---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001817358-23-000059"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASO"
cik: "0001817358"
company_name: "Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-03-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T00:52:39.331761+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Academy Sports Q4 EPS $1.97, FY EPS $7.49 record; guides FY23 net sales $6.5-6.7B; raises dividend 20%

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $1.75B (-3.4% YoY); comparable sales -5.1%; GAAP diluted EPS $1.97 (+25.5%).
- FY 2022 net sales $6.40B (-5.6%); comparable sales -6.4%; GAAP diluted EPS $7.49 (record, +5.2%).
- Raises quarterly dividend 20% to $0.09/share; payable April 13, 2023 to holders of record March 23, 2023.
- FY 2023 guidance: net sales $6.5-6.7B (up ~3.2% at mid), comparable sales -2% to +1%, adjusted EPS $7.00-$7.75.
- Authorized $300M remaining share repurchase; returned $614M to stakeholders in FY22.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001817358-23-000059
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASO
- cik: 0001817358
- company_name: Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-03-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817358/000181735823000059/0001817358-23-000059-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817358/000181735823000059/aso-20230316.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc. reported fourth quarter and fiscal year ended January 28, 2023 results: revenue $1.75 billion, net income $157.7 million, EPS $1.97. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: fourth quarter and fiscal year ended January 28, 2023
  - Revenue: $1.75 billion
  - Net income: $157.7 million
  - EPS: $1.97
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: reported results
  source text: business, strengthening our current store base, and leveraging and scaling our supply chain." Fourth Quarter Results For the fourth quarter, net sales decreased 3.4% to $1.75 billion and comparable sales declined 5.1%. Sales were impacted by 6.4% fewer transactions, partially offset by a 1.3% increase in average ticket size. When compared to the fourth
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817358/000181735823000059/0001817358-23-000059-index.htm

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