Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.
For the period ended Aug 2, 2025. Filed Sep 2, 2025.
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Aug 2, 2025 · Filed Sep 2, 2025
What changed in Management’s Discussion and Analysis?
Read the current filingPrevious report: 10-Q
Period ended 2025-05-03; filed 2025-06-10.
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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsCurrent report: 10-Q
Period ended 2025-08-02; filed 2025-09-02.
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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsThe baseline is this issuer’s latest earlier reporting period of the same form that was filed before the current report. A previous 10-Q is a different quarter, not a year-over-year comparison. Amendments are excluded.
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Net Sales. Net sales increased $50.9 million, or 3.3%, in the 2025 second quarter over the prior year second quarter. The increase of 3.3% in net sales was driven by increased sales of 3.7% in the apparel merchandise division, 3.6% in the footwear merchandise division, 3.5% in the sports and recreation merchandise division and 2.5% in the outdoor merchandise division.
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Comparable sales increased 0.2% driven by higher sales across all merchandise divisions, except outdoor, as a result of a 1.5% increase in average ticket, partially offset by a decrease in comparable transactions of 1.4%.
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Gross Margin. Gross margin increased $18.0 million, or 3.2%, to $576.7 millionin the 2025 second quarter from $558.7 million in the 2024 second quarter. As a percentage of net sales, gross margin remained relatively constant, with a decrease of 10 basis points primarily due to the effects of rounding as shown in the table above.
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Interest Expense. Interest expense remained relatively constantin the 2025 second quarter when compared with the 2024 second quarter.
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Income Tax Expense. Income tax expense decreased $4.6 million to $39.4 million for the 2025 second quarter as compared to $44.0 million in the 2024 second quarter, resulting primarily from adecrease in pre-tax income. ASO, Inc.'s effective income tax rate was 23.9% in the second quarter of 2025 compared to 23.6% in the second quarter of 2024. The increase in effective tax rate compared to the prior year quarter is due to a reduction in excess tax benefits for share based compensation.
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Twenty-Six Weeks Ended August 2, 2025 Compared to Twenty-Six Weeks Ended August 3, 2024
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Net Sales. Net sales increased $38.0 million, or 1.3%, year-to-date 2025 compared to year-to-date 2024, which was driven by increased sales of 1.9% in the footwear merchandise division, 1.9% in the apparel merchandise division, 1.3% in the sports and recreation merchandise division and 0.6% in the outdoor division.
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E-commerce net sales represented 10.5%of merchandise sales for the year-to-date 2025 compared to 9.4% for the year-to-date 2024.
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Gross Margin. Gross margin increased $21.1 million, or 2.1%, to $1,035.6 million for the year-to-date 2025 from $1,014.5 million for the year-to-date 2024. As a percentage of net sales, gross margin increased 30 basis points from 34.8% for the year-to-date 2024 to 35.1%for the year-to-date 2025. The increase of 30 basis points in gross margin was primarily attributable to 50 basis points of favorability in merchandise margin, which was partially offset by 20 basis points of unfavorability due to increased shrink and e-commerce shipping.
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Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. SG&A expenses increased $71.9 million, or 10.0%, to $794.0 million for the year-to-date 2025 as compared to $722.1 million for the year-to-date 2024, primarily as a result of our increased strategic investments of $60.2 million in new stores, technology, and the Jordan Brand launch.
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Other Income, net. Other income, net, decreased $6.4 millionfor the year-to-date 2025 when compared with the year-to-date 2024, primarily driven by decreased money market investments at lower interest rates in the year-to-date 2025 when compared with the year-to-date 2024.
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•$81.6 million decrease in cash flows from working capital due to pull-forward of inventory purchases at pre-tariff rates relative to the prior year period; partially offset by
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•$34.2 million increase in capital expenditures, primarily driven by increased spending related to updates for existing stores and distribution centers, as well as new stores in the year-to-date 2025 compared to the year-to-date 2024.
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U.S. Income Tax Regulations
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On July 4, 2025, an Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, commonly referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”), was enacted into law in the United States. The OBBBA introduces significant changes to U.S. tax law, including full deductibility of qualified capital expenditures, full deductibility of domestic research and development expenditures, changes to the business interest limitation, and modifications to the international tax framework. For the fiscal year ending January 31, 2026, the Company anticipates a material decrease to the current tax expense and corresponding increase to deferred tax expense that results in no net impact to the effective tax rate.
