ASO vs. IGT, GOLF, LOPE, HGV, MSGS, KTB, PWSC, IQ, MLCO, and YETI
Should you be buying Academy Sports and Outdoors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Academy Sports and Outdoors include International Game Technology (IGT), Acushnet (GOLF), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV), Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), Kontoor Brands (KTB), PowerSchool (PWSC), iQIYI (IQ), Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), and YETI (YETI). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
International Game Technology (NYSE:IGT) and Academy Sports and Outdoors (NASDAQ:ASO) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
International Game Technology received 427 more outperform votes than Academy Sports and Outdoors when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.41% of users gave Academy Sports and Outdoors an outperform vote while only 63.07% of users gave International Game Technology an outperform vote.
Academy Sports and Outdoors has higher revenue and earnings than International Game Technology. Academy Sports and Outdoors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International Game Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
International Game Technology presently has a consensus price target of $27.67, suggesting a potential upside of 36.69%. Academy Sports and Outdoors has a consensus price target of $73.88, suggesting a potential upside of 37.54%. Given International Game Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Academy Sports and Outdoors is more favorable than International Game Technology.
In the previous week, International Game Technology had 18 more articles in the media than Academy Sports and Outdoors. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for International Game Technology and 7 mentions for Academy Sports and Outdoors. International Game Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Academy Sports and Outdoors' score of 0.32 indicating that Academy Sports and Outdoors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
International Game Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Academy Sports and Outdoors pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. International Game Technology pays out 76.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Academy Sports and Outdoors pays out 6.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Academy Sports and Outdoors has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
44.3% of International Game Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of International Game Technology 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
International Game Technology has a beta of 1.94, indicating that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Academy Sports and Outdoors has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Academy Sports and Outdoors has a net margin of 8.43% compared to Academy Sports and Outdoors' net margin of 4.98%. International Game Technology's return on equity of 28.99% beat Academy Sports and Outdoors' return on equity.
Summary
Academy Sports and Outdoors beats International Game Technology on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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