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).
ODP (NASDAQ:ODP) and Academy Sports and Outdoors (NASDAQ:ASO) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
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. ODP's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Academy Sports and Outdoors' score of 0.45 indicating that Academy Sports and Outdoors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
ODP has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Academy Sports and Outdoors has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
99.6% of ODP shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of ODP shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Academy Sports and Outdoors shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Academy Sports and Outdoors has a net margin of 8.43% compared to Academy Sports and Outdoors' net margin of 1.08%. ODP's return on equity of 28.99% beat Academy Sports and Outdoors' return on equity.
ODP currently has a consensus price target of $62.00, suggesting a potential upside of 58.32%. Academy Sports and Outdoors has a consensus price target of $73.88, suggesting a potential upside of 28.06%. Given Academy Sports and Outdoors' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe ODP is more favorable than Academy Sports and Outdoors.
ODP pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Academy Sports and Outdoors pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. ODP pays out 4.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Academy Sports and Outdoors pays out 6.5% 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 increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Academy Sports and Outdoors is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Academy Sports and Outdoors beats ODP on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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