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Previous report
The comparable sales metric for the 2025 first quarter compares the thirteen weeks ended May 3, 2025 versus the thirteen weeks ended May 4, 2024. The prior year rate of decline in comparable store sales slowed in the 2025 first quarter with a 2025 first quarter comparable sales decrease of 3.7% compared to 5.7% in the 2024 first quarter. See the discussion on Net Sales below for factors contributing to these changes.
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Gross Margin. Gross margin increased $3.1 million, or 0.7%, to $458.9 million in the 2025 first quarter from $455.8 million in the 2024 first quarter. As a percentage of net sales, gross margin increased 60 basis points from 33.4% in the 2024 first quarter to 34.0% in the 2025 first quarter. The increase of 60 basis points in gross margin was primarily attributable to 40 basis points of favorability in merchandise margin as a result of managing prices to provide differentiated value and newness to our customers and 10 basis points of favorability as a result of decreased inventory shrink.
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•$88.5 million decrease in cash flows from merchandise inventories, net due to increased inventory receipts relative to the prior year first quarter; partially offset by
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•$45.3 million increase in cash flows from accounts payable, due to timing of payments relative to the prior year first quarter; and
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•$18.6 million increase in capital expenditures, primarily driven by increased spending related to Corporate, E-commerce, and information technology programs in the 2025 first quarter relative to the prior year first quarter.
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This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this “Quarterly Report”) includes “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), which are subject to the “safe harbor” created by those sections. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts, including statements reflecting our current views with respect to, among other things, our operations and financial performance. These forward-looking statements are included throughout this Quarterly Report, including in this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section and in the section entitled “Risk Factors,” and relate to matters such as macroeconomic conditions, our industry, business strategy, goals and expectations concerning our market position, future operations, margins, profitability, capital expenditures, liquidity and capital resources and other financial and operating information. We have used the words “anticipate,” “assume,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “future,” “will,” “seek,” “foreseeable,” the negative version of these words or similar terms and phrases to identify forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report.
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This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this “Quarterly Report”) includes “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), which are subject to the “safe harbor” created by those sections. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts, including statements reflecting our current views with respect to, among other things, our operations and financial performance. These forward-looking statements are included throughout this Quarterly Report, including this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and in the section entitled “Risk Factors,” and relate to matters such as macroeconomic conditions, our industry, business strategy, goals and expectations concerning our market position, future operations, margins, profitability, capital expenditures, liquidity and capital resources and other financial and operating information. We have used the words “anticipate,” “assume,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “future,” “will,” “seek,” “foreseeable,” the negative version of these words or similar terms and phrases to identify forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report.
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The forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report are based on management’s current expectations and are not guarantees of future performance. The forward-looking statements are subject to various risks, uncertainties, assumptions or changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict or quantify. Our expectations, beliefs, and projections are expressed in good faith and we believe there is a reasonable basis for them. However, there can be no assurance that management’s expectations, beliefs and projections will result or be achieved. Actual results may differ materially from these expectations due to changes in global, regional or local economic, business, competitive, market, regulatory and other factors that could affect overall consumer spending or our industry, including the possible effect of ongoing macroeconomic challenges, inflation and higher interest rates, trade policy changes or additional tariffs or changes in tariffs, geopolitical tensions, or changes to the financial health of our customers, many of which are beyond our control. We believe that these factors include but are not limited to those described under the “Risk Factors” section in the Company's Annual Report, as such risk factors may be updated from time to time in our periodic filings with the SEC which are accessible on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
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The forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report are based on management’s current expectations and are not guarantees of future performance. The forward-looking statements are subject to various risks, uncertainties, assumptions or changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict or quantify. Our expectations, beliefs, and projections are expressed in good faith and we believe there is a reasonable basis for them. However, there can be no assurance that management’s expectations, beliefs and projections will result or be achieved. Actual results may differ materially from these expectations due to changes in global, regional or local economic, business, competitive, market, regulatory and other factors that could affect overall consumer spending or our industry, including the possible effect of ongoing macroeconomic challenges, inflation and higher interest rates, trade policy changes or additional tariffs or changes in tariffs, geopolitical tensions, or changes to the financial health of our customers, many of which are beyond our control. We believe that these factors include but are not limited to those described under “Risk Factors” in the Company's Annual Report, as such risk factors may be updated from time to time in our periodic filings with the SEC, which are accessible on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
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• our ability to borrow under the ABL Facility (as defined below);
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• our ability to borrow under the ABL Facility (as defined above);
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The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read together with our unaudited financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report for the thirteen weeks ended May 3, 2025 and our audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended February 1, 2025 and the section entitled "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" included in the Annual Report.
