ASO vs. ODP, HIBB, SPWH, BGFV, BNED, JOANQ, DKS, CCL, IHG, and FOXA
Should you be buying Academy Sports and Outdoors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Academy Sports and Outdoors include ODP (ODP), Hibbett (HIBB), Sportsman's Warehouse (SPWH), Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV), Barnes & Noble Education (BNED), JOANN (JOANQ), DICK'S Sporting Goods (DKS), Carnival Co. & (CCL), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), and FOX (FOXA).
Academy Sports and Outdoors (NASDAQ:ASO) and ODP (NASDAQ:ODP) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Academy Sports and Outdoors has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ODP. Academy Sports and Outdoors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ODP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Academy Sports and Outdoors had 4 more articles in the media than ODP. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Academy Sports and Outdoors and 5 mentions for ODP. Academy Sports and Outdoors' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat ODP's score of 0.36 indicating that Academy Sports and Outdoors is being referred to more favorably in the media.
99.6% of ODP shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Academy Sports and Outdoors shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of ODP shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Academy Sports and Outdoors pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. ODP pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Academy Sports and Outdoors pays out 6.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ODP pays out 4.8% 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 currently has a consensus price target of $73.88, indicating a potential upside of 28.06%. ODP has a consensus price target of $62.00, indicating a potential upside of 58.32%. Given ODP's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ODP is more favorable than Academy Sports and Outdoors.
ODP received 317 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 56.74% of users gave ODP an outperform vote.
Academy Sports and Outdoors has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ODP has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Academy Sports and Outdoors has a net margin of 8.43% compared to ODP's net margin of 1.08%. Academy Sports and Outdoors' return on equity of 28.99% beat ODP's return on equity.
Summary
Academy Sports and Outdoors beats ODP on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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