ASO vs. ACI, FND, VIPS, MUSA, GAP, MNSO, BBWI, OLLI, FCFS, and RUSHB
Should you be buying Academy Sports and Outdoors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Academy Sports and Outdoors include Albertsons Companies (ACI), Floor & Decor (FND), Vipshop (VIPS), Murphy USA (MUSA), GAP (GAP), MINISO Group (MNSO), Bath & Body Works (BBWI), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), FirstCash (FCFS), and Rush Enterprises (RUSHB). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.
Academy Sports and Outdoors vs.
Academy Sports and Outdoors (NASDAQ:ASO) and Albertsons Companies (NYSE:ACI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, risk and valuation.
Academy Sports and Outdoors has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Albertsons Companies has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Academy Sports and Outdoors had 41 more articles in the media than Albertsons Companies. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Academy Sports and Outdoors and 11 mentions for Albertsons Companies. Albertsons Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Academy Sports and Outdoors' score of 0.27 indicating that Albertsons Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Academy Sports and Outdoors has a net margin of 7.49% compared to Albertsons Companies' net margin of 1.30%. Albertsons Companies' return on equity of 44.70% beat Academy Sports and Outdoors' return on equity.
Academy Sports and Outdoors currently has a consensus price target of $60.38, indicating a potential upside of 21.31%. Albertsons Companies has a consensus price target of $23.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.06%. Given Academy Sports and Outdoors' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Academy Sports and Outdoors is more favorable than Albertsons Companies.
71.3% of Albertsons Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Academy Sports and Outdoors shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Albertsons Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Academy Sports and Outdoors received 40 more outperform votes than Albertsons Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.20% of users gave Academy Sports and Outdoors an outperform vote while only 48.34% of users gave Albertsons Companies an outperform vote.
Academy Sports and Outdoors pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Albertsons Companies pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Academy Sports and Outdoors pays out 8.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Albertsons Companies pays out 33.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Albertsons Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Academy Sports and Outdoors. Academy Sports and Outdoors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Albertsons Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Academy Sports and Outdoors beats Albertsons Companies on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ASO) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
