American Outdoor Brands, Inc.
AOUT Nasdaq Sporting & Athletic Goods, Nec Financials FY2019βFY2026
Last close Β· Oct 23, 2026
$17.35
0.5%What American Outdoor Brands, Inc. does
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- Legal name
- American Outdoor Brands, Inc.
- Fiscal year ends
- April 30, 2026
- Latest annual report
- 10-K Β· Jun 25, 2026
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0001808997-26-000031
0001808997
Revenue and margins
American Outdoor Brands, Inc. had $191M of revenue in fiscal 2026, down 14.3% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was $4.3M in fiscal 2026, 2.2% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
American Outdoor Brands, Inc. returned $5.1M to shareholders in fiscal 2026, 120% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 1.7%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably American Outdoor Brands, Inc. can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $19.5M | $22.0M | $29.7M | $23.4M | $21.4M |
| Current ratio | 6.7x | 6.9x | 5.3x | 4.7x | 5.4x |
| Quick ratio | 2.2x | 2.5x | 2.1x | 1.8x | 2.4x |
| Total assets | $278M | $244M | $241M | $246M | $227M |
| Total liabilities | $74.8M | $51.7M | $62.7M | $68.7M | $60.7M |
| Shareholders' equity | $203M | $192M | $178M | $178M | $166M |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | β | β | β | β | β |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
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$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 3 | β / 5 | 7 / 8 | 5 / 8 | 5 / 8 | 4 / 8 | 6 / 8 | 5 / 8 |
| Accruals ratio | β | β8.2% | β5.1% | β15.2% | β16.4% | β15.2% | β0.6% | β6.6% |
| Altman Z'' | β | β | 8.15 | 4.50 | 6.34 | 5.06 | 5.31 | 5.24 |
8 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||
| Revenue | $177M | $167M | $277M | $248M | $191M | $201M | $222M | $191M |
| Gross profit | $83.5M | $71.0M | $127M | $114M | $88.1M | $88.4M | $99.3M | $85.2M |
| Research and development | $4.9M | $5.0M | $5.4M | $5.5M | $6.4M | $6.9M | $7.7M | $6.1M |
| Operating income | β$14.1M | β$113M | $23.5M | β$56.5M | β$12.7M | β$12.5M | β$0.2M | β$9.0M |
| Pretax income | β$8.8M | β$108M | $24.3M | β$55.5M | β$12.3M | β$12.3M | $0.0M | β$9.2M |
| Income tax | $0.7M | β$11.7M | $5.9M | $9.3M | β$0.2M | β$0.1M | $0.1M | $0.0M |
| Net income | β$9.5M | β$12.0M | $18.4M | β$64.9M | β$12.0M | β$12.2M | β$0.1M | β$9.2M |
| Net income to common | β$9.5M | β$96.2M | $18.4M | β$64.9M | β$12.0M | β$12.2M | β$0.1M | β |
| Diluted EPS | β$0.68 | β$6.88 | $1.29 | β$4.66 | β$0.90 | β$0.94 | β$0.01 | β$0.73 |
| Diluted shares | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||
| Cash from operations | $3.8M | $8.4M | $33.3M | β$18.0M | $30.7M | $24.5M | $1.4M | $6.3M |
| Capital expenditure | $1.9M | $1.5M | $3.6M | $3.4M | $1.3M | $4.8M | $3.2M | $2.0M |
| Free cash flow | $1.9M | $7.0M | $29.7M | β$21.4M | $29.4M | $19.7M | β$1.8M | $4.3M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $25.0M | $23.6M | $19.8M | $17.0M | $16.5M | $16.1M | $13.3M | $12.4M |
| Stock-based compensation | $2.3M | $0.9M | $2.9M | $2.8M | $4.1M | $4.1M | $3.5M | $3.1M |
