Academy Sports and Outdoors, In ASO

Competitive advantage analysis · consumer-cyclical

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
65/100
Moderate

Ranked against 51 peers in Specialty Retail

About Academy Sports and Outdoors, In

Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a sporting goods and outdoor recreational retailer in the United States. The company's outdoors division comprises camping products, such as coolers and drinkware, and camping accessories and equipment; fishing products, including marine equipment and fishing rods, reels, and baits and equipment; and hunting products, which includes firearms, ammunition, archery and … Full ASO analysis →

Key strengths

  • ROIC Sustainably Above Peers ROIC at 65.3th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.
  • Revenue Growth Consistent Revenue growth volatility is low (stability score 0.75), suggesting sticky customer base.

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Pricing Power

Moderate
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Where ASO ranks in Specialty Retail

Academy Sports and Outdoors, In ranks #12 of 52 scored companies in Specialty Retail by moat score — the top 23%. The widest moat in the group is Winmark Corporation (WINA) at 83/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
8 O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. ORLY 73/100 Moderate
9 Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (Na SBH 71/100 Moderate
10 Bath & Body Works, Inc. BBWI 67/100 Moderate
11 Betterware de Mexico, S.A.P.I. BWMX 65/100 Moderate
12 Academy Sports and Outdoors, In ASO 65/100 Moderate
13 GameStop Corporation GME 63/100 Moderate
14 Best Buy Co., Inc. BBY 62/100 Moderate
15 Rectitude Holdings Ltd RECT 62/100 Moderate
16 Caseys General Stores, Inc. CASY 61/100 Moderate

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How ASO scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 65 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 71 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 68 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 66 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 67 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 53 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding ASO's moat

What is Academy Sports and Outdoors, In's moat score?

Academy Sports and Outdoors, In (ASO) scores 65 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #12 of 52 scored companies in Specialty Retail, the top 23%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 51 companies in Specialty Retail. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (71/100) and its weakest is Scale & Market Position (53/100).

How does Academy Sports and Outdoors, In compare with other Specialty Retail companies?

Academy Sports and Outdoors, In ranks #12 of 52 scored companies in Specialty Retail by moat score. The widest moat in Specialty Retail is Winmark Corporation (WINA) at 83/100. The companies ranked closest are Betterware de Mexico, S.A.P.I. (BWMX) at 65 just above it and GameStop Corporation (GME) at 63 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 51 companies in Specialty Retail. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Academy Sports and Outdoors, In scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Academy Sports and Outdoors, In?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and ASO scores: Pricing Power (65), Cost Advantage (71), Customer Stickiness (68), Capital Efficiency (66), Resilience (67), Scale & Market Position (53). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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