profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Academy Sports and Outdoors
$69.32-1.52% today
+57.5% in 1 year
1-year low $41.731-year high $71.18
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2021 to 2026.
0%20% a year
You pay $11.33 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Academy Sports and Outdoors sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $6.40 billion in 2023 to $6.05 billion in 2026, with $377 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Academy Sports and Outdoors handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $199M
Free cash flow 2026$221M
Bought back its own shares$199M
Paid as dividends$35M
Cash vs. debt$330M vs. $1.9B
Academy Sports and Outdoors vs. similar companies
Academy Sports and Outdoors grows the slowest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Sports and Outdoors | 11.3× · Cheap | ||
 Alimentation Couche-Tard | 16.9× · Fair price | ||
 Williams-Sonoma | 28.4× · Fair price | ||
 Coupang | 137.8× · Very expensive | ||
 Ulta Beauty | 24.4× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Academy Sports and Outdoors's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,689 | 6,773 | 6,395 | 6,159 | 5,933 | 6,053 | |
| 1,734 | 2,351 | 2,213 | 2,110 | 2,011 | 2,106 | |
| 420 | 908 | 847 | 678 | 539 | 512 | |
| 526 | 1,013 | 972 | 820 | 693 | 645 | |
| 309 | 671 | 628 | 519 | 418 | 377 | |
| 3.79 | 7.12 | 7.49 | 6.70 | 5.73 | 5.54 | |
| 30.5% | 34.7% | 34.6% | 34.3% | 33.9% | 34.8% | |
| 7.4% | 13.4% | 13.2% | 11.0% | 9.1% | 8.5% | |
| 5.4% | 9.9% | 9.8% | 8.4% | 7.1% | 6.2% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 4,384 | 4,585 | 4,595 | 4,677 | 4,901 | 5,277 |
| Cash | 378 | 486 | 337 | 348 | 289 | 330 |
| Total debt | 2,016 | 1,847 | 1,769 | 1,697 | 1,787 | 1,892 |
| Total liabilities | 3,272 | 3,118 | 2,967 | 2,722 | 2,897 | 3,106 |
| 1,112 | 1,467 | 1,628 | 1,955 | 2,004 | 2,171 | |
| 81 | 94 | 84 | 77 | 73 | 68 | |
| 10.6% | 21.6% | 20.1% | 15.3% | 12.0% | 10.2% | |
| 27.8% | 45.8% | 38.6% | 26.6% | 20.9% | 17.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,012 | 673 | 552 | 536 | 528 | 435 | |
| 41 | 76 | 109 | 208 | 200 | 213 | |
| 970 | 597 | 443 | 327 | 328 | 221 | |
| Dividends paid | 0 | 0 | 25 | 27 | 31 | 35 |
| 0 | 411 | 489 | 203 | 365 | 199 | |
| 32 | 39 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 21 |
Valuation
- 11.3×
- 11.0×
- 1.44
- 1.6×
- 0.7×
- 19.3×
- 9.0×
- 5.2%
- 8.8%
- 1.0%
Profitability
- 34.8%
- 8.5%
- 6.2%
- 10.1%
- 9.2%
- 14.6%
- 18.0%
- 7.0%
- 12.2%
- –
Growth
- +1.2%
- +7.9%
- −32.4%
- –
- −7.5%
Financial health
- 1.8×
- 0.69
- 26.7%
- 14.3×
- 1.68
- 0.36
- 1.12
How it ranks in Consumer Discretionary
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 41%of 978
Top 49%of 992
Top 23%of 854
Bottom 22%of 993
Top 48%of 979
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $58.00
- Range
- $54.00 – $65.00
- 4 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2026 | 1.97 | 2.03 | −3.0% |
| Dec 9, 2025 | 1.14 | 1.06 | +7.5% |
| Sep 2, 2025 | 1.94 | 2.12 | −8.5% |
| Jun 10, 2025 | 0.76 | 0.87 | −12.2% |
| Mar 20, 2025 | 1.96 | 1.82 | +7.7% |
| Dec 10, 2024 | 0.98 | 1.30 | −24.6% |
| Sep 10, 2024 | 2.03 | 2.03 | +0.0% |
| Jun 11, 2024 | 1.08 | 1.22 | −11.5% |
1.0%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$10a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised3 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.30 in 2022 → $0.52 in 2025
How safe it looks
9.2% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 15.7%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
58No pass
Benjamin Graham
74Pass
Philip Fisher
50No pass
Peter Lynch
43No pass
Joel Greenblatt
46No pass
Charlie Munger
46No pass
Terry Smith
34No pass
Questions about Academy Sports and Outdoors
Is Academy Sports and Outdoors a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Academy Sports and Outdoors AI analysis
What does Academy Sports and Outdoors do?
Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc., through its various subsidiaries, operates as a significant retailer of sporting goods and outdoor recreational products throughout the United States. It is in Specialty Retail, based in Katy, TX, United States, with 10,350 employees.
Does Academy Sports and Outdoors pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 1.0% a year, about 9% of its yearly profit. In 2026 it paid out $34.7 million in dividends.
Is Academy Sports and Outdoors stock halal?
No. Academy Sports and Outdoors does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 44% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Academy Sports and Outdoors stock done over the past year?
Up 57.5% over the past twelve months, to $69.32. It traded between $41.73 and $71.18 and is 2.6% below its high.
Who are Academy Sports and Outdoors's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Alimentation Couche-Tard, Williams-Sonoma, Coupang and Ulta Beauty. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Academy Sports and Outdoors's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.