Every material Form 8-K Academy Sports + Outdoors filed with the SEC in 2024, read and summarized by AI: what happened, the key figures, whether it reads positive or negative for shareholders, and how big a deal it is (impact 1-5). Newest first; each brief links to its own page and to the filing on SEC.gov.
Academy Sports and Outdoors reported third-quarter fiscal 2024 net sales down 3.9% to $1.34 billion, with GAAP diluted EPS of $0.92 versus $1.31 a year earlier. The company narrowed its full-year fiscal 2024 guidance, cutting the top of its GAAP EPS range to $5.80 from $6.20 and its net sales ceiling to $5.94 billion from $6.08 billion, and its board approved a new $700 million share repurchase program.
Q3 net sales $1,343.3 million, down 3.9%; comparable sales down 4.9%
GAAP diluted EPS $0.92 vs $1.31 a year earlier; adjusted diluted EPS $0.98 vs $1.38
FY2024 GAAP EPS guidance narrowed to $5.50 to $5.80 from $5.45 to $6.20; net sales guidance $5.895 billion to $5.94 billion
Board approved $700 million buyback on December 4, 2024, with $423 million left under the prior program; quarterly dividend of $0.11 per share
Academy Sports and Outdoors reported second-quarter net sales of $1.55 billion, down 2.2% from a year earlier, and GAAP diluted EPS of $1.95 versus $2.01. The company lowered its fiscal 2024 guidance for net sales and GAAP EPS, citing a tough economy, a distribution center backlog tied to a new warehouse management system, and a active storm season.
Q2 net sales were $1.55 billion, down 2.2%; comparable sales fell 6.9%.
GAAP diluted EPS was $1.95, down from $2.01; adjusted diluted EPS was $2.03 versus $2.09.
Fiscal 2024 GAAP EPS guidance is now $5.45 to $6.20, down from $6.05 to $7.05; net sales guidance is now $5.895 billion to $6.075 billion, down from $6.070 billion to $6.350 billion.
Board declared a $0.11 per share dividend, payable October 17, 2024, to holders of record on September 19, 2024.
Academy Sports and Outdoors reported first-quarter results for the period ended May 4, 2024, with net sales of $1.36 billion, down 1.4%, and GAAP diluted EPS of $1.01, down from $1.19. The company raised its fiscal 2024 GAAP EPS forecast to $6.05 to $7.05 from $5.90 to $6.90, citing first-quarter share repurchases, while reiterating its sales and net income guidance.
Net sales $1.36 billion, down 1.4%; comparable sales down 5.7%
GAAP net income $76.5 million, down 18.6%; diluted EPS $1.01 versus $1.19
Fiscal 2024 GAAP diluted EPS guidance raised to $6.05 to $7.05 from $5.90 to $6.90; sales and net income guidance unchanged
Quarterly dividend of $0.11 per share, payable July 18, 2024, to holders of record on June 20, 2024
Academy Sports and Outdoors appointed Scott Boatwright, Chipotle's Chief Operating Officer, as an independent director, expanding its board to eleven members effective June 6, 2024. The same day, shareholders re-elected four Class I directors, ratified Deloitte & Touche LLP as auditor and approved fiscal 2023 executive pay on an advisory basis, and the board declared a $0.11 per share quarterly cash dividend.
Scott Boatwright, 51, joined the board as an independent Class III director; his initial term runs to the 2026 annual meeting and he currently serves as Chipotle's COO, a role held since May 2023.
At the June 6, 2024 annual meeting, Deloitte & Touche LLP was ratified with 67,538,341 votes for and 1,248,145 against.
Shareholders approved fiscal 2023 executive compensation on a non-binding basis with 62,633,578 votes for and 677,769 against.
The $0.11 per share dividend is payable July 18, 2024, to holders of record as of the close of business on June 20, 2024.
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