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$206.08 -0.36 (-0.17%)
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DKS vs. ASO, CASY, FIVE, ULTA, BURL, CPRI, SBH, WSM, TSCO, and SIG

Should you be buying DICK'S Sporting Goods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DICK'S Sporting Goods include Academy Sports and Outdoors (ASO), Casey's General Stores (CASY), Five Below (FIVE), Ulta Beauty (ULTA), Burlington Stores (BURL), Capri (CPRI), Sally Beauty (SBH), Williams-Sonoma (WSM), Tractor Supply (TSCO), and Signet Jewelers (SIG).

DICK'S Sporting Goods vs. Its Competitors

Academy Sports and Outdoors (NASDAQ:ASO) and DICK'S Sporting Goods (NYSE:DKS) are related companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.

Academy Sports and Outdoors pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. DICK'S Sporting Goods pays an annual dividend of $4.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Academy Sports and Outdoors pays out 9.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DICK'S Sporting Goods pays out 34.7% 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. Academy Sports and Outdoors has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and DICK'S Sporting Goods has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. DICK'S Sporting Goods is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Academy Sports and Outdoors has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DICK'S Sporting Goods has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Academy Sports and Outdoors currently has a consensus target price of $56.31, indicating a potential upside of 19.27%. DICK'S Sporting Goods has a consensus target price of $219.56, indicating a potential upside of 6.54%. Given Academy Sports and Outdoors' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Academy Sports and Outdoors is more favorable than DICK'S Sporting Goods.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Academy Sports and Outdoors
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
DICK'S Sporting Goods
1 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.42

89.8% of DICK'S Sporting Goods shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Academy Sports and Outdoors shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 32.6% of DICK'S Sporting Goods shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

DICK'S Sporting Goods has a net margin of 8.49% compared to Academy Sports and Outdoors' net margin of 6.55%. DICK'S Sporting Goods' return on equity of 38.06% beat Academy Sports and Outdoors' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Academy Sports and Outdoors6.55% 19.62% 7.70%
DICK'S Sporting Goods 8.49%38.06%11.28%

In the previous week, DICK'S Sporting Goods had 19 more articles in the media than Academy Sports and Outdoors. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for DICK'S Sporting Goods and 5 mentions for Academy Sports and Outdoors. Academy Sports and Outdoors' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat DICK'S Sporting Goods' score of 0.78 indicating that Academy Sports and Outdoors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Academy Sports and Outdoors
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
DICK'S Sporting Goods
13 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

DICK'S Sporting Goods has higher revenue and earnings than Academy Sports and Outdoors. Academy Sports and Outdoors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DICK'S Sporting Goods, 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$5.93B0.53$418.45M$5.448.68
DICK'S Sporting Goods$13.44B1.23$1.17B$13.9814.74

Summary

DICK'S Sporting Goods beats Academy Sports and Outdoors on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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DKS vs. The Competition

MetricDICK'S Sporting GoodsRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$16.51B$11.95B$26.57B$20.72B
Dividend Yield2.35%2.20%175.54%3.72%
P/E Ratio14.7415.8029.6528.09
Price / Sales1.231.694.6638.30
Price / Cash10.559.9348.8322.53
Price / Book5.403.865.934.58
Net Income$1.17B$608.19M$872.48M$986.06M
7 Day Performance1.53%5.02%3.97%2.79%
1 Month Performance15.24%4.06%4.42%5.46%
1 Year Performance2.35%4.46%21.35%15.06%

DICK'S Sporting Goods Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DKS
DICK'S Sporting Goods
4.9477 of 5 stars
$206.08
-0.2%
$219.56
+6.5%
+3.0%$16.51B$13.44B14.7456,100Insider Trade
ASO
Academy Sports and Outdoors
4.3648 of 5 stars
$44.73
-3.8%
$56.31
+25.9%
-7.3%$2.97B$5.93B8.2222,000Positive News
CASY
Casey's General Stores
4.6739 of 5 stars
$507.67
+0.3%
$453.00
-10.8%
+39.6%$18.88B$15.94B34.6849,272Insider Trade
FIVE
Five Below
3.4745 of 5 stars
$131.29
+0.5%
$113.30
-13.7%
+22.5%$7.23B$3.88B27.5223,200
ULTA
Ulta Beauty
3.7024 of 5 stars
$467.45
+2.0%
$462.22
-1.1%
+22.6%$21.01B$11.30B18.2640,500Positive News
BURL
Burlington Stores
4.5423 of 5 stars
$232.31
+0.7%
$317.43
+36.6%
+5.9%$14.66B$10.63B28.5077,532News Coverage
CPRI
Capri
4.3918 of 5 stars
$17.67
+0.5%
$22.50
+27.3%
-45.5%$2.08B$4.44B-1.7714,200Analyst Upgrade
SBH
Sally Beauty
3.3422 of 5 stars
$9.31
+3.3%
$12.70
+36.4%
-7.3%$939.29M$3.72B5.2327,000Positive News
WSM
Williams-Sonoma
4.7375 of 5 stars
$162.94
-0.8%
$176.75
+8.5%
+23.2%$20.04B$7.71B18.4519,600Positive News
Insider Trade
TSCO
Tractor Supply
4.5298 of 5 stars
$52.69
+1.9%
$58.02
+10.1%
+4.7%$27.94B$14.88B26.1649,000Positive News
SIG
Signet Jewelers
3.0086 of 5 stars
$79.55
-3.4%
$87.14
+9.5%
-5.3%$3.27B$6.70B86.4727,595

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This page (NYSE:DKS) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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