Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc.

ASO Consumer Cyclical Specialty Retail

Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended January 2026) was $6.1 billion, up 2.02% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue grew 2.97%, EPS grew 16.9%, free cash flow grew 435.2% and total debt rose 1.94%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for five consecutive years.

58.63 0.16 +0.27%
Market cap
$3.6B
P/E
9.6×
Fwd P/E
8.6×
Dividend yield
0.99%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
2.89
Beneish M
−1.59
Dividend safety
85/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 7.01
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — 1 — — — 1 — — 1 — 2 —
Insider Ownership 2.54%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 3,600.00
Revenue 6,191.46
Net Income 395.85
Free Cash Flow 372.17
Net Debt 195.95
Current Ratio 1.74 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.23 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 9.58
Fwd P/E 8.56
P/S ratio 0.59
P/B ratio 1.68
Past 5Y EPS Growth 7.89%
This Y EPS Growth 16.05% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 5.18%
Next Y revenue growth 4.39%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 10.24%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 89.37%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 51.87%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 23.99%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 50.67%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 54.12%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.10
Annual Dividend Rate 0.58
Annual Dividend Yield 0.99%
total individual payouts
2029 Powerpack
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 0.45
0.15
0.15
0.15
2025 0.42
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
2024 0.44
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
2023 0.36
0.09
0.09
0.09
0.09
2022 0.30
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.08
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Cash 348 289 330 298
Receivables 19 17 35 23
Inventory 1,194 1,309 1,504 1,657
Other — — 3 3
1,645 1,710 1,954 2,071
2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Payables 541 612 638 752
ST’ Debt 3 3 3 —
Other — — — —
880 961 1,032 1,188

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales — 1.25% (1.81%)
Cash Flow — (15.54%) (7.65%)
Earnings — 4.06% (15.66%)
Book Value — 14.32% 10.07%

Revenue $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 1,442 1,647 — — —
’26 1,351 1,600 1,384 1,718 6,053
’25 1,364 1,549 1,343 1,677 5,933
’24 1,384 1,583 1,398 1,795 6,159
’23 1,468 1,687 1,494 1,747 6,395
’22 1,580 1,792 1,593 1,808 6,773
’21 1,136 1,606 1,349 1,597 5,689
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 161 188 — — —
’26 157 79 49 150 435
’25 200 91 97 140 528
’24 52 191 57 235 536
’23 97 161 51 243 552
’22 219 186 109 158 673
’21 91 683 84 154 1,012
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 122 116 — — —
’26 106 22 (9) 144 263
’25 167 50 34 90 342
’24 12 124 15 179 330
’23 80 130 19 214 443
’22 202 169 84 141 597
’21 81 679 76 135 970
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 0.80 2.17 — — —
’26 0.68 1.85 1.05 1.98 5.54
’25 1.01 1.95 0.92 1.89 5.73
’24 1.19 2.01 1.31 2.21 6.70
’23 1.69 2.22 1.62 1.97 7.49
’22 1.84 1.99 1.72 1.57 7.12
’21 (0.14) 2.25 0.74 0.97 3.79
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to January

Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Trend 2027e 2028e 2029e
Price, $
Price, $ Low — — — 12.05 19.87 25.10 42.83 44.73 33.34 42.02