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The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read together with our unaudited financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 2, 2025 and our audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended February 1, 2025 and the section entitled “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in the Annual Report.
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All references to “Academy,” “Academy Sports + Outdoors,” “ASO, Inc.,” “we,” “us,” “our” or the “Company” in this Quarterly Report refer to Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc., a Delaware corporation and the current parent holding company of our operations, and its consolidated subsidiaries. We conduct our operations primarily through our indirect subsidiary, Academy, Ltd., a Texas limited partnership doing business as “Academy Sports + Outdoors”, or Academy, Ltd. All of the Company's sales and business operations occur at Academy, Ltd., and Academy, Ltd., is also the borrower and/or issuer of the Company's long-term debt and lessee of facilities.
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All references to “Academy,” “Academy Sports + Outdoors,” “ASO, Inc.,” “we,” “us,” “our” or the “Company” in this Quarterly Report refer to Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc., a Delaware corporation and the current parent holding company of our operations, and its consolidated subsidiaries. We conduct our operations through our indirect subsidiary, Academy, Ltd., a Texas limited partnership doing business as “Academy Sports + Outdoors”, or Academy, Ltd. All of the Company's sales and business operations occur at Academy, Ltd., and Academy, Ltd., is also the borrower and/or issuer of the Company's long-term debt and lessee of facilities.
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We operate on a retail fiscal calendar pursuant to which our fiscal year consists of 52 or 53 weeks, ending on the Saturday closest to January 31 (which such Saturday may occur on a date following January 31) each year. References to any year, quarter, or month mean our fiscal year, fiscal quarter, and fiscal month, respectively, unless the context requires otherwise. References to the “current quarter,” “2025 first quarter,” or similar reference refers to the thirteen week period ended May 3, 2025, and any reference to the “prior year quarter,” “2024 first quarter” or similar reference refers to the thirteen week period ended May 4, 2024. Unless otherwise specified, all comparisons regarding the current period of 2025 are made to the corresponding period of 2024.
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We operate on a retail fiscal calendar pursuant to which our fiscal year consists of 52 or 53 weeks, ending on the Saturday closest to January 31 (which such Saturday may occur on a date following January 31) each year. References to any year, quarter, or month mean our fiscal year, fiscal quarter, and fiscal month, respectively, unless the context requires otherwise. References to the “current quarter,” “2025 second quarter,” or similar reference refers to the thirteen week period ended August 2, 2025, and any reference to the “prior year quarter,” “2024 second quarter” or similar reference refers to the thirteen week period ended August 3, 2024. Unless otherwise specified, all comparisons regarding the current period of 2025 are made to the corresponding period of 2024.
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We are a leading full-line sporting goods and outdoor recreation retailer in the United States. Our mission is to provide “Fun for All”, and we fulfill this mission with a localized merchandising strategy and value proposition that deeply connect with a broad range of consumers. Our product assortment focuses on key categories of outdoor, sports and recreation, apparel, and footwear (representing 28%, 26%, 24%, and 22% of our 2025 first quarter net sales, respectively) through both leading national brands and a portfolio of private label brands, which go well beyond traditional sporting goods and apparel offerings.
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We are a leading full-line sporting goods and outdoor recreation retailer in the United States. Our mission is to provide “Fun for All”, and we fulfill this mission with a localized merchandising strategy and value proposition that deeply connect with a broad range of consumers. Our product assortment focuses on key categories of outdoor, sports and recreation, apparel, and footwear (representing 28%, 23%, 28%, and 21% of our 2025 second quarter net sales, respectively) through both leading national brands and a portfolio of private label brands, which go well beyond traditional sporting goods and apparel offerings.
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As of May 3, 2025, we operated 303 stores that range in size from approximately 40,000 to 130,000 gross square feet, with an average size of approximately 70,000 gross square feet, throughout 21 contiguous states located primarily in the southern United States. Our stores are supported by approximately 22,000 team members, three distribution centers, and our e-commerce platform, which includes our website at www.academy.com and our mobile app. Additionally, we are deepening our customer relationships, further integrating our e-commerce platform with our stores and driving operating efficiencies by developing our omnichannel capabilities, such as our mobile app, optimizing the website experience and upgrading our fulfillment capabilities.
