Academy Sports and Outdoors (NASDAQ:ASO) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Academy Sports and Outdoors (NASDAQ:ASO) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 5.750-6.200 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 6.460. The company issued revenue guidance of $6.1 billion-$6.3 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $6.2 billion. Academy Sports and Outdoors also updated its FY26 guidance to $5.75-6.20 EPS.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts have weighed in on the company. Robert W. Baird cut their target price on Academy Sports and Outdoors from $68.00 to $65.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, December 11th. UBS Group reduced their price target on shares of Academy Sports and Outdoors from $58.00 to $55.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday. TD Cowen raised their price objective on shares of Academy Sports and Outdoors from $54.00 to $61.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. Citigroup cut their target price on Academy Sports and Outdoors from $65.00 to $60.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Monday. Finally, Telsey Advisory Group reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $60.00 price target on shares of Academy Sports and Outdoors in a research report on Monday. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Academy Sports and Outdoors currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $61.13.

Academy Sports and Outdoors Price Performance

NASDAQ ASO opened at $47.57 on Thursday. Academy Sports and Outdoors has a 1 year low of $43.16 and a 1 year high of $72.16. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $51.53 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $53.26. The company has a market cap of $3.30 billion, a PE ratio of 7.81, a PEG ratio of 1.02 and a beta of 1.25. The company has a current ratio of 1.57, a quick ratio of 0.32 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25.

Academy Sports and Outdoors (NASDAQ:ASO) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, March 20th. The company reported $1.96 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.82 by $0.14. Academy Sports and Outdoors had a net margin of 7.49% and a return on equity of 23.32%. The business had revenue of $1.68 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.67 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.21 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was down 6.6% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts predict that Academy Sports and Outdoors will post 5.59 EPS for the current year.

Academy Sports and Outdoors Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 17th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 25th will be given a $0.13 dividend. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.09%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 25th. This is a boost from Academy Sports and Outdoors’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.11. Academy Sports and Outdoors’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 8.54%.

About Academy Sports and Outdoors

Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc, through its subsidiaries, operates as a sporting goods and outdoor recreational retailer in the United States. The company outdoor division comprises camping products, such as coolers and drinkware, and camping accessories and equipment,; fishing products, including marine equipment and fishing rods, reels, and baits and equipment; and hunting products, which includes firearms, ammunition, archery and archery equipment, camouflage apparel, waders, shooting accessories, gun safes, optics, airguns, and hunting equipment.