secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc. (ASO)
CIK:        0001817358
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-17T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001817358-26-000026
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817358/000181735826000026/0001817358-26-000026-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817358/000181735826000026/aso-20260317.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001817358-26-000026

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