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As of August 2, 2025, we operated 306 stores that range in size from approximately 40,000 to 130,000 gross square feet, with an average size of approximately 70,000 gross square feet, throughout 21 contiguous states located primarily in the southern United States. Our stores are supported by approximately 23,000 team members, three distribution centers, and our e-commerce platform, which includes our website at www.academy.com and our mobile app. Additionally, we are deepening our customer relationships, further integrating our e-commerce platform with our stores and driving operating efficiencies by developing our omnichannel capabilities, such as our mobile app, optimizing the website experience and upgrading our fulfillment capabilities.
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We continue to monitor global macroeconomic trends and uncertainties such as inflation, existing and potential tariffs, and other shifting trade policies, which have impacted consumer spending and could adversely affect our ability to grow sales and merchandise margin. We have worked diligently to reduce our exposure related to products imported from China. The Company reduced its cost exposure to approximately 9% of total cost of goods sold directly related to China for its private label business, and we plan to further accelerate our efforts to diversify our global supply chain. The impact of the evolving macroeconomic environment on our financial results is uncertain. We are closely monitoring the evolving environment with respect to tariffs and other trade policy developments and will continue to adjust plans as needed, including, but not limited to, inventory purchase quantities and timing, strategic pricing and promotional adjustments to maintain value for our customers, alternating sourcing to reduce receipts from China, and vendor negotiations.
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We continue to monitor global macroeconomic trends and uncertainties such as inflation, existing and potential tariffs, and other shifting trade policies, which have impacted consumer spending and could adversely affect our ability to grow sales and merchandise margin. The impact of the evolving macroeconomic environment on our financial results is uncertain. We have worked diligently to mitigate the impact of tariffs on our business. We are closely monitoring the evolving environment with respect to tariffs and other trade policy developments and will continue to adjust plans as needed, including, but not limited to, inventory purchase quantities and timing, strategic pricing and promotional adjustments to maintain value for our customers, diversifying sourcing to shift country of origin, and vendor negotiations.
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Comparable Sales. We define comparable sales as the percentage of period-over-period net sales increase or decrease, in the aggregate, for stores open after thirteen full fiscal months, as well as for all e-commerce sales. There may be variations in the way in which some of our competitors and other retailers calculate comparable sales. As a result, data in this Quarterly Report regarding our comparable sales may not be comparable to similar data made available by other retailers. Stores which have been significantly remodeled or relocated are removed from this calculation until the new store has been in operation for substantially all of the periods being compared. Stores which have been closed for an extended period of time due to circumstances beyond our control are also removed from the calculation. Any sales made through our website or mobile app are allocated to e-commerce sales for the purpose of measuring comparable sales, regardless of how those sales are fulfilled, whether shipped to home or picked up in-store or curbside through our buy-online-pickup-in-store program (“BOPIS”). For example, all BOPIS transactions, which are originated by our website, are allocated to e-commerce sales for the purpose of comparable sales, despite the fact that our customers pick-up these purchases from a specific store.
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Comparable Sales. We define comparable sales as the percentage of period-over-period net sales increase or decrease, in the aggregate, for stores open after thirteen full fiscal months, as well as for all e-commerce sales. There may be variations in the way in which some of our competitors and other retailers calculate comparable sales. As a result, data in this Quarterly Report regarding our comparable sales may not be comparable to similar data made available by other retailers. Stores which have been significantly remodeled or relocated are removed from this calculation until the new store has been in operation for substantially all of the periods being compared. Stores which have been closed for an extended period of time due to circumstances beyond our control are also removed from the calculation. Any sales made through our website or mobile app are allocated to e-commerce sales for the purpose of measuring comparable sales, regardless of how those sales are fulfilled, whether shipped to home or picked up in-store or curbside through our buy-online-pickup-in-store program (“BOPIS”). For example, all BOPIS transactions, which are originated by our website, are allocated to e-commerce sales for the purpose of comparable sales, despite the fact thatour customers pick-up these purchases from a specific store.
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Our broad assortment gives us an advantage over mass general merchants who typically do not carry the leading national brands sold at Academy. We have also continued to add private label brand products to our assortment of products, which we generally price lower than the national brand products of comparable quality that we also offer. Furthermore, our softgoods merchandise divisions, which consist of apparel and footwear, have higher margins than our hardgoods merchandise divisions, which consist of outdoors and sports and recreation. A shift in sales mix toward softgoods would generally have a positive impact on gross margin and a shift in sales mix towards hardgoods would generally have a negative impact on gross margin.
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We have continued to add private label brand products to our assortment of products, which we generally price lower than the national brand products of comparable quality that we also offer. Furthermore, our softgoods merchandise divisions, which consist of apparel and footwear, have higher margins than our hardgoods merchandise divisions, which consist of outdoors and sports and recreation. A shift in sales mix toward softgoods would generally have a positive impact on gross margin and a shift in sales mix towards hardgoods would generally have a negative impact on gross margin.
