Top and Current
Source : (remove) : Zacks
RSS • JSON • XML • CSV
Top and Current
Source : (remove) : Zacks
RSS • JSON • XML • CSV

Bear of the Day: Academy Sports and Outdoors (ASO)

Competition is making retail tougher and tougher by the day.
The article from Yahoo Finance discusses the bearish outlook on Academy Sports and Outdoors (ASO) stock, highlighting a significant drop in its stock price by 17% following a disappointing Q4 earnings report. Despite beating earnings per share estimates, the company's revenue fell short of expectations, and it provided a weaker-than-anticipated guidance for fiscal year 2024. The article points out that ASO's same-store sales decreased by 3.6% year-over-year, and the company is facing challenges such as reduced consumer spending on discretionary items and increased competition. The bearish sentiment is further fueled by concerns over ASO's high debt levels and the potential for further margin compression, leading analysts to downgrade their ratings and price targets for the stock.

Read the Full Zacks Article at:
[ https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bear-day-academy-sports-outdoors-110000395.html ]