ASO Stock — Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc.

Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. (ASO)

Updated October 16, 2026.

ASO is a Stock. its distribution rate is 1.02%, its trailing-12-month yield is 0.99%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 93/100 (Safe). Total return is 370.1% over the past 6 years, 222.2 points ahead of SPY at 147.9%.

Academy Sports and Outdoors is a U.S. sporting goods and outdoor recreational retailer offering hunting, fishing, camping, sports equipment, apparel, and footwear through stores and online channels, operating under brand names including Academy Sports + Outdoors and Magellan Outdoors. The company distributes quarterly with a modest current distribution rate. This stock appeals to income investors seeking exposure to the retail sporting goods sector.

ASO performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 370.1% over the past 6 years, 222.2 points ahead of SPY at 147.9%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 12.5%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 29.9%.

ASO key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

93 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.95%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

10/02/2020

Distribution rate

1.02%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

0.99%

5-year average yield

0.61

Last close

$58.63 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$3,610,370,379

Average volume

1390150.0

Dividend

$0.15

Ex-dividend date

09/16/2026

Payment date

10/14/2026

Beta

0.982

Payout ratio

9.3%

P/E ratio

9.64

Forward P/E

7.2622

EPS

$6.08

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (1.02%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (0.99%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

ASO risks and drawbacks

ASO's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 29.9%.

Who may consider ASO — and who may not

ASO may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (ASO pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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