ASO vs. GOLF, MLCO, KTB, IGT, PWSC, ASAI, LOPE, HGV, MSGS, and YETI
Should you be buying Academy Sports and Outdoors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Academy Sports and Outdoors include Acushnet (GOLF), Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), Kontoor Brands (KTB), International Game Technology (IGT), PowerSchool (PWSC), Sendas Distribuidora (ASAI), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV), Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), and YETI (YETI). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Acushnet (NYSE:GOLF) and Academy Sports and Outdoors (NASDAQ:ASO) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Acushnet received 188 more outperform votes than Academy Sports and Outdoors when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.41% of users gave Academy Sports and Outdoors an outperform vote while only 52.58% of users gave Acushnet an outperform vote.
Acushnet currently has a consensus target price of $66.38, indicating a potential upside of 3.16%. Academy Sports and Outdoors has a consensus target price of $73.88, indicating a potential upside of 26.93%. Given Acushnet's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Academy Sports and Outdoors is more favorable than Acushnet.
53.1% of Acushnet shares are held by institutional investors. 54.6% of Acushnet 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Academy Sports and Outdoors has higher revenue and earnings than Acushnet. Academy Sports and Outdoors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acushnet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Academy Sports and Outdoors has a net margin of 8.43% compared to Academy Sports and Outdoors' net margin of 8.03%. Acushnet's return on equity of 28.99% beat Academy Sports and Outdoors' return on equity.
In the previous week, Academy Sports and Outdoors had 2 more articles in the media than Acushnet. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Academy Sports and Outdoors and 8 mentions for Acushnet. Acushnet's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Academy Sports and Outdoors' score of 0.41 indicating that Academy Sports and Outdoors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Acushnet pays an annual dividend of $0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Academy Sports and Outdoors pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Acushnet pays out 29.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Academy Sports and Outdoors pays out 6.5% 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. Acushnet has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years and Academy Sports and Outdoors has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Acushnet is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Acushnet has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Academy Sports and Outdoors has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Academy Sports and Outdoors beats Acushnet on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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