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The expansion and enhancement of our omnichannel capabilities has resulted in increased sales in recent years. We continue to invest in initiatives that will increase traffic to our stores and e-commerce platform, which includes our website and mobile app, and drive increased sales conversion. These initiatives include investments in our new customer data platform and the development of strategies that focus on customer segmentation with the intention of improving customer identification and increasing customer engagement. Additionally, we continue to implement several innovative website features to enhance the customer online shopping experience, including a redesigned home page, additional BOPIS features, and enhanced shipping notifications. Our improved e-commerce platform supports our stores with digital marketing and our BOPIS and ship-to-store programs. These platforms allow us to connect further with our customers for marketing and product education and assists us in introducing customers to the Academy brand by reaching customers outside of our current store footprint. During the 2025 first quarter, stores facilitated approximately 95% of our total sales, including ship-from-store, BOPIS and in-store retail sales. We expect to continue to invest in expanding and enhancing our omnichannel capabilities, including our mobile app, optimizing the web site experience and upgrading our fulfillment capabilities, which will continue to require further investments by us.
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The expansion and enhancement of our omnichannel capabilities has resulted in increased sales in recent years. We continue to invest in initiatives that will increase traffic to our stores and e-commerce platform, which includes our website and mobile app, and drive increased sales conversion. These initiatives include investments in our new customer data platform and the development of strategies that focus on customer segmentation with the intention of improving customer identification and increasing customer engagement. Additionally, we continue to implement several website features to enhance the customer online shopping experience, including a redesigned home page, additional BOPIS features, and enhanced shipping notifications. Our improved e-commerce platform supports our stores with digital marketing and our BOPIS and ship-to-store programs. These platforms allow us to connect further with our customers for marketing and product education and assists us in introducing customers to the Academy brand by reaching customers outside of our current store footprint. During the 2025 year-to-date second quarter, stores facilitated approximately 95% of our total sales, including ship-from-store, BOPIS and in-store retail sales. We expect to continue to invest in expanding and enhancing our omnichannel capabilities, including our mobile app, optimizing the web site experience and upgrading our fulfillment capabilities, which will continue to require further investments by us.
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We expect that new stores will be a key driver of growth in our net sales and gross margin in the future as we execute our new store opening growth plans. Our growth strategy encompasses both deepening our presence in existing markets as well as entering new markets, leveraging enhanced brand awareness and operational efficiencies. Our new store model favors off-mall locations within power centers or stand-alone buildings. We utilize comprehensive demographic and trade data to guide our real estate site selection. During the 2025 first quarter, we opened 5 new stores. Our strategic real estate approach, including the 44 stores opened since fiscal year 2021, has positioned us effectively for continued expansion.
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We expect that new stores will be a key driver of growth in our net sales and gross margin in the future as we execute our new store opening growth plans. Our growth strategy encompasses both deepening our presence in existing markets as well as entering new markets, leveraging enhanced brand awareness and operational efficiencies. Our new store model favors off-mall locations within power centers or stand-alone buildings. We utilize comprehensive demographic and trade data to guide our real estate site selection. During the 2025 second quarter, we opened 3 new stores. Our strategic real estate approach, including the 47 stores opened since fiscal year 2021, has positioned us effectively for continued expansion.
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Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses include store and corporate administrative payroll and payroll benefits, store and corporate headquarters occupancy costs, advertising, credit card processing, information technology, pre-opening costs and other store and administrative expenses. These expenses are both variable and fixed in nature. SG&A expenses as a percentage of sales increased from 25.9% in the 2024 first quarter to 28.8% in the 2025 first quarter, primarily attributable to the addition of new stores. We track and measure operating expenses as a percentage of net sales in order to evaluate our performance against profitability targets. Management of SG&A expenses depends on our ability to balance a control of operating costs, such as store and corporate headcount, information technology infrastructure and marketing and advertising expenses, while efficiently and effectively servicing our customers.
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Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses include store and corporate administrative payroll and payroll benefits, store and corporate headquarters occupancy costs, advertising, credit card processing, information technology, pre-opening costs and other store and administrative expenses. These expenses are both variable and fixed in nature. SG&A expenses as a percentage of sales increased from 24.8% in the 2024 year-to-date second quarter to 26.9% in the 2025 year-to-date second quarter, primarily attributable to increased strategic investments, including the addition of 21 new stores since the end of the 2024 second quarter. We track and measure operating expenses as a percentage of net sales in order to evaluate our performance against profitability targets. Management of SG&A expenses depends on our ability to balance a control of operating costs, such as store and corporate headcount, information technology infrastructure and marketing and advertising expenses, while efficiently and effectively servicing our customers.
