---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001817358-26-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASO"
cik: "0001817358"
company_name: "Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-03-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T10:44:28.393755+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Academy Sports Q4 sales +2.5%, EPS $1.98; raises dividend 15%; FY guidance 2-5% growth

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $1,718.5M (+2.5% YoY); comparable sales -1.6% (improved from -3.0% prior year).
- Diluted GAAP EPS $1.98 (+4.8% YoY); adjusted diluted EPS $1.97 (+0.5%).
- Full year net sales +2.0%, comparable sales -1.5%; opened 24 new stores in 2025.
- Quarterly dividend increased 15% per share, fourth consecutive year of growth.
- FY 2026 guidance: annual sales growth of 2% to 5%; plans 20-25 new stores in 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001817358-26-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASO
- cik: 0001817358
- company_name: Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-03-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817358/000181735826000026/0001817358-26-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817358/000181735826000026/aso-20260317.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001817358-26-000026
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001817358-26-000026.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc. updated its the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended January 31, 2026 guidance (initiated).
  - Period: the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended January 31, 2026
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On March 17, 2026, Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing financial results for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817358/000181735826000026/0001817358-26-000026-index.htm

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