ASO vs. SCVL, SHOO, DKS, SIG, SFM, BJ, ACI, W, FND, and VIPS
Should you be buying Academy Sports and Outdoors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Academy Sports and Outdoors include Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Steven Madden (SHOO), DICK'S Sporting Goods (DKS), Signet Jewelers (SIG), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), Albertsons Companies (ACI), Wayfair (W), Floor & Decor (FND), and Vipshop (VIPS).
Academy Sports and Outdoors vs. Its Competitors
Shoe Carnival (NASDAQ:SCVL) and Academy Sports and Outdoors (NASDAQ:ASO) are related companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Academy Sports and Outdoors has a consensus target price of $58.78, suggesting a potential upside of 25.23%. Given Academy Sports and Outdoors' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Academy Sports and Outdoors is more favorable than Shoe Carnival.
Academy Sports and Outdoors has higher revenue and earnings than Shoe Carnival. Academy Sports and Outdoors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shoe Carnival, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Academy Sports and Outdoors had 23 more articles in the media than Shoe Carnival. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Academy Sports and Outdoors and 13 mentions for Shoe Carnival. Shoe Carnival's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Academy Sports and Outdoors' score of 0.61 indicating that Shoe Carnival is being referred to more favorably in the media.
66.1% of Shoe Carnival shares are held by institutional investors. 35.5% of Shoe Carnival shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Academy Sports and Outdoors shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Shoe Carnival has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Academy Sports and Outdoors has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Academy Sports and Outdoors has a net margin of 6.21% compared to Shoe Carnival's net margin of 5.41%. Academy Sports and Outdoors' return on equity of 18.47% beat Shoe Carnival's return on equity.
Shoe Carnival pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Academy Sports and Outdoors pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Shoe Carnival pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Academy Sports and Outdoors pays out 9.7% 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. Shoe Carnival has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Academy Sports and Outdoors has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Shoe Carnival is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Academy Sports and Outdoors beats Shoe Carnival on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:ASO) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
