Academy Continues to Gain Share in Grills, and with Wealthier Consumers

Academy Sports + Outdoors reported Q2 earnings today and saw good revenue growth for the quarter. Their business overall was up 3.3% over last year.

Their business is interesting because you have to comp it against a variety of retailers to capture all of their segments. On the sporting goods side it would be natural to compare them to Dick’s Sporting Goods, and on grills one comp would be with hardware stores like Home Depot and Ace Hardware. Academy’s positive results, and what they said about the consumer, was similar to what the large hardware stores said.