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Net Sales. Net sales decreased $12.8 million, or 0.9%, in the 2025 first quarter over the prior year first quarter, which was primarily a result of decreased comparable sales. We opened 19 new stores since the end of the 2024 first quarter, 5 of which opened throughout the 2025 first quarter. During the 2025 first quarter, these 19 stores generated $45.3 million of net sales, including e-commerce. Since re-launching our new store program in 2022, we have opened 44 new stores, 25 of which have been open for at least twelve months. Over the last twelve months, those 25 stores have averaged approximately $13 million in net sales per store, including e-commerce. We believe that performance of new stores in year one is partially affected by the season in which the new store opens and the brand awareness in the region the new store opens.
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We opened 21 new stores since the end of the 2024 second quarter, 3 of which opened throughout the 2025 second quarter. During the 2025 second quarter, these 21 stores generated $60.8 million of net sales, including e-commerce. Since re-launching our new store program in 2022, we have opened 47 new stores, 26 of which have been open for at least twelve months. Over the last twelve months, those 26 stores have averaged approximately $13 million in net sales per store, including e-commerce. We believe that performance of new stores in year one is partially affected by the season in which the new store opens and the brand awareness in the region the new store opens.
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E-commerce net sales represented 10.0% of merchandise sales for the 2025 first quarter compared to 9.0% for the prior year first quarter.
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E-commerce net sales represented 10.9%of merchandise sales for the 2025 second quarter compared to 9.7% for the prior year second quarter.
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Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. SG&A expenses increased $36.2 million, or 10.2%, to $389.6 million in the 2025 first quarter as compared to $353.4 million in the 2024 first quarter, primarily as a result of our increased strategic investments of $33.4 million in new stores, technology, and the Jordan Brand launch.
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Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. SG&A expenses increased $35.7 million, or 9.7%, to $404.4 million in the 2025 second quarter as compared to $368.6 million in the 2024 second quarter, primarily as a result of our increased strategic investments of $26.8 million in new stores and technology.
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Other (Income), net. Other (income), net, decreased $2.4 million in the 2025 first quarter when compared with the 2024 first quarter, primarily driven by decreased money market investments at lower interest rates in the 2025 first quarter when compared with the 2024 first quarter.
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Other Income, net. Other income, net, decreased $4.1 millionin the 2025 second quarter when compared with the 2024 second quarter, primarily driven by decreased money market investments at lower interest rates in the 2025 second quarter when compared with the 2024 second quarter.
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Comparable sales decreased 3.7% driven by lower sales across all merchandise divisions as a result of a 5.2% decrease in comparable transactions, partially offset by an increase in average ticket of 1.5%. The decrease of 0.9% in net sales was driven by decreased sales of 1.8% in the outdoor merchandise division, 0.6% in the sports and recreation merchandise division and 0.5% in the apparel division, partially offset by an increase of 0.1% in the footwear division.
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Comparable sales decreased 1.7%driven by lower sales across all merchandise divisions as a result ofa 3.1% decreasein comparable transactions, partially offset by an increase in average ticket of 1.5%.
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Write off of Deferred Loan Costs. Write off of deferred loan costs decreased by $0.4 million in the 2025 first quarter when compared with the 2024 first quarter, in connection with the amendment that led to the write off of deferred loan costs on the ABL Facility in the 2024 first quarter.
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Write off of Deferred Loan Costs. Write off of deferred loan costs decreased by $0.4 millionfor the year-to-date 2025 when compared with the year-to-date 2024, in connection with the amendment in the 2024 first quarter that led to the write off of deferred loan costs on the ABL Facility for the year-to-date 2024.
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Interest Expense. Interest expense decreased $0.4 million, or 4.7%, in the 2025 first quarter when compared with the 2024 first quarter primarily resulting from lower interest rates and a lower outstanding balance on our Term Loan.
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Interest Expense. Interest expense decreased $0.5 million, or 2.6%, for the year-to-date 2025 when compared with the year-to-date 2024 primarily resulting from lower interest rates and a lower outstanding balance on our Term Loan.
