Republican administration and Congress, combined with a sluggish start to hunting season due to unseasonably warm autumn weather through much of the country,” Wunderlich’s Rommel Dionisio noted that sales of firearms and...

Shares of gun stocks Sturm Ruger & Company Inc (NYSE: RGR) and Smith & Wesson Holding Corp (NASDAQ: SWHC) are getting a bit of a boost this week after the FBI reported yet another record month of NICS background checks and Sturm Ruger delivered a Q3 earnings beat. October’s NICS...

Firearm background checks for the month of October continued a record-high trend for this year, with checks rising 17 percent sequentially and 18 percent year-over-year. The Firearm Background checks data is released by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, which is followed in the...

Investors and traders will be looking at gun stocks ahead of the FBI’s background check data release this week. Additionally, of particular interest is the earnings announcement of Sturm Ruger & Company Inc (NYSE: RGR) on Tuesday. The Firearm Background checks data is released by the...

MKM Partners said strong gun/ammunition sales following the nightclub shooting in Orlando should aid Cabelas Inc (NYSE: CAB)'s second-quarter results, which come amid M&A speculations. Cabela's, which is a specialty retailer and a direct marketer of hunting, fishing, camping and related outdoor...

Shares of gun makers Smith & Wesson Holding Corp (NASDAQ: SWHC), Sturm, Ruger & Company (NYSE: RGR), TASER International, Inc. (NASDAQ: TASR) and Vista Outdoor Inc (NYSE: VSTO) are all surging on Friday following the tragic shooting of five police officers in Dallas. Unfortunately,...

American consumers are breaking records this summer in a controversial category: gun sales. The Federal Bureau of Investigation released its background check data late Friday, data which is used as a proxy for the level of gun sales, and the numbers suggest to CNN Money that 2016 is on track to...

The latest data from TickerTags indicate the Orlando shootings may have triggered more public gun control discussions than ever before. TickerTags monitors social media sites to identify trends by searching for words and phrases that appear together in social media content, such as tweets. In the...

Smith & Wesson Holding Corp (NASDAQ: SWHC) is absolutely booming after Thursday's big beat and record sales. The stock is up more than 20 percent year-to-date and 6 percent on Friday alone. This success, and the success of peer Sturm, Ruger & Company (NYSE: RGR) both follow...

While the foray into e-commerce has been overly successful and lucrative for the likes of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB), not all online-shopping exchanges have been met positively. The public has taken advantage of these platforms to buy and sell items without the arduous process of background...