Case Name :      Smith & Wesson: A Big Shot at Security?

Authors :           Kenneth Eades, Pete Knerr

Source :             Darden School of Business

Case ID :           UV6456

Discipline :        Finance

Case Length :    15 pages

Solution Sample availability : YES

Plagiarism : NO (100% Original work)

An investment analyst at River Capital, LLC, an East Coast hedge fund, is researching Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation (S&W) as a potential investment opportunity. The analyst had become interested in S&W when the company announced the acquisition of Universal Safety Response, Inc. (USR). The USR deal represented a significant investment for S&W and therefore created an opportunity for the company to become either undervalued or overvalued by the market.