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Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. (ASO) vs Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (SBH)

Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. and Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. are both Specialty Retail companies. Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.6B against $1.6B — 2.2× the size. Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 8.4× against 9.6×. Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 3.68% against 1.08%. Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. has the higher net margin (6.39% vs 5.16%) and the higher return on invested capital (15.6% vs 13.0%). Across the 22 metrics below, Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. leads on 13 and Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric ASO SBH Specialty Retail median
P/E 9.58 8.37 18.18
P/S 0.59 0.42 0.47
P/B 1.68 1.82 1.95
Price to free cash flow 9.81 6.56 11.85
EV/EBITDA 5.37 5.33 8.54
EV/Sales 0.62 0.59 0.64
Earnings yield 10.44% 11.95% 3.67%
Free cash flow yield 10.19% 15.24% 2.27%

Profitability

Metric ASO SBH Specialty Retail median
Gross margin 35.78% 52.11% 37.89%
Operating margin 9.55% 8.43% 3.66%
Net margin 6.39% 5.16% 1.42%
Free cash flow margin 6.01% 6.47% 0.85%
Return on equity 18.61% 23.53% 2.46%
Return on assets 7.34% 6.83% 0.16%
Return on invested capital 15.57% 13.04% 0.00%

Growth

Metric ASO SBH Specialty Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.68% 1.08% 3.35%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (3.32%) 32.17% 15.38%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 1.25% 1.04% 3.88%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 4.06% 11.58% 0.00%

Health

Metric ASO SBH Specialty Retail median
Debt to equity 0.23 0.93 0.27
Current ratio 1.74 2.37 1.35
Net debt to EBITDA 0.24 1.67 0.24

Dividend

Metric ASO SBH Specialty Retail median
Dividend yield 0.99% — 1.44%
Payout ratio 0.10 — 0.26

Size

Metric ASO SBH Specialty Retail median
Market cap 3.60b 1.60b 335.32m

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