Telsey Advisory Group Has Negative View of ASO Q3 Earnings

Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASO) – Research analysts at Telsey Advisory Group lowered their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for Academy Sports and Outdoors in a report released on Thursday, December 5th. Telsey Advisory Group analyst C. Fernandez now forecasts that the company will earn $1.14 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $1.16. Telsey Advisory Group has a “Outperform” rating and a $60.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Academy Sports and Outdoors’ current full-year earnings is $6.01 per share. Telsey Advisory Group also issued estimates for Academy Sports and Outdoors’ Q4 2025 earnings at $1.58 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $5.67 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.30 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.83 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $6.32 EPS.

Academy Sports and Outdoors (NASDAQ:ASO) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, September 10th. The company reported $2.03 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.96 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $1.55 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.57 billion. Academy Sports and Outdoors had a return on equity of 25.56% and a net margin of 7.98%. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 2.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $2.01 EPS.

Several other equities analysts also recently issued reports on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price objective on shares of Academy Sports and Outdoors from $68.00 to $64.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, September 11th. Evercore ISI cut Academy Sports and Outdoors from an “outperform” rating to an “in-line” rating and lowered their price objective for the stock from $65.00 to $60.00 in a report on Thursday, October 3rd. Loop Capital reissued a “buy” rating and set a $77.00 target price on shares of Academy Sports and Outdoors in a report on Wednesday, September 11th. TD Cowen raised their target price on Academy Sports and Outdoors from $54.00 to $56.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 11th. Finally, Truist Financial cut Academy Sports and Outdoors from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and dropped their price target for the stock from $63.00 to $50.00 in a research report on Tuesday, November 19th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Academy Sports and Outdoors has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $61.21.

Academy Sports and Outdoors Trading Up 2.2 %

Shares of ASO stock opened at $50.40 on Friday. Academy Sports and Outdoors has a 1-year low of $44.73 and a 1-year high of $75.73. The company has a market cap of $3.54 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.75, a PEG ratio of 0.96 and a beta of 1.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25, a current ratio of 1.66 and a quick ratio of 0.41. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $51.93 and a 200-day simple moving average of $53.51.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Academy Sports and Outdoors

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Public Sector Pension Investment Board boosted its position in shares of Academy Sports and Outdoors by 6.9% during the 2nd quarter. Public Sector Pension Investment Board now owns 162,406 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,648,000 after purchasing an additional 10,416 shares during the period. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. lifted its stake in Academy Sports and Outdoors by 17.6% during the second quarter. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. now owns 808,250 shares of the company’s stock worth $43,040,000 after purchasing an additional 121,115 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC boosted its position in shares of Academy Sports and Outdoors by 15.3% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 10,739,463 shares of the company’s stock worth $626,755,000 after buying an additional 1,422,971 shares during the period. Citigroup Inc. grew its stake in shares of Academy Sports and Outdoors by 66.4% in the third quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 95,644 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,582,000 after buying an additional 38,155 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Stephens Investment Management Group LLC raised its holdings in shares of Academy Sports and Outdoors by 21.3% in the 3rd quarter. Stephens Investment Management Group LLC now owns 222,468 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,983,000 after buying an additional 39,134 shares during the period.

Insider Activity at Academy Sports and Outdoors

In other Academy Sports and Outdoors news, Director Jeffrey C. Tweedy sold 1,200 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $62.00, for a total transaction of $74,400.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 8,906 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $552,172. This trade represents a 11.87 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. 2.19% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Academy Sports and Outdoors Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, December 18th will be given a dividend of $0.11 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, December 18th. This represents a $0.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.87%. Academy Sports and Outdoors’s payout ratio is 6.79%.

Academy Sports and Outdoors Company Profile

Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc, through its subsidiaries, operates as a sporting goods and outdoor recreational retailer in the United States. The company outdoor division comprises camping products, such as coolers and drinkware, and camping accessories and equipment,; fishing products, including marine equipment and fishing rods, reels, and baits and equipment; and hunting products, which includes firearms, ammunition, archery and archery equipment, camouflage apparel, waders, shooting accessories, gun safes, optics, airguns, and hunting equipment.