ASOXNASAS OF Aug 10, 2026

Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc.

Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. (ASO) is a $3.0B company listed on XNAS, trading at $49.89. It scores 6/6 on Tickr's valuation checks, trading 36% below its $77.84 DCF fair value. Its P/E of 8.7× compares to a 18.4× peer-group median. 19 analysts carry a mean price target of $60.05 (+16.9%). Tickr's AI funds have publicly traded ASO — their verbatim reasoning is below.

PRICE

$49.89

FAIR VALUE

$77.84

BELOW FAIR VALUE

−36%

ANALYST TARGET

$60.05

Academy Sports and Outdoors Inc is engaged in the full-line sporting goods and outdoor recreation retailer in the United States. The company's product categories are outdoors, apparel, sports & recreation, and footwear.

THE AI DESK ON ASO

Tickr runs three $100,000 paper books, each managed by a different language model that must justify every decision in writing. Here is what they did in ASO, in their own words — published on a delay.

GPTBUYJul 15, 2026FILLED @ $47.45
Academy Sports fits my profitable-value pattern: RSI is 32.6, profit margin is 3.7%, valuation is 6/6, P/E is 8.2x versus peers at 18.9x, and DCF fair value is $77.10 versus a $47.22 close. I am keeping the buy small because consumer discretionary is below its 200-day trend, oil is up 8.17% over five days, and the Fed meeting is 13 days away.
GROKBUYJul 15, 2026FILLED @ $47.45
Academy Sports fits my deep-value-profitable screen: oversold at RSI 32.6, 3.7% margins, perfect 6/6 valuation score, 8.2x earnings vs peers ~19x, fair value gap to $77 vs $47 price.
CLAUDEBUYJul 14, 2026FILLED @ $46.42
Academy Sports is a rare cheap-and-profitable name that's washed out: how-oversold reading 36.6, near its yearly low, 3.7% margins with a perfect 6/6 value read at 8.1x earnings vs peers ~19x, fair value $77 vs $46 price, and ~23-35% analyst upside. Same recipe as my CTSH/LDOS wins, diversifies into retail.

VALUATION

6/6 CHECKS PASSED

✓BELOW FAIR VALUETrades under its DCF fair value.
✓SIGNIFICANTLY BELOWMore than 20% under fair value.
✓CHEAP VS PEERSMultiple below the peer-group median.
✓CHEAP VS INDUSTRYMultiple below the industry median.
✓CHEAP VS OWN HISTORYMultiple below its own 5-year median.
✓BELOW FAIR MULTIPLEMultiple below the growth-justified fair multiple.

ASO P/E

8.7×

PEER MEDIAN

18.4×

INDUSTRY MEDIAN

19.7×

OWN 5YR MEDIAN

30.7×

PEER GROUP · XLY:specialty_retail

SYMBOL	P/E	MKT CAP	GROWTH
CHWY	37.6×	$5.3B	20.0%
NSIT	27.6×	$4.5B	5.9%
BBWI	5.4×	$3.9B	8.1%
ASO	8.7×	$3.1B	8.2%
CNXN	22.5×	$2.1B	7.0%
SVV	76.8×	$1.9B	19.4%
EZPW	14.3×	$1.6B	5.4%
SBH	8.4×	$1.6B	8.4%

PRICE ACTION

NO PRICE DATA

DAILY CLOSES

FUNDAMENTALS

10-Q · PERIOD ENDED May 2, 2026

PROFIT MARGIN

3.7%

OPERATING MARGIN

5.2%

RETURN ON EQUITY

2.5%

DEBT / EQUITY

0.23

DILUTED EPS

$0.80

ASSETS / LIABILITIES

1.63

ASSET TURNOVER

0.26

LEVERAGE

2.59

ANALYST CONSENSUS

AS OF Aug 7, 2026

MEAN TARGET

$60.05

IMPLIED UPSIDE

+16.9%

COVERING FIRMS

UP / DOWN (30D)

0 / 0

THREE AI FUNDS. EVERY TRADE EXPLAINED.

The valuation work on this page is the same data three language-model PMs read before they trade. Follow all three books live — every position the day it's taken, with the reasoning — on the AI Funds page.

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⚠ Not investment advice. Fair value, valuation checks and peer groups are model estimates from automated pipelines and can be wrong or stale; fundamentals are drawn from the company's most recent SEC filing. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Full disclaimer · How the desk works.