Analyst estimates 2027–2029

Powerpack
High — — — 21.23 51.08 57.85 69.02 75.73 59.25 62.45
People
People Employees — — 21,000 — 22,000 22,000 22,000 22,000 22,000 23,000
Revenue/emp, $m — 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.26 0.31 0.29 0.28 0.27 0.26
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue — 4,836 4,784 4,830 5,689 6,773 6,395 6,159 5,933 6,053
Gross margin, % — 26.22 28.59 29.63 30.48 34.71 34.60 34.26 33.90 34.78
EBT — 61 23 123 339 860 818 663 538 486
EBT margin, % — 1.26 0.49 2.54 5.96 12.69 12.80 10.77 9.07 8.03
Net income — 0 0 120 309 671 628 519 418 377
Depreciation — 133 137 121 111 111 110 114 121 125
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue — 53.73 66.05 66.64 72.94 74.47 78.38 81.70 83.17 90.88
Earnings — 0.65 0.30 1.66 3.96 7.38 7.70 6.89 5.87 5.66
Cash flow — 0.93 2.74 3.64 12.97 7.40 6.77 7.11 7.40 6.53
Capex — 0.00 (1.35) (0.87) (0.53) (0.84) (1.33) (2.73) (2.61) (2.58)
Free cash flow — 0.93 1.39 2.77 12.44 6.57 5.43 4.37 4.79 3.94
Book value — 0.00 0.00 13.63 14.26 16.13 19.96 25.93 28.09 32.60
Shares, m — 90 72 72 78 91 82 75 71 67
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E — 4.52 4.52 4.52 5.57 5.28 7.58 9.10 8.88 9.90
P/S — 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.30 0.52 0.75 0.77 0.63 0.62
P/B — 0.82 0.82 0.82 1.55 2.41 2.93 2.42 1.86 1.72
EV/Sales — 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.37 0.55 0.78 0.79 0.66 0.64
EV/FCF — 1.55 1.55 1.55 2.20 6.26 11.32 14.77 11.49 14.82
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow — 83 198 264 1,012 673 552 536 528 435
Capex — (132) (97) (63) (41) (76) (109) (206) (186) (172)
Free cash flow — 83 101 201 970 597 443 330 342 263
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital — — 583 539 248 589 648 765 749 922
Total debt — — 1,625 1,463 785 687 587 488 486 484
Net debt — — 1,549 1,313 408 201 250 140 197 153
Shareholders’ equity — — — 988 1,112 1,467 1,628 1,955 2,004 2,171
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA — 0.00 0.00 5.54 7.09 14.97 13.68 11.20 8.74 7.40
ROIC — — 5.20 4.87 17.29 34.03 28.16 20.23 15.30 13.77
ROE — 0.00 2.32 13.01 29.40 52.07 40.58 28.98 21.14 18.05
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Jan 2026 · latest quarter Jul 2026

Charts ten years each

Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. vs peers in Specialty Retail (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
MUSA Murphy USA Inc. $10.0B 16.5× 17.2× +35.99% (above 0%: growing) +52.42% (above 0%: growing) −10.68% (below 0%: shrinking) 10.97% 4.48% Compare
BBWI Bath & Body Works, Inc. $4.1B 5.3× 6.0× −2.26% (below 0%: shrinking) +93.33% (above 0%: growing) +123.23% (above 0%: growing) 45.71% 14.27% Compare
ASO Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. $3.6B 9.6× 8.6× +2.97% (above 0%: growing) +16.93% (above 0%: growing) +435.22% (above 0%: growing) 40.42% 14.96%
MNSO MINISO Group Holding Limited Unsponsored ADR $3.1B 17.3× 8.3× +23.53% (above 0%: growing) n/m +219.06% (above 0%: growing) 45.26% 2.04% Compare
RH RH $2.2B 19.1× 27.9× +2.56% (above 0%: growing) +15.22% (above 0%: growing) +23.83% (above 0%: growing) 48.24% 11.67% Compare
SBH Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. $1.6B 8.4× 5.9× +0.23% (above 0%: growing) +23.91% (above 0%: growing) +25.44% (above 0%: growing) 52.41% 9.24% Compare
SVV Savers Value Village, Inc. $1.6B 62.9× 21.8× +7.43% (above 0%: growing) +16.67% (above 0%: growing) +104.50% (above 0%: growing) 56.87% 9.43% Compare
ARHS Arhaus, Inc. $1.4B 20.0× 13.3× +7.38% (above 0%: growing) +12.00% (above 0%: growing) +130.85% (above 0%: growing) 44.71% 14.10% Compare
EYE National Vision Holdings, Inc. $1.4B 27.7× 22.2× +2.55% (above 0%: growing) +45.45% (above 0%: growing) −133.21% (below 0%: shrinking) 58.23% 4.27% Compare
Median of peers $1.9B 18.2× 15.3× +4.97% +23.91% +64.97% 46.98% 9.33%

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Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. (ASO) key facts

  • Concern: Net income was $376.8 million, or $5.66 per share (basic), a net margin of 6.22%.
  • Strength: Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended January 2026) was $6.1 billion, up 2.02% from fiscal 2025.
  • Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. (ASO) is a Specialty Retail company in the Consumer Cyclical sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, ASO traded at $58.63, a market capitalization of $3.6 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 9.6× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 0.6× sales; its P/E is higher than 89% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share, a yield of 0.99%, with a payout ratio of 9.67%.
  • Return on equity was 18.1% and debt-to-equity 0.23.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 2.89 (grey zone) for fiscal 2026.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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