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Income Tax Expense. Income tax expense decreased $4.2 million to $16.9 million for the 2025 first quarter as compared to $21.2 million in the 2024 first quarter, resulting primarily from a decrease in pre-tax income. ASO, Inc.'s effective tax rate was 26.9% in the first quarter of 2025 compared to 21.7% in the first quarter of 2024. The increase in the effective tax rate compared to the prior year quarter is due to a higher number of employee equity awards vesting and exercised in the 2024 first quarter at a higher share price compared with the 2025 first quarter.
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Income Tax Expense. Income tax expense decreased $8.8 million to $56.3 millionfor the year-to-date 2025 as compared to $65.1 million for the year-to-date 2024, resulting primarily froma decrease in pre-tax income. ASO, Inc.'s effective tax rate was 24.7%for the year-to-date 2025 compared to 22.9% for the year-to-date 2024. The increase in the effective tax rate compared to the prior year is due to a higher number of employee equity awards vesting and exercised in 2024 at a higher share price compared with 2025.
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Our principal liquidity requirements are for working capital, capital expenditures and cash used to pay our debt obligations and related interest expense. We also use cash to pay dividends and to repurchase common stock. We fund these liquidity requirements through cash and cash equivalents, cash generated from operating activities, issuances of debt (such as the Notes) and borrowings under our ABL Facility. On May 3, 2025, our cash and cash equivalents totaled $285.1 million. We believe our cash and cash equivalents, as well as our availability under the ABL Facility, will be sufficient to fund our cash requirements for the next 12 months and the longer term foreseeable future.
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Our principal liquidity requirements are for working capital, capital expenditures and cash used to pay our debt obligations and related interest expense. We also use cash to pay dividends and repurchase common stock. We fund these liquidity requirements through cash and cash equivalents, cash generated from operating activities, issuances of debt (such as the Notes) and borrowings under our ABL Facility. On August 2, 2025, our cash and cash equivalents totaled $300.9 million. We believe our cash and cash equivalents, as well as our availability under the ABL Facility, will be sufficient to fund our cash requirements for the next 12 months and the longer term foreseeable future.
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•Term Loan - 8.18% variable rate term-loan with $88.0 million in principal outstanding maturing November 6, 2027 and requiring quarterly principal payments of $750 thousand through September 30, 2027; and
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•Term Loan - 8.19% variable rate term-loan with $87.3 million in principal outstanding maturing November 6, 2027 and requiring quarterly principal payments of $750 thousand; and
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We predominantly lease store locations, distribution centers, office space and certain equipment under operating leases expiring between fiscal years 2024 and 2044. Operating lease obligations include future minimum lease payments under all of our non-cancelable operating leases at May 3, 2025. The following table summarizes our remaining operating lease obligations by fiscal year:
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We predominantly lease store locations, distribution centers, office space and certain equipment under operating leases expiring between fiscal years 2024 and 2044. Operating lease obligations include future minimum lease payments under all of our non-cancelable operating leases at August 2, 2025. The following table summarizes our remaining operating lease obligations by fiscal year (amounts in thousands):
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On December 4, 2024, the Company's Board of Directors approved a new share repurchase program under which the Company is authorized to purchase up to 700 millionof its outstanding shares during the three-year period ending December 4, 2027 (the “2024 Share Repurchase Program”), and which replaces the 2023 Share Repurchase Program. Under the 2024 Share Repurchase Program, repurchases can be made using a variety of methods, which may include open market purchases, block trades, accelerated share repurchase programs, privately negotiated transactions and/or Rule 10b5-1 or other non-discretionary trading plans, all in compliance with the rules of the SEC and other applicable legal requirements. The timing, manner, price and amount of any common share repurchases under the 2024 Share Repurchase Program will be determined by the Company in its discretion and will depend on a variety of factors, including legal requirements, price and economic and market conditions. The 2024 Share Repurchase Program does not obligate the Company to acquire any particular number of common shares, and the program may be suspended, extended, modified or discontinued at any time. As of May 3, 2025, the Company had $536.5 million remaining for share repurchases under the Share Repurchase Programs. See Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements.
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On December 4, 2024, the Company's Board of Directors approved a new share repurchase program under which the Company is authorized to purchase up to 700 millionof its outstanding shares during the three-year period ending December 4, 2027 (the “2024 Share Repurchase Program”), and which replaces the previously approved share repurchase program. Under the 2024 Share Repurchase Program, repurchases can be made using a variety of methods, which may include open market purchases, block trades, accelerated share repurchase programs, privately negotiated transactions and/or Rule 10b5-1 or other non-discretionary trading plans, all in compliance with the rules of the SEC and other applicable legal requirements. The timing, manner, price and amount of any common share repurchases under the 2024 Share Repurchase Program will be determined by the Company in its discretion and will depend on a variety of factors, including legal requirements, price and economic and market conditions. The 2024 Share Repurchase Program does not obligate the Company to acquire any particular number of common shares, and the program may be suspended, extended, modified or discontinued at any time. As of August 2, 2025, the Company had $536.5 million remaining for share repurchases under the Share Repurchase Programs. See Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements.
