ASO vs. CHWY, SFM, BJ, ACI, FND, MUSA, GAP, BBWI, MNSO, and VIPS
Should you be buying Academy Sports and Outdoors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Academy Sports and Outdoors include Chewy (CHWY), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), Albertsons Companies (ACI), Floor & Decor (FND), Murphy USA (MUSA), GAP (GAP), Bath & Body Works (BBWI), MINISO Group (MNSO), and Vipshop (VIPS). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.
Academy Sports and Outdoors vs.
Chewy (NYSE:CHWY) and Academy Sports and Outdoors (NASDAQ:ASO) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
Chewy received 161 more outperform votes than Academy Sports and Outdoors when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.07% of users gave Academy Sports and Outdoors an outperform vote while only 56.42% of users gave Chewy an outperform vote.
Academy Sports and Outdoors has a net margin of 7.49% compared to Chewy's net margin of 3.51%. Chewy's return on equity of 24.47% beat Academy Sports and Outdoors' return on equity.
Academy Sports and Outdoors has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Chewy. Academy Sports and Outdoors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chewy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Chewy has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Academy Sports and Outdoors has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
93.1% of Chewy shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Chewy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Academy Sports and Outdoors shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Chewy had 14 more articles in the media than Academy Sports and Outdoors. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Chewy and 5 mentions for Academy Sports and Outdoors. Chewy's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Academy Sports and Outdoors' score of 0.22 indicating that Chewy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Chewy presently has a consensus price target of $36.80, suggesting a potential downside of 0.50%. Academy Sports and Outdoors has a consensus price target of $61.67, suggesting a potential upside of 17.28%. Given Academy Sports and Outdoors' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Academy Sports and Outdoors is more favorable than Chewy.
Summary
Chewy beats Academy Sports and Outdoors on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ASO) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
