Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Specialty Retail
DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc. DKS
$136.08 +2.43% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $11.63B
Strong growthWeak trend
Next earnings report: Nov 24, 2026
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Three things to know
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $21.15B, up 53.5% from a year earlier, accelerating from 41.2% a quarter earlier.
- The diluted share count rose 11.2% in a year.
- Net debt is 4.2× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth81Strong
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 2%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 26%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 18%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 16%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 3%
Quality48Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 43%
- Gross marginBottom 41%
- Operating marginTop 49%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 44%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 36%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 33%
- Interest coverTop 18%
Value60Neutral
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 26%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 28%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 39%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 36%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 50%
Momentum17Very weak
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 9%
- 6-month returnBottom 12%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 15%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 24%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 47%
Revisions18Very weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 47%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 13%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 41%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 22%
Stability24Very weak
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 44%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 30%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 33%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 41.2% | 53.5% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -24.7% | -35.0% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 36.1% | 32.1% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 10.8% | 6.8% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 3.4% | 1.1% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 53.5% | 41.2% | ↑ | Top 2% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -35.0% | -24.7% | ↓ | Bottom 26% |
| Gross margin | 32.1% | 36.1% | ↓ | Bottom 41% |
| Operating margin | 6.8% | 10.8% | ↓ | Top 49% |
| Net margin | 4.0% | 8.5% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 1.1% | 3.4% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 7.2% | — | Top 43% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 11.7% | — | Top 16% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.90×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.7%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +63.5 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 4.19×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 20.1×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 3.81%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.52%
- Shareholder yield
- 5.33%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +11.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +1.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Aug 1, 2026 (filed Sep 3, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +8.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -5.7%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $153.30
- Target vs current price
- +12.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 65
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 57%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2026 | -5.6% | -30.7% | -24.7% | -25.3% | — |
| May 27, 2026 | +0.3% | -6.0% | -7.9% | +1.6% | -23.1% |
| Mar 12, 2026 | +35.5% | +1.1% | -2.7% | +8.7% | +9.9% |
| Nov 25, 2025 | +3.3% | +0.2% | +1.5% | +0.8% | +2.4% |
| Aug 28, 2025 | +1.9% | -4.8% | -1.8% | -0.3% | -10.4% |
| May 28, 2025 | +2.7% | +1.7% | +2.0% | +6.6% | +28.2% |
| Mar 11, 2025 | +2.8% | -5.7% | -6.3% | -16.0% | -16.3% |
| Nov 26, 2024 | +3.0% | -1.4% | -2.7% | +4.6% | +2.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2026 | $3.53 | $3.74 | -5.6% | $5.59B |
| May 27, 2026 | $2.90 | $2.89 | +0.3% | $5.16B |
| Mar 12, 2026 | $4.05 | $2.99 | +35.5% | $6.23B |
| Nov 25, 2025 | $2.78 | $2.69 | +3.3% | $4.17B |
| Aug 28, 2025 | $4.38 | $4.30 | +1.9% | $3.65B |
| May 28, 2025 | $3.37 | $3.28 | +2.7% | $3.17B |
| Mar 11, 2025 | $3.62 | $3.52 | +2.8% | $3.89B |
| Nov 26, 2024 | $2.75 | $2.67 | +3.0% | $3.06B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 14.6× | 13.0× | 52th | Top 26% |
| P/E (forward) | 11.8× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 11.1× | — | — | Top 39% |
| EV / Sales | 0.88× | — | — | Top 36% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.06% | — | — | Bottom 28% |
| Earnings yield | 6.84% | — | — | Top 26% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 6.0× – 20.7× since Jul 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -41.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -35.0%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -0.1%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -18.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -15.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -31.8%
- RSI (14)
- 44.4
- Relative volume
- 1.25×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 85.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 99th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.25
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.46
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -43.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -51.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 2025 | Sep 18, 2026 | -51.5% | 410 days | Not yet recovered |
| Sep 3, 2021 | May 24, 2022 | -50.9% | 181 days | 196 days (Mar 7, 2023) |
| Mar 8, 2023 | Oct 27, 2023 | -32.5% | 162 days | 57 days (Jan 22, 2024) |
| Oct 15, 2020 | Nov 13, 2020 | -19.3% | 21 days | 37 days (Jan 8, 2021) |
| Aug 23, 2024 | Nov 1, 2024 | -19.0% | 49 days | 54 days (Jan 23, 2025) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $11.63B
- P/E (TTM)
- 14.6
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $9.31
- Revenue (TTM)
- $21.15B
- Dividend yield
- 3.65%
- 52-week range
- $120.15 – $244.38
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $12.29B | $12.37B | $12.98B | $13.44B | $17.22B |
| Gross profit | $4.71B | $4.28B | $4.53B | $4.83B | $5.67B |
| Operating income | $2.03B | $1.46B | $1.28B | $1.47B | $1.33B |
| Net income | $1.52B | $1.04B | $1.05B | $1.17B | $849.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $13.87 | $10.78 | $12.18 | $14.05 | $9.97 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.06B | $3.89B | $3.17B | $3.65B | $4.17B | $6.23B | $5.16B | $5.59B |
| Net income | $227.8M | $300.0M | $264.3M | $381.4M | $75.2M | $128.3M | $319.8M | $315.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.75 | $3.62 | $3.24 | $4.71 | $0.86 | $1.41 | $3.54 | $3.50 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $1.62B | $921.9M | $1.53B | $1.31B | $1.54B |
| Capital expenditure | -$308.3M | -$364.1M | -$587.4M | -$802.6M | -$1.14B |
| Free cash flow | $1.31B | $557.8M | $939.9M | $509.3M | $400.2M |
| Dividends paid | -$135.9M | -$163.1M | -$351.2M | -$361.7M | -$413.9M |
| Net share buybacks | -$1.12B | -$434.8M | -$633.3M | -$245.0M | -$345.6M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $913.7M
- Total assets
- $18.25B
- Total liabilities
- $12.52B
- Total debt
- $7.96B
- Net debt
- $7.05B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $5.73B
As of Aug 1, 2026 (filed Sep 3, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2026 | $1.25 | Sep 25, 2026 |
| Jun 12, 2026 | $1.25 | Jun 26, 2026 |
| Mar 27, 2026 | $1.25 | Apr 10, 2026 |
| Dec 12, 2025 | $1.21 | Dec 26, 2025 |
| Sep 12, 2025 | $1.21 | Sep 26, 2025 |
| Jun 13, 2025 | $1.21 | Jun 27, 2025 |
| Mar 28, 2025 | $1.21 | Apr 11, 2025 |
| Dec 13, 2024 | $1.10 | Dec 27, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 8,010,644
- Days to cover
- 2.49
- Change vs previous report
- -2.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Oct 22, 2007
- 2-for-1
- Apr 6, 2004
- 2-for-1