Academy Sports and Outdoors (ASO) Competitors

Academy Sports and Outdoors (NASDAQ:ASO) and GAP (NYSE:GAP) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ASO or GAP?

58.8% of GAP shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Academy Sports and Outdoors shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 30.6% of GAP shares are held 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.

Is ASO or GAP more profitable?

Academy Sports and Outdoors has a net margin of 7.49% compared to GAP's net margin of 5.40%. GAP's return on equity of 29.03% beat Academy Sports and Outdoors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Academy Sports and Outdoors	7.49%	23.32%	9.29%
GAP	5.40%	29.03%	7.26%

Does the media favor ASO or GAP?

In the previous week, Academy Sports and Outdoors had 6 more articles in the media than GAP. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Academy Sports and Outdoors and 19 mentions for GAP. GAP's average media sentiment score of 0.03 beat Academy Sports and Outdoors' score of -0.12 indicating that GAP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Academy Sports and Outdoors	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
GAP	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is ASO or GAP a better dividend stock?

Academy Sports and Outdoors pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. GAP pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Academy Sports and Outdoors pays out 9.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GAP pays out 28.6% 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 3 consecutive years and GAP has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ASO or GAP?

Academy Sports and Outdoors received 98 more outperform votes than GAP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.90% of users gave Academy Sports and Outdoors an outperform vote while only 47.50% of users gave GAP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Academy Sports and Outdoors	Outperform Votes 117 62.90%	Underperform Votes 69 37.10%
GAP	Outperform Votes 19 47.50%	Underperform Votes 21 52.50%

Which has more risk and volatility, ASO or GAP?

Academy Sports and Outdoors has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GAP has a beta of 2.2, suggesting that its share price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer ASO or GAP?

Academy Sports and Outdoors currently has a consensus price target of $57.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.01%. GAP has a consensus price target of $28.47, indicating a potential upside of 27.11%. Given Academy Sports and Outdoors' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Academy Sports and Outdoors is more favorable than GAP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Academy Sports and Outdoors	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
GAP	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ASO or GAP?

Academy Sports and Outdoors has higher earnings, but lower revenue than GAP. Academy Sports and Outdoors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GAP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Academy Sports and Outdoors	$5.93B	0.50	$519.19M	$5.77	7.72
GAP	$15.16B	0.56	$502M	$2.31	9.69

Summary

Academy Sports and Outdoors and GAP tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.