In the latest trading session,, 1.66 million Academy Sports and Outdoors Inc (NASDAQ:ASO) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.29. With the company’s most recent per share price at $45.13 changing hands around $0.76 or 1.72% at last look, the market valuation stands at $3.00B. ASO’s current price is a discount, trading about -43.16% off its 52-week high of $64.61. The share price had its 52-week low at $33.34, which suggests the last value was 26.12% up since then. When we look at Academy Sports and Outdoors Inc’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 1.6 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 1.85 million.
Analysts gave the Academy Sports and Outdoors Inc (ASO) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 2.05. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 13 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 2 recommended ASO as a Hold, 11 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. Academy Sports and Outdoors Inc’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be 0.89.
Academy Sports and Outdoors Inc (NASDAQ:ASO) trade information
Instantly ASO is in green as seen in intraday trades today. With action 5.55%, the performance over the past five days has been green. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -21.55%, with the 5-day performance at 5.55% in the green. However, in the 30-day time frame, Academy Sports and Outdoors Inc (NASDAQ:ASO) is 15.08% up. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 7.09 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 4.64 days.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 60, meaning bulls need an upside of 24.78% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, ASO’s forecast low is 45 with 60 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -32.95% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to tank 0.29% for it to hit the projected low.
Academy Sports and Outdoors Inc (ASO) estimates and forecasts
Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach 3.56% up from the last financial year.
Consensus estimates given by 18 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of 1.37B. 18 analysts are of the opinion that Academy Sports and Outdoors Inc’s revenue for the current quarter will be 1.62B. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was 1.36B and 1.55B respectively. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at 0.58%. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at 4.63%.
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of 33.97%. The 2025 estimates are for Academy Sports and Outdoors Inc earnings to decrease by -1.25%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 6.98% per year.
ASO Dividends
Academy Sports and Outdoors Inc is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report on 2025-Mar-19. The 1.02% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 0.46. It is important to note, however, that the 1.02% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision.
Academy Sports and Outdoors Inc (NASDAQ:ASO)’s Major holders
If we look at who the major shareholders are, we find that insiders hold 1.55% of Academy Sports and Outdoors Inc shares while 114.59% of the shares are in the hands of institutional holders. The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 116.39%. There are 114.59% institutions holding the Academy Sports and Outdoors Inc stock share, with BLACKROCK INC. the top institutional holder. As of 2024-06-30, the company held 15.7033% of the shares, roughly 11.28 million ASO shares worth $600.63 million.
FMR LLC holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 12.9704% or 9.32 million shares worth $496.1 million as of 2024-06-30.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Apr 30, 2025 were iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF and Pacer Funds Trust-Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows ETF . With 4.21 shares estimated at $189.38 million under it, the former controlled 6.33% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, Pacer Funds Trust-Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows ETF held about 3.75% of the shares, roughly 2.49 shares worth around $112.26 million.
