Academy Sports & Outdoors vs Barnes & Noble Education
ASO and BNED side by side, both in miscellaneous retail. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ASO and BNED compare
Academy Sports & Outdoors is the larger company, worth 8.3 times as much as Barnes & Noble Education ($3.6B against $439M).
On earnings, Academy Sports & Outdoors is cheaper: it trades at 9.9× trailing earnings, against 19.8× for Barnes & Noble Education.
Barnes & Noble Education grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (5.0% versus 3.7% for Academy Sports & Outdoors).
Academy Sports & Outdoors keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 6.4% compared with 1.3% at Barnes & Noble Education.
Both pay dividends: Academy Sports & Outdoors yields 0.98% and Barnes & Noble Education 1.3%.
Academy Sports & Outdoors scores higher on the StockData Score (18 against 14 for Barnes & Noble Education), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ASO | BNED |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $3.6B | $439M |
| Share price | $59.20 | $12.67 |
| Change, 1 year | 21.2% | 39.5% |
| Change, 5 years | 28.8% | −98.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.26 | 1.51 |
| Employees | 23K | 6,500 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 18 (better) | 14 |
| Valuation score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Growth score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 5 (better) | 2 |
| Health score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 9.9× (better) | 19.8× |
| P/S | 0.6× | 0.3× (better) |
| P/B | 1.7× | 1.6× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 5.4× (better) | 5.8× |
| P/FCF | 11.0× | 9.0× (better) |
| FCF yield | 9.1% | 11.1% (better) |
| Fair value | $82.21 | $15.64 |
| Margin of safety | 28.0% (better) | 19.0% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 3.7% | 5.0% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 1.2% | 4.0% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 6.7% | 12.1% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 12.2% (better) | −36.0% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 7.9% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 35.8% (better) | 21.4% |
| Operating margin | 9.6% (better) | 2.5% |
| Net margin | 6.4% (better) | 1.3% |
| FCF margin | 5.4% (better) | 2.8% |
| Return on equity | 18.6% (better) | 8.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 20.0% (better) | 13.2% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.23 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.27 | – |
| Current ratio | 1.74 (better) | 1.66 |
| Altman Z-score | 2.82 (better) | 1.82 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 8 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.98% | 1.3% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 9.2% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 3 | – |
| Buyback yield | 7.7% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 8.7% (better) | 1.3% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 119% | 76.6% |
| Held by insiders | 1.5% | 72.8% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$7.0M | −$1.4M (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 14.3% | 20.0% |
Go deeper
- ASO stock overview
- ASO income statement
- ASO valuation and score
- BNED stock overview
- BNED income statement
- BNED valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.