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Sportsman's Warehouse Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: SPWH), an outdoor sporting goods retailer, said Wednesday CEO John Schaefer resigned from the company and will be replaced by Jon Barker, the company's president and chief operating officer. While the transition plan has been known for years, the...

Dicks Sporting Goods Inc (NYSE: DKS) said Wednesday the shooter in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, bought a gun from the company in 2017. While the gun wasn't used in the school shooting, the company feels it's necessary to scale back the type of firearms it...

Many Americans are questioning the sagacity of the nation’s existing gun control laws in the wake of the tragic shooting that occurred outside MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM)’s Mandalay Bay Hotel. One thing that’s not in question is the American preoccupation with firearms...

Analysts at Wedbush turned bullish on American Outdoor Brands Corp (NASDAQ: AOBC) after conducting a proprietary consumer survey and checks with distributors. The firm's James Hardiman upgrades American Outdoor's stock rating from Neutral to Outperform with a price target boosted from $16 to $19. A...

American Outdoor Brands Corp (NASDAQ: AOBC) the parent company of the 165-year-old Smith & Wesson firearms maker, aims to profit from a reduction in inventories among dealers who mistakenly thought that the election of Hillary Clinton would boost gun sales. Aegis analyst Rommel Dionisio...

American Outdoor Brands Corp (NASDAQ: AOBC) and Sturm Ruger & Company Inc (NYSE: RGR) shares plunged Monday on the release of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s monthly firearm background check report. According to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), the FBI...

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...

Talk about bad timings for a scandal. Snap Inc (which will trade post-IPO on the NYSE under the ticker SNAP) the parent company of the popular Snapchat app, allegedly coerced a gun safety charity into buying advertising space on its social media platform. According to Mic, Snapchat told a nonprofit...

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...