Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. (ASO) vs Murphy USA Inc. (MUSA)

Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. and Murphy USA Inc. are both Specialty Retail companies. Murphy USA Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $10.0B against $3.6B — 2.8× the size. Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 9.6× against 16.5×. Murphy USA Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 10.3% against 3.68%. Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. has the higher net margin (6.39% vs 2.87%) and the lower return on invested capital (15.6% vs 20.6%). Both pay a dividend; Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. yields more (0.99% vs 0.47%). Across the 23 metrics below, Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. leads on 15 and Murphy USA Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric ASO MUSA Specialty Retail median
P/E 9.58 16.53 18.18
P/S 0.59 0.47 0.47
P/B 1.68 12.90 1.95
Price to free cash flow 9.81 18.60 11.85
EV/EBITDA 5.37 10.02 8.54
EV/Sales 0.62 0.56 0.64
Earnings yield 10.44% 6.05% 3.67%
Free cash flow yield 10.19% 5.38% 2.27%

Profitability

Metric ASO MUSA Specialty Retail median
Gross margin 35.78% 12.22% 37.89%
Operating margin 9.55% 4.29% 3.66%
Net margin 6.39% 2.87% 1.42%
Free cash flow margin 6.01% 2.53% 0.85%
Return on equity 18.61% 86.39% 2.46%
Return on assets 7.34% 12.72% 0.16%
Return on invested capital 15.57% 20.62% 0.00%

Growth

Metric ASO MUSA Specialty Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.68% 10.27% 3.35%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (3.32%) (0.04%) 15.38%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 1.25% 11.47% 3.88%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 4.06% 4.04% 0.00%

Health

Metric ASO MUSA Specialty Retail median
Debt to equity 0.23 2.79 0.27
Current ratio 1.74 0.92 1.35
Net debt to EBITDA 0.24 2.16 0.24

Dividend

Metric ASO MUSA Specialty Retail median
Dividend yield 0.99% 0.47% 1.44%
Payout ratio 0.10 0.08 0.26

Size

Metric ASO MUSA Specialty Retail median
Market cap 3.60b 10.01b 335.32m

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