Academy Sports and Outdoors (NASDAQ:ASO) Updates 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.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts have issued reports on the stock. Robert W. Baird cut their price objective on shares of Academy Sports and Outdoors from $68.00 to $65.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, December 11th. Citigroup cut their price target on Academy Sports and Outdoors from $65.00 to $60.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday. Wedbush reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $65.00 target price on shares of Academy Sports and Outdoors in a research report on Wednesday, December 11th. Telsey Advisory Group reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $60.00 target price on shares of Academy Sports and Outdoors in a research note on Monday. Finally, UBS Group cut their price objective on shares of Academy Sports and Outdoors from $58.00 to $55.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $61.13.

Academy Sports and Outdoors Trading Down 0.3 %

Shares of NASDAQ ASO opened at $47.42 on Friday. Academy Sports and Outdoors has a twelve month low of $43.16 and a twelve month high of $68.96. The firm has a market cap of $3.29 billion, a PE ratio of 7.79, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.02 and a beta of 1.25. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $51.30 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $53.22. The company has a quick ratio of 0.32, a current ratio of 1.57 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 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.82 by $0.14. Academy Sports and Outdoors had a return on equity of 23.32% and a net margin of 7.49%. The firm had revenue of $1.68 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.67 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $2.21 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down 6.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts expect that Academy Sports and Outdoors will post 5.59 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Academy Sports and Outdoors Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 17th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 25th will be paid a dividend of $0.13 per share. This is an increase from Academy Sports and Outdoors’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.11. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.10%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 25th. Academy Sports and Outdoors’s payout ratio is presently 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.