Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS) Beats Stock Market Upswing: What Investors Need to Know

Stock Performance - Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS) closed at $250 04, up 1 81% from the previous day, outperforming the S&P 500 (0 53%), Dow (0 38%), and Nasdaq (0 25%) [1] - Over the past month, DKS shares rose 7 32%, surpassing the Retail-Wholesale sector (5 57%) and the S&P 500 (1 24%) [1] Financial Projections - The company is expected to report an EPS of$ 3 46, a 10 13% decline year-over-year, with quarterly revenue of $3 75 billion, down 3 25% [2] - For the full fiscal year, consensus estimates predict earnings of$ 13 89 per share (+7 59%) and revenue of $13 3 billion (+2 42%) [3] Analyst Revisions and Valuation - Positive analyst estimate revisions are seen as a favorable indicator for the company's business outlook [4] - The Zacks Rank system, which incorporates estimate revisions, rates DKS as 2 (Buy), with a 0 04% increase in consensus EPS projections over the past 30 days [5][6] - DKS has a Forward P/E ratio of 17 68, higher than the industry average of 12 36, and a PEG ratio of 2 79, compared to the industry average of 1 4 [7] Industry Context - The Retail - Miscellaneous industry, part of the Retail-Wholesale sector, holds a Zacks Industry Rank of 21, placing it in the top 9% of all industries [8] - Industries in the top 50% of the Zacks Industry Rank tend to outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1 [8]