Academy Sports & Outdoors vs Dick's Sporting Goods
ASO and DKS 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 DKS compare
Dick's Sporting Goods is the larger company, worth 3.5 times as much as Academy Sports & Outdoors ($12.8B against $3.6B).
On earnings, Academy Sports & Outdoors is cheaper: it trades at 9.9× trailing earnings, against 15.5× for Dick's Sporting Goods.
Dick's Sporting Goods grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (53.5% 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 4.0% at Dick's Sporting Goods.
Both pay dividends: Academy Sports & Outdoors yields 0.98% and Dick's Sporting Goods 3.5%.
Academy Sports & Outdoors scores higher on the StockData Score (18 against 10 for Dick's Sporting Goods), 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 | DKS |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $3.6B | $12.8B |
| Share price | $59.20 | $143.84 |
| Change, 1 year | 21.2% | −36.2% |
| Change, 5 years | 28.8% | 10.9% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.26 | 1.10 |
| Employees | 23K | 105K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 18 (better) | 10 |
| Valuation score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Growth score | 2 | 2 |
| Performance score | 5 (better) | 1 |
| Health score | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 9.9× (better) | 15.5× |
| P/S | 0.6× (better) | 0.6× |
| P/B | 1.7× (better) | 2.2× |
| EV/EBITDA | 5.4× (better) | 6.7× |
| P/FCF | 11.0× (better) | 53.4× |
| FCF yield | 9.1% (better) | 1.9% |
| Fair value | $82.21 | $171.72 |
| Margin of safety | 28.0% (better) | 16.2% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 3.7% | 53.5% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 1.2% | 12.4% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 6.7% (better) | −28.5% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 12.2% (better) | −35.0% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 7.9% | 11.8% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 35.8% (better) | 32.1% |
| Operating margin | 9.6% (better) | 5.5% |
| Net margin | 6.4% (better) | 4.0% |
| FCF margin | 5.4% (better) | 1.1% |
| Return on equity | 18.6% (better) | 18.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 20.0% | 24.2% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.23 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.27 | – |
| Interest coverage | – | 16.4× |
| Current ratio | 1.74 (better) | 1.48 |
| Altman Z-score | 2.82 (better) | 2.70 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.98% | 3.5% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 9.2% | 52.8% |
| Years of dividend growth | 3 | 3 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 31.1% |
| Buyback yield | 7.7% (better) | 1.4% |
| Shareholder yield | 8.7% (better) | 4.9% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 119% | 77.7% |
| Held by insiders | 1.5% | 73.4% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$7.0M (better) | −$42.0M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 3 |
| Short interest, % of float | 14.3% | 48.0% |
Go deeper
- ASO stock overview
- ASO income statement
- ASO valuation and score
- DKS stock overview
- DKS income statement
- DKS valuation and score
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