Key Considerations for DICK'S Sporting Goods Investors

By Scott Lee • Friday, June 07 16:51 • Permanent Link

Shares of Retail company DICK'S Sporting Goods jumped 3.2% today. With many investors piling into DKS without a second thought, it may be a good idea to take a closer look at the stock. Here are some quick facts to get you started:

DICK'S Sporting Goods has moved 56.4% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 24.5%
DKS has an average analyst rating of buy and is -9.27% away from its mean target price of $241.43 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $12.08
DICK'S Sporting Goods has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 18.1 while the S&P 500 average is 27.65
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $14.76 and its forward P/E ratio is 14.8
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 6.57 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.59
DICK'S Sporting Goods is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 22.06 and an average P/B of 3.18
DKS has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of -3.0% and gross profit margins of 0.4%
The company has a free cash flow of $859.06 Million, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an omni-channel sporting goods retailer primarily in the United States. The company provides hardlines, includes sporting goods equipment, fitness equipment, golf equipment, and fishing gear products; apparel; and footwear and accessories. It also owns and operates Sporting Goods, Golf Galaxy, Public Lands, Moosejaw, and Going Going Gone! specialty concept stores; and DICK'S House of Sport and Golf Galaxy Performance Center, as well as GameChanger, a youth sports mobile app for scheduling, communications, live scorekeeping, and video streaming. The company offers its products online, as well as through its mobile apps. The company was formerly known as Dick'S Clothing and Sporting Goods, Inc. and changed its name to DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc. in April 1999. DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc. was incorporated in 1948 and is based in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania.

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