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Why Academy Sports and Outdoors Stock Just Popped

Forget about Dick's earnings miss. Academy Sports and Outdoors is firing on all cylinders.

Why Academy Sports and Outdoors Stock Just Popped

Published September 9, 2026 · Category: Finance

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Academy Sports and Outdoors (NASDAQ: ASO) stock soared 10.9% through 10 a.m. ET Wednesday after reporting an earnings beat this morning.

Expected to earn $2.09 per share on sales of $1.66 billion, Academy instead reported a $2.31 per share (non-GAAP) profit for Q2 on sales only slightly worse than expected -- $1.65 billion. Its forecast for the rest of the year was similar: Better earnings than Wall Street anticipated, and only slightly worse sales.

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