ASO vs. IQ, MSGS, HGV, COLM, GOLF, IGT, LOPE, VFC, ASAI, and PWSC
Should you be buying Academy Sports and Outdoors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Academy Sports and Outdoors include iQIYI (IQ), Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), Acushnet (GOLF), International Game Technology (IGT), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), V.F. (VFC), Sendas Distribuidora (ASAI), and PowerSchool (PWSC). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
iQIYI (NASDAQ:IQ) and Academy Sports and Outdoors (NASDAQ:ASO) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.
iQIYI received 325 more outperform votes than Academy Sports and Outdoors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.83% of users gave iQIYI an outperform vote while only 65.41% of users gave Academy Sports and Outdoors an outperform vote.
52.7% of iQIYI shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.8% of iQIYI shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Academy Sports and Outdoors shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, iQIYI and iQIYI both had 12 articles in the media. iQIYI's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Academy Sports and Outdoors' score of 0.25 indicating that Academy Sports and Outdoors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
iQIYI currently has a consensus target price of $6.54, suggesting a potential upside of 30.88%. Academy Sports and Outdoors has a consensus target price of $73.88, suggesting a potential upside of 30.29%. Given Academy Sports and Outdoors' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe iQIYI is more favorable than Academy Sports and Outdoors.
Academy Sports and Outdoors has higher revenue and earnings than iQIYI. Academy Sports and Outdoors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than iQIYI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
iQIYI has a beta of 0.27, indicating that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Academy Sports and Outdoors has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Academy Sports and Outdoors has a net margin of 8.43% compared to Academy Sports and Outdoors' net margin of 4.76%. iQIYI's return on equity of 28.99% beat Academy Sports and Outdoors' return on equity.
Summary
Academy Sports and Outdoors beats iQIYI on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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