ASO vs. LOPE, GOLF, IGT, MSGS, HGV, KTB, IQ, ASAI, COLM, and VFC
Should you be buying Academy Sports and Outdoors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Academy Sports and Outdoors include Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), Acushnet (GOLF), International Game Technology (IGT), Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV), Kontoor Brands (KTB), iQIYI (IQ), Sendas Distribuidora (ASAI), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), and V.F. (VFC). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE) and Academy Sports and Outdoors (NASDAQ:ASO) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking and risk.
Grand Canyon Education has a net margin of 21.66% compared to Grand Canyon Education's net margin of 8.43%. Academy Sports and Outdoors' return on equity of 31.81% beat Grand Canyon Education's return on equity.
Academy Sports and Outdoors has higher revenue and earnings than Grand Canyon Education. Academy Sports and Outdoors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grand Canyon Education, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
94.2% of Grand Canyon Education shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Grand Canyon Education shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Academy Sports and Outdoors shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Grand Canyon Education has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Academy Sports and Outdoors has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Grand Canyon Education currently has a consensus target price of $163.33, indicating a potential upside of 12.84%. Academy Sports and Outdoors has a consensus target price of $73.88, indicating a potential upside of 33.16%. Given Grand Canyon Education's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Academy Sports and Outdoors is more favorable than Grand Canyon Education.
In the previous week, Grand Canyon Education had 20 more articles in the media than Academy Sports and Outdoors. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Grand Canyon Education and 10 mentions for Academy Sports and Outdoors. Academy Sports and Outdoors' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Grand Canyon Education's score of 0.84 indicating that Grand Canyon Education is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Grand Canyon Education received 409 more outperform votes than Academy Sports and Outdoors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.94% of users gave Grand Canyon Education an outperform vote while only 65.41% of users gave Academy Sports and Outdoors an outperform vote.
Summary
Grand Canyon Education beats Academy Sports and Outdoors on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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