For the quarter ended July 2025, Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. (ASO) reported revenue of $1.6 billion, up 3.3% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $1.94, compared to $2.03 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.67% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.61 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $2.12, the EPS surprise was -8.49%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Academy Sports and Outdoors performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Comparable Sales Growth: 0.2% versus the six-analyst average estimate of -0.4%.
- Stores - EOP: 306 versus 307 estimated by three analysts on average.
- Net Sales- Merchandise Division Sales- Outdoors: $448.94 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $431.73 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +14.6%.
- Net Sales- Merchandise Division Sales- Sports and recreation: $369.79 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $382.84 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -8%.
- Net Sales- Other Sales: $6.75 million compared to the $26.31 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +2.7% year over year.
- Net Sales- Merchandise Division Sales- Footwear: $323.24 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $321.82 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +3.6%.
- Net Sales- Total Merchandise Sales: $1.59 billion versus the two-analyst average estimate of $1.57 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +3.3%.
- Net Sales- Merchandise Division Sales- Apparel: $451.12 million versus $429.69 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +3.3% change.
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Shares of Academy Sports and Outdoors have returned +3.9% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.8% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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