NASDAQ:HIBB - Hibbett Sports Stock Price, News & Analysis

Hibbett Sports trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "HIBB."

Hibbett Sports, Inc. (NASDAQ:HIBB) released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, August, 23rd. The company reported ($0.13) earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.16) by $0.03. The business earned $252.40 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $255.71 million. Hibbett Sports had a return on equity of 11.89% and a net margin of 2.39%. The company's revenue was up 19.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted ($0.06) EPS. View Hibbett Sports' Earnings History.

Hibbett Sports is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 26th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Hibbett Sports.

Hibbett Sports updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Friday, August, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.15-2.25 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.11.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Hibbett Sports' stock. Their forecasts range from $14.00 to $29.00. On average, they anticipate Hibbett Sports' share price to reach $20.1080 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Hibbett Sports.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hibbett Sports in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Hibbett Sports.

News headlines about HIBB stock have been trending negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Hibbett Sports earned a media sentiment score of -2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Hibbett Sports.

Hibbett Sports saw a decline in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 7,186,200 shares, a decline of 5.3% from the July 31st total of 7,587,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 911,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 7.9 days. Approximately 40.7% of the company's shares are short sold. View Hibbett Sports' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Hibbett Sports include Office Depot (ODP), Barnes & Noble (BKS), Barnes & Noble Education (BNED), Sportsman's Warehouse (SPWH) and Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV).

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Hibbett Sports' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (16.10%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (9.93%), Vanguard Group Inc. (6.90%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (6.84%), D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc. (6.10%) and Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (2.52%). Company insiders that own Hibbett Sports stock include Alton E Yother, Cathy E Pryor, Jeffry O Rosenthal and Ronald P Blahnik. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Hibbett Sports.

HIBB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AQR Capital Management LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Maverick Capital Ltd., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. and Marshall Wace North America L.P.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Hibbett Sports.

HIBB stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., 361 Capital LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P. and Morgan Stanley. View Insider Buying and Selling for Hibbett Sports.

Shares of HIBB can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HIBB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.84.

Hibbett Sports has a market capitalization of $349.78 million and generates $1.01 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $28.42 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.77 on an earnings per share basis. Hibbett Sports employs 10,600 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Hibbett Sports.

The official website for Hibbett Sports is http://www.hibbett.com/.

Hibbett Sports' mailing address is 2700 MILAN COURT, BIRMINGHAM AL, 35211. The company can be reached via phone at 205-942-4292 or via email at [email protected]