Academy Sports and Outdoors (ASO) Competitors $43.48 -1.19 (-2.65%) As of 12:42 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock ASO vs. GAP, FND, MUSA, VIPS, BBWI, OLLI, MNSO, FCFS, W, and RUSHBShould you be buying Academy Sports and Outdoors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Academy Sports and Outdoors include GAP (GAP), Floor & Decor (FND), Murphy USA (MUSA), Vipshop (VIPS), Bath & Body Works (BBWI), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), MINISO Group (MNSO), FirstCash (FCFS), Wayfair (W), and Rush Enterprises (RUSHB). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry. Academy Sports and Outdoors vs. GAP Floor & Decor Murphy USA Vipshop Bath & Body Works Ollie's Bargain Outlet MINISO Group FirstCash Wayfair Rush Enterprises GAP (NYSE:GAP) and Academy Sports and Outdoors (NASDAQ:ASO) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends and media sentiment. Which has preferable valuation and earnings, GAP or ASO? Academy Sports and Outdoors has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioGAP$15.09B0.70$502M$2.2112.67Academy Sports and Outdoors$5.93B0.49$519.19M$5.777.53 Is GAP or ASO 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 GAP5.40% 29.03% 7.26% Academy Sports and Outdoors 7.49%23.32%9.29% Is GAP or ASO a better dividend stock? GAP pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Academy Sports and Outdoors pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. GAP pays out 29.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Academy Sports and Outdoors pays out 9.0% 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. GAP has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Academy Sports and Outdoors has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of GAP or ASO? 58.8% of GAP shares are held by institutional investors. 30.6% of GAP shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Academy Sports and Outdoors shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more risk & volatility, GAP or ASO? GAP has a beta of 2.24, meaning that its share price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Academy Sports and Outdoors has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media favor GAP or ASO? In the previous week, GAP had 28 more articles in the media than Academy Sports and Outdoors. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for GAP and 12 mentions for Academy Sports and Outdoors. Academy Sports and Outdoors' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat GAP's score of 0.16 indicating that Academy Sports and Outdoors is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment GAP 7 Very Positive mention(s) 7 Positive mention(s) 11 Neutral mention(s) 9 Negative mention(s) 2 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Academy Sports and Outdoors 11 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GAP or ASO? Academy Sports and Outdoors received 98 more outperform votes than GAP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.64% of users gave Academy Sports and Outdoors an outperform vote while only 48.48% of users gave GAP an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformGAPOutperform Votes1648.48% Underperform Votes1751.52% Academy Sports and OutdoorsOutperform Votes11462.64% Underperform Votes6837.36% Do analysts rate GAP or ASO? GAP presently has a consensus target price of $27.50, suggesting a potential downside of 1.77%. Academy Sports and Outdoors has a consensus target price of $57.75, suggesting a potential upside of 32.83%. 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 GAP 0 Sell rating(s) 6 Hold rating(s) 8 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.57Academy Sports and Outdoors 0 Sell rating(s) 8 Hold rating(s) 8 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50 SummaryGAP and Academy Sports and Outdoors tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Academy Sports and Outdoors News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ASO and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart ASO vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricAcademy Sports and Outdoorsshopping goods stores IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$2.89B$3.03B$8.01B$8.53BDividend Yield1.14%1.89%3.24%4.11%P/E Ratio7.149.9715.3219.96Price / Sales0.490.338.13121.37Price / Cash5.955.4916.3734.62Price / Book1.651.364.804.60Net Income$519.19M$267.57M$258.49M$248.27M7 Day Performance-5.22%-6.17%-0.22%2.28%1 Month Performance18.20%22.99%11.57%16.43%1 Year Performance-18.68%-44.41%-3.13%8.15% Academy Sports and Outdoors Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ASOAcademy Sports and Outdoors4.3004 of 5 stars$43.48-2.7%$57.75+32.8%-17.0%$2.89B$5.93B7.1422,000News CoveragePositive NewsGap DownGAPGAP3.7318 of 5 stars$24.84+9.6%$27.43+10.4%N/A$9.35B$15.09B11.5085,000Dividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastInsider TradeFNDFloor & Decor3.9324 of 5 stars$83.86+11.3%$93.56+11.6%-32.8%$9.01B$4.52B44.1412,000Positive NewsGap DownHigh Trading VolumeMUSAMurphy USA4.795 of 5 stars$439.59-2.1%$526.29+19.7%+2.9%$8.70B$19.93B18.1615,100High Trading VolumeVIPSVipshop2.909 of 5 stars$14.80+7.0%$15.30+3.4%-13.8%$7.60B$108.42B7.088,010Trending NewsGap UpBBWIBath & Body Works4.9864 of 5 stars$33.41+7.6%$41.44+24.0%-34.0%$7.12B$7.31B8.1556,900Trending NewsDividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionOLLIOllie's Bargain Outlet3.1382 of 5 stars$113.91+7.3%$123.08+8.0%+59.7%$6.99B$2.27B34.009,900News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst ForecastMNSOMINISO Group4.4206 of 5 stars$20.60+4.7%$26.03+26.4%-9.5%$6.44B$16.99B18.553,370Upcoming EarningsFCFSFirstCash4.5023 of 5 stars$132.16-0.4%$133.50+1.0%+5.3%$5.86B$3.39B23.0618,000Positive NewsWWayfair3.7135 of 5 stars$39.68+21.0%$46.46+17.1%-43.3%$5.04B$11.85B-9.8715,700Trending NewsGap UpHigh Trading VolumeRUSHBRush Enterprises0.7344 of 5 stars$55.15+3.3%N/A+30.6%$4.37B$7.78B14.798,040News Coverage Related Companies and Tools Related Companies GAP Alternatives Floor & Decor Alternatives Murphy USA Alternatives Vipshop Alternatives Bath & Body Works Alternatives Ollie's Bargain Outlet Alternatives MINISO Group Alternatives FirstCash Alternatives Wayfair Alternatives Rush Enterprises Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:ASO) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredGold Hits New Highs as Global Markets SpiralWhen Trump took office in 2017, gold was just $1,100 an ounce. 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