ASO - Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc.
Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. , through its subsidiaries, operates as a sporting goods and outdoor recreational products retailer in the United States. The company sells coolers and drinkware, camping accessories, camping equipment, sunglasses, backpacks, and sports bags; marine equipment and fishing rods, reels, baits, and equipment; firearms, ammunition, archery and archery equipment, camouflage apparel, waders, shooting accessories, optics, airguns, and hunting equipment; team sports equipment, including baseball, football, basketball, soccer, golf, racket sports, and volleyball; fitness equipment and accessories, and nutrition supplies; and patio furniture, outdoor cooking, wheeled goods, trampolines, playsets, watersports, and pet equipment, as well as electronics products, watches, consumables, batteries, etc.
As of May 15, 2026: spot at $50.57, ATM IV 60.7%, max pain $52.50, net GEX -$153.8K.
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Specialty Retail
- Market Cap
- $3.22B
- P/E Ratio
- 8.77
- Beta
- 1.07
- 52-Week Range
- 39.87-62.445
- Dividend Yield
- $0.54
- CEO
- Steven Paul Lawrence
- Employees
- 9,900
- IPO Date
- Oct 2, 2020
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
What ASO Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 89.4% signals elevated pricing relative to the 1-year history, conditions that typically favor premium-selling structures (credit spreads, iron condors, covered calls); negative net gamma exposure (-$153.8K) means dealers hedge with trend, amplifying realized volatility and accelerating directional moves; the 25-delta skew (0.166) prices calls richer than puts, often reflecting upside speculation or squeeze risk.
What This Page Covers
The ASO overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked ASO overview questions
- What is ASO?
- ASO is the ticker symbol for Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc., a listed security. Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. , through its subsidiaries, operates as a sporting goods and outdoor recreational products retailer in the United States. Listed on NASDAQ. ASO is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the ASO options snapshot look like today?
- As of May 15, 2026, the ASO options snapshot shows spot at $50.57, ