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Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. (ASO) Soars 12.5%: Is Further Upside Left in the Stock?

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Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. (ASO - Free Report) shares ended the last trading session 12.5% higher at $31.07. The jump came on an impressive volume with a higher-than-average number of shares changing hands in the session. This compares to the stock's 27.7% loss over the past four weeks.

Solid comparable and e-commerce sales, robust consumer demand for sports and outdoors products and increase in total transactions as well as average ticket have been boosting investors’ confidence.

This company is expected to post quarterly earnings of $1.40 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of -25.9%. Revenues are expected to be $1.43 billion, down 9.4% from the year-ago quarter.

Earnings and revenue growth expectations certainly give a good sense of the potential strength in a stock, but empirical research shows that trends in earnings estimate revisions are strongly correlated with near-term stock price movements.

For Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc., the consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has remained unchanged over the last 30 days. And a stock's price usually doesn't keep moving higher in the absence of any trend in earnings estimate revisions. So, make sure to keep an eye on ASO going forward to see if this recent jump can turn into more strength down the road.

The stock currently carries a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). You can see the complete list of today's Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stocks here >>>>

Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. is a member of the Zacks Leisure and Recreation Products industry. One other stock in the same industry, AMMO, Inc. (POWW - Free Report) , finished the last trading session 5.6% higher at $4.17. POWW has returned -3.2% over the past month.

For AMMO, Inc., the consensus EPS estimate for the upcoming report has changed +20% over the past month to $0.07. This represents a change of +75% from what the company reported a year ago. AMMO, Inc. currently has a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).


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