Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc.
boothcheck covers Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. (ASO) but does not put one priced-in number on it: here the defensible answer is the evidence rather than a point estimate. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating. Narrative composed July 25, 2026.
• Academy runs 322 large-format stores averaging roughly 70,000 square feet, and 117 of them sit in Texas, so this is a regional chain with a national growth plan rather than a national chain with regional strength. • Fiscal 2025 growth came entirely from new boxes: the 10-K reports that the 24 stores opened that year ⟦generated $142.8 million of net sales, including e-commerce⟧, against a total net sales increase of ⟦$120.0 million, or 2.0%⟧ for the company, which means the pre-existing fleet w
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344 institutional managers reported holding ASO in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. 48 opened new positions that quarter. Held by FMR (Fidelity), BlackRock, Vanguard Group, among others. On the short side, 8.0M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 12% of shares outstanding (4.2 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
ASO has cut its share count 30.4% over the past five years, spending $1.77B on repurchases. It pays a dividend, and has for 4 years running, raised 3 years straight; the current rate is $0.13 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $96.06M in dividends and $815.08M in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
No open-market insider buys on file at ASO over the trailing three years. Absence is a fact about the company, not a signal. 16 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
ASO's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-07 | +5.9% | +8.4% |
| 2023-09-01 | +7.5% | -9.0% |
| 2023-12-01 | +9.2% | +16.9% |
| 2024-03-22 | -10.0% | -16.9% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
ASO's latest 8-K filings: 2026-06-09 (items 2.02, 7.01, 9.01); 2026-06-04 (items 5.07, 8.01); 2026-05-14 (items 1.01, 1.02, 2.03, 7.01, 9.01); 2026-05-04 (items 7.01); 2026-05-04 (items 7.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: July 25, 2026
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