Academy Sports and Outdoors

ASO

Specialty Retail · Consumer Cyclical

Price

$48.39

-0.22 (-0.45%)

Market Cap

$3.00B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

−27.8% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 94.3M (2022) → 68.0M (2026)

Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a sporting goods and outdoor recreational products retailer in the United States. The company sells coolers and drinkware, camping accessories, camping equipment, sunglasses, backpacks, and sports bags; marine equipment and fishing rods, reels, baits, and equipment; firearms, ammunition, archery and archery equipment, camouflage apparel, waders, shooting accessories, optics, airguns, and hunting equipment; team sports equip

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+2.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+8.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

1.5%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$330M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

Academy Sports and Outdoors is growing revenue at 2% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

33.6%

Modest — 33.6% gross margin

Operating Margin

9.9%

Modest — 9.9% operating margin

ROCE

4.7%

Weak — 4.7% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+5.6%

Slow sales growth (5.6% YoY)

EPS YoY

+16.3%

Earnings growing fast (16.3% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

EPS Consistency

4/8 quarters

Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

90%

Modest — 90% of profit becomes cash

FCF Margin

3.0%

Thin free cash flow (3.0%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.65

Moderate — manageable debt (0.65)

Interest Cover

16.45x

Comfortably covers interest (16.4x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

7.1x

Attractive valuation — P/E 7.1

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

P/E vs Forward

+0.3

GROWING

Earnings roughly flat

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

1.19%

Small dividend — 1.19% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth

+16.7%

Dividend growing fast (16.7% YoY)

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