ASO vs. ODP, HIBB, SPWH, BGFV, BNED, JOANQ, DKS, FOXA, NWS, and NWSA
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), FOX (FOXA), News (NWS), and News (NWSA).
Academy Sports and Outdoors (NASDAQ:ASO) and ODP (NASDAQ:ODP) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
ODP received 315 more outperform votes than Academy Sports and Outdoors when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.93% 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 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.
In the previous week, Academy Sports and Outdoors had 24 more articles in the media than ODP. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Academy Sports and Outdoors and 3 mentions for ODP. ODP's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Academy Sports and Outdoors' score of 0.62 indicating that ODP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Academy Sports and Outdoors has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ODP has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
99.6% of ODP shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Academy Sports and Outdoors shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of ODP shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Academy Sports and Outdoors presently has a consensus target price of $74.14, suggesting a potential upside of 39.05%. ODP has a consensus target price of $62.00, suggesting a potential upside of 59.75%. Given ODP's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ODP is more favorable than Academy Sports and Outdoors.
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.
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.
Summary
Academy Sports and Outdoors beats ODP on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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