| Acquisitions | $1.8M | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share buybacks | β | β | β | $15.0M | $3.5M | $6.0M | $3.8M | $5.1M |
| Dividends and buybacks | β | β | β | $15.0M | $3.5M | $6.0M | $3.8M | $5.1M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | β | $0.2M | $60.8M | $19.5M | $22.0M | $29.7M | $23.4M | $21.4M |
| Current assets | β | $98.7M | $180M | $180M | $158M | $155M | $172M | $163M |
| Current liabilities | β | $21.4M | $36.3M | $27.0M | $23.0M | $29.4M | $36.8M | $29.9M |
| Inventory | β | $60.0M | $74.3M | $122M | $99.7M | $93.3M | $105M | $91.9M |
| Property and equipment, net | β | $9.7M | $9.7M | $10.6M | $9.5M | $11.0M | $11.2M | $9.3M |
| Goodwill | $163M | $64.3M | $64.3M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | β |
| Intangible assets | β | $69.2M | $54.9M | $63.2M | $52.0M | $40.2M | $31.4M | $23.5M |
| Total assets | β | $248M | $341M | $278M | $244M | $241M | $246M | $227M |
| Total liabilities | β | $24.3M | $61.4M | $74.8M | $51.7M | $62.7M | $68.7M | $60.7M |
| Preferred stock | β | β | β | β | β | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Shareholders' equity | $325M | $224M | $280M | $203M | $192M | $178M | $178M | $166M |
| Margins | ||||||||
| Gross margin | 47.1% | 42.4% | 45.8% | 46.2% | 46.1% | 44.0% | 44.6% | 44.7% |
| Operating margin | β7.9% | β67.4% | 8.5% | β22.8% | β6.6% | β6.2% | β0.1% | β4.7% |
| EBITDA margin | 6.2% | β53.3% | 15.7% | β16.0% | 2.0% | 1.8% | 5.9% | 1.8% |
| Net margin | β5.4% | β7.2% | 6.7% | β26.2% | β6.3% | β6.1% | β0.0% | β4.8% |
| FCF margin | 1.1% | 4.2% | 10.7% | β8.6% | 15.4% | 9.8% | β0.8% | 2.2% |
| Returns | ||||||||
| Return on capital employed | β | β49.7% | 7.7% | β22.5% | β5.8% | β5.9% | β0.1% | β4.6% |
| Return on equity | β2.9% | β4.4% | 7.3% | β26.9% | β6.1% | β6.6% | β0.0% | β5.4% |
| Return on assets | β | β4.8% | 6.2% | β21.0% | β4.6% | β5.1% | β0.0% | β3.9% |
| Return on tangible equity | β5.9% | β106.1% | 11.5% | β46.4% | β8.6% | β8.9% | β0.1% | β6.5% |
| Growth | ||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | β5.6% | 65.3% | β10.5% | β22.8% | 5.2% | 10.6% | β14.3% |
| Net income growth | β | β | β | β452.5% | β | β | β | β |
| EPS growth | β | β | β | β461.2% | β | β | β | β |
| FCF growth | β | 262.1% | 326.3% | β171.9% | β | β32.9% | β109.1% | β |
| Share count change | β | 0.0% | 1.8% | β2.1% | β4.0% | β3.0% | β1.2% | β1.7% |
| Financial health | ||||||||
| Current ratio | β | 4.6x | 4.9x | 6.7x | 6.9x | 5.3x | 4.7x | 5.4x |
| Quick ratio | β | 1.8x | 2.9x | 2.2x | 2.5x | 2.1x | 1.8x | 2.4x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.3% | 1.4% | 0.7% | 2.4% | 1.4% | 1.1% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 1.3% | 0.5% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 2.1% | 2.0% | 1.6% | 1.6% |
| Payouts / FCF | β | β | β | β | 12.0% | 30.5% | β | 120.1% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | β | 7.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 |
| Altman Z'' | β | β | 8.1 | 4.5 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| Accruals ratio | β | β8.2% | β5.1% | β15.2% | β16.4% | β15.2% | β0.6% | β6.6% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001808997). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.