American Rebel (NASDAQ:AREB) and Lakeland Industries (NASDAQ:LAKE) Head-To-Head Analysis

American Rebel (NASDAQ:AREB) and Lakeland Industries (NASDAQ:LAKE) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Volatility & Risk

American Rebel has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lakeland Industries has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares American Rebel and Lakeland Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Rebel	-346.67%	N/A	-301.40%
Lakeland Industries	-11.22%	-3.07%	-2.01%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

13.6% of American Rebel shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.7% of Lakeland Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 74.1% of American Rebel shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Lakeland Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares American Rebel and Lakeland Industries”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
American Rebel	$9.47 million	0.07	-$17.60 million	($910.80)	0.00
Lakeland Industries	$191.63 million	0.80	-$18.08 million	($2.74)	-5.82

American Rebel has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lakeland Industries. Lakeland Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Rebel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for American Rebel and Lakeland Industries, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Rebel	1	0	0	0	1.00
Lakeland Industries	1	0	3	1	2.80

Lakeland Industries has a consensus target price of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 56.84%. Given Lakeland Industries’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lakeland Industries is more favorable than American Rebel.

Summary

Lakeland Industries beats American Rebel on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About American Rebel

American Rebel Holdings, Inc. designs and markets branded safes, and personal security and self-defense products. The company's safes are offered in various sizes and shapes for home, office, and personal use, as well as provides vault doors, handgun vaults, and inventory control safes under the American Rebel brand. It also offers accessories, such as back-over and back-under handgun hangers, ballistic shields, safe light kits, mag minders, moisture guards, and rifle rod kits and rods. In addition, the company's personal security and self-defense products include concealed carry backpacks; and concealed carry jackets, vests, and coats, as well as T-shirts for men and women under the American Rebel brand. Further, it offers beer under the American Rebel Light Beer brand. The company markets its products through regional retailers; and specialty safe, sporting goods, hunting, and firearms stores, as well as online through own website and e-commerce platforms. American Rebel Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Nashville, Kansas.

About Lakeland Industries

Lakeland Industries, Inc. manufactures and sells industrial protective clothing and accessories for the industrial and public protective clothing market worldwide. It offers firefighting and heat protective apparel to protect against fire; high-end chemical protective suits to provide protection from highly concentrated, toxic and/or lethal chemicals, and biological toxins; and limited use/disposable protective clothing, such as coveralls, laboratory coats, shirts, pants, hoods, aprons, sleeves, arm guards, caps, and smocks. The company provides durable woven garments, including electrostatic dissipative apparel used in electronics clean rooms; flame resistant meta aramid, para aramid, and FR cotton coveralls/pants/jackets used in petrochemical, refining operations, and electrical utilities; FR fabrics; and cotton and polycotton coveralls, lab coats, pants, and shirts. In addition, it provides high visibility clothing comprising reflective apparel, including vests, T-shirts, sweatshirts, jackets, coats, raingear, jumpsuits, hats, and gloves; and gloves and sleeves that are used in the automotive, glass, and metal fabrication industries. The company sells its products to a network of safety and industrial supply distributors through in-house sales teams, customer service group, and independent sales representatives. It serves end users, such as integrated oil, chemical/petrochemical, automobile, steel, glass, construction, smelting, cleanroom, janitorial, pharmaceutical, and high technology electronics manufacturers, as well as scientific, medical laboratories, and the utilities industry; and federal, state, and local governmental agencies and departments. Lakeland Industries, Inc. was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama.