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Academy Sports and Outdoors (ASO) Competitors

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$45.26 -0.77 (-1.67%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

ASO vs. BJ, FND, MUSA, VIPS, BBWI, MNSO, OLLI, W, 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 BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), Floor & Decor (FND), Murphy USA (MUSA), Vipshop (VIPS), Bath & Body Works (BBWI), MINISO Group (MNSO), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), Wayfair (W), 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 BJ's Wholesale Club (NYSE:BJ) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings and media sentiment.

BJ's Wholesale Club received 124 more outperform votes than Academy Sports and Outdoors when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.98% of users gave Academy Sports and Outdoors an outperform vote while only 53.79% of users gave BJ's Wholesale Club an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Academy Sports and OutdoorsOutperform Votes
103
63.98%
Underperform Votes
58
36.02%
BJ's Wholesale ClubOutperform Votes
227
53.79%
Underperform Votes
195
46.21%

98.6% of BJ's Wholesale Club shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Academy Sports and Outdoors shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of BJ's Wholesale Club shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Academy Sports and Outdoors has a net margin of 7.98% compared to BJ's Wholesale Club's net margin of 2.62%. BJ's Wholesale Club's return on equity of 36.12% beat Academy Sports and Outdoors' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Academy Sports and Outdoors7.98% 25.56% 10.05%
BJ's Wholesale Club 2.62%36.12%7.94%

Academy Sports and Outdoors has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BJ's Wholesale Club has a beta of 0.24, meaning that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Academy Sports and Outdoors presently has a consensus target price of $61.57, suggesting a potential upside of 36.04%. BJ's Wholesale Club has a consensus target price of $90.07, suggesting a potential upside of 5.18%. Given Academy Sports and Outdoors' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Academy Sports and Outdoors is more favorable than BJ's Wholesale Club.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Academy Sports and Outdoors
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43
BJ's Wholesale Club
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

In the previous week, BJ's Wholesale Club had 13 more articles in the media than Academy Sports and Outdoors. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for BJ's Wholesale Club and 18 mentions for Academy Sports and Outdoors. BJ's Wholesale Club's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Academy Sports and Outdoors' score of 0.59 indicating that BJ's Wholesale Club is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Academy Sports and Outdoors
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
BJ's Wholesale Club
13 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

BJ's Wholesale Club has higher revenue and earnings than Academy Sports and Outdoors. Academy Sports and Outdoors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BJ's Wholesale Club, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Academy Sports and Outdoors$6.16B0.52$519.19M$6.486.98
BJ's Wholesale Club$19.97B0.57$523.74M$3.9621.62

Summary

BJ's Wholesale Club beats Academy Sports and Outdoors on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ASO vs. The Competition

MetricAcademy Sports and Outdoorsshopping goods stores IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.18B$3.36B$8.17B$8.82B
Dividend Yield0.92%1.57%2.75%4.07%
P/E Ratio6.987.4318.8217.74
Price / Sales0.520.357.5574.25
Price / Cash5.595.5615.4732.53
Price / Book1.721.515.464.68
Net Income$519.19M$267.57M$263.76M$226.08M
7 Day Performance-8.45%-3.59%-2.15%-2.03%
1 Month Performance-19.31%-17.68%-2.96%0.07%
1 Year Performance-6.04%-35.23%14.60%24.61%

Academy Sports and Outdoors Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ASO
Academy Sports and Outdoors
4.7199 of 5 stars
$45.26
-1.7%
$61.57
+36.0%
-6.0%$3.24B$6.16B6.9822,000Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
BJ
BJ's Wholesale Club
2.4187 of 5 stars
$85.63
-0.8%
$90.07
+5.2%
+34.7%$11.45B$19.97B21.6234,000High Trading Volume
FND
Floor & Decor
3.2627 of 5 stars
$103.46
+3.9%
$104.37
+0.9%
+14.3%$10.67B$4.41B57.4812,783High Trading Volume
MUSA
Murphy USA
3.2514 of 5 stars
$525.02
+0.1%
$495.33
-5.7%
+43.9%$10.62B$21.53B21.6615,600Positive News
VIPS
Vipshop
4.3469 of 5 stars
$13.55
+2.2%
$17.50
+29.2%
-17.7%$7.19B$15.90B6.4814,638Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
BBWI
Bath & Body Works
4.9848 of 5 stars
$30.52
+0.3%
$42.44
+39.0%
+5.0%$6.67B$7.43B7.3957,157Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
MNSO
MINISO Group
4.5644 of 5 stars
$17.70
+0.7%
$20.90
+18.1%
-36.0%$5.53B$1.58B16.393,696
OLLI
Ollie's Bargain Outlet
4.1631 of 5 stars
$87.56
-2.1%
$104.92
+19.8%
+12.9%$5.48B$2.10B26.7011,500
W
Wayfair
4.6784 of 5 stars
$42.39
+4.0%
$60.28
+42.2%
-14.3%$5.11B$12.00B-9.4414,400Analyst Downgrade
Gap Up
FCFS
FirstCash
4.9198 of 5 stars
$105.20
+0.1%
$135.67
+29.0%
-6.3%$4.70B$3.15B19.4819,000Positive News
RUSHB
Rush Enterprises
0.9499 of 5 stars
$52.84
-0.5%
N/A+20.6%$4.20B$7.93B14.028,040

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This page (NASDAQ:ASO) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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