Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. (ASO) vs National Vision Holdings, Inc. (EYE)

Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. and National Vision Holdings, Inc. are both Specialty Retail companies. Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.0B against $1.3B — 2.3× the size. Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 8.0× against 26.2×. National Vision Holdings, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.84% against 3.68%. Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. has the higher net margin (6.39% vs 2.47%) and the higher return on invested capital (15.6% vs 4.71%). Across the 22 metrics below, Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. leads on 18 and National Vision Holdings, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric ASO EYE Specialty Retail median
P/E 8.03 26.24 17.14
P/S 0.49 0.65 0.48
P/B 1.41 1.47 1.71
Price to free cash flow 8.22 26.79 13.04
EV/EBITDA 4.55 8.14 8.92
EV/Sales 0.53 0.75 0.64
Earnings yield 12.45% 3.81% 3.85%
Free cash flow yield 12.16% 3.73% 3.02%

Profitability

Metric ASO EYE Specialty Retail median
Gross margin 35.78% 58.62% 37.89%
Operating margin 9.55% 4.07% 3.66%
Net margin 6.39% 2.47% 1.42%
Free cash flow margin 6.01% 2.41% 1.44%
Return on equity 18.61% 5.75% 2.58%
Return on assets 7.34% 2.54% 0.25%
Return on invested capital 15.57% 4.71% 0.00%

Growth

Metric ASO EYE Specialty Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.68% 7.84% 3.35%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (3.32%) 202.78% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 1.25% 3.03% 3.70%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 4.06% (3.99%) 0.00%

Health

Metric ASO EYE Specialty Retail median
Debt to equity 0.23 0.27 0.27
Current ratio 1.74 0.59 1.35
Net debt to EBITDA 0.24 1.30 0.24

Dividend

Metric ASO EYE Specialty Retail median
Dividend yield 0.55% — 1.73%
Payout ratio 0.05 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric ASO EYE Specialty Retail median
Market cap 2.96b 1.30b 348.57m

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