---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001817358-24-000170"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASO"
cik: "0001817358"
company_name: "Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-09-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T05:41:38.476356+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Academy Sports Q2 net sales down 2.2%; diluted EPS $1.95; declares $0.11 dividend

## Summary
- Net sales of $1,549.0M, down 2.2% YoY; comparable sales declined 6.9%.
- GAAP diluted EPS of $1.95; adjusted diluted EPS of $2.03.
- Net income of $142.6M, down 9.2%; adjusted net income of $148.6M.
- Gross margin expanded 50 bps; inventory units per store down 5%.
- Declared $0.11/share cash dividend payable Oct 17, 2024, record Sep 19.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001817358-24-000170
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASO
- cik: 0001817358
- company_name: Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-09-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817358/000181735824000170/0001817358-24-000170-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817358/000181735824000170/aso-20240910.htm

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