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The following table summarizes our share repurchases for the 2025 first quarter (dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts):
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The following table summarizes our share repurchases for the 2025 first and second quarters (dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts):
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The following table summarizes our quarterly dividend payments for the 2025 first quarter (amounts in thousands, except per share amounts):
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The following table summarizes our quarterly dividend payments in 2025 first and second quarters (amounts in thousands, except per share amounts):
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The following table summarizes our capital expenditures for the thirteen weeks ended May 3, 2025 and May 4, 2024 (amounts in thousands):
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The following table summarizes our capital expenditures for the twenty-six weeks ended August 2, 2025 and August 3, 2024 (amounts in thousands):
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We expect capital expenditures for fiscal year 2025 to be between $180 million and $220 million. The following table summarizes our forecasted allocation of capital expenditures for fiscal year 2025:
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We expect capital expenditures for fiscal 2025 to be between $180 million and $220 million. The following table summarizes our forecasted allocation of capital expenditures for fiscal year 2025:
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Cash Flows for the Thirteen Weeks Ended May 3, 2025 and May 4, 2024
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Cash Flows for the Twenty-Six Weeks Ended August 2, 2025 and August 3, 2024
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Cash provided by operating activities in the 2025 first quarter decreased $42.2 million, compared to 2024 first quarter. This decrease is attributable to:
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Cash provided by operating activities for the year-to-date 2025 decreased $55.0 million, compared to year-to-date 2024. This decrease is attributable to:
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•$30.4 million decrease in net income; and
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•$47.5 million decrease in net income; and
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•$21.4 million net decrease in cash flows provided by operating assets and liabilities; offset by
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•$42.3 million net decrease in cash flows provided by operating assets and liabilities; partially offset by
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•$9.6 million net increase in non-cash charges.
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•$34.8 million net increase in non-cash charges.
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•$20.7 million increase in cash flows from prepaid expenses and other current assets, largely driven by timing of construction reimbursement payments received in the 2025 first quarter relative to the prior year first quarter.
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•$40.3 million increase in cash flows from prepaid expenses and other current assets, largely driven by timing of construction reimbursement payments received
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Investing Activities. Cash used in investing activities increased $18.6 million in the 2025 first quarter compared to the 2024 first quarter. The increase in cash used in investing activities is primarily related to:
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Investing Activities. Cash used in investing activities increased $34.2 million in the year-to-date 2025 compared to the year-to-date 2024. The increase in cash used in investing activities was primarily attributable to:
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Financing Activities. Cash used in financing activities decreased $26.8 million in the 2025 first quarter, compared to the 2024 first quarter. The primary driver of the decrease was:
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Financing Activities. Cash used in financing activities decreased $124.4 million in the year-to-date 2025, compared to the year-to-date 2024. The primary driver of the decrease was:
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•$23.4 million decrease in cash outflows for repurchases of common stock in the current year period.
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•$121.3 million decrease in cash outflows for repurchases of common stock in the year-to-date 2025.
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The information set forth in Note 2 to our unaudited consolidated financial statements under Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report is incorporated herein by reference.
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The information set forth in Note 2 to our unaudited consolidated financial statements included under Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report is incorporated herein by reference.
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The following table sets forth amounts and information derived from our unaudited statements of income for the periods indicated as follows (dollar amounts in thousands):
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*Percentages in table may not sum properly due to rounding.
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We opened 21 new stores since the end of the 2024 second quarter, 3 of which opened throughout the 2025 second quarter. During the year-to-date 2025, these 21 stores generated $103.8 million of net sales, including e-commerce. Since re-launching our new store program in 2022, we have opened 47 new stores, 26 of which have been open for at least twelve months. Over the last twelve months, those 26 stores have averaged approximately $13 million in net sales per store, including e-commerce. We believe that performance of new stores in year one is partially affected by the season in which the new store opens and the brand awareness in the region the new store opens.
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On November 29, 2023, the Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program (the “2023 Share Repurchase Program”) under which the Company was authorized to purchase up to $600 million of its outstanding shares during the three-year period ending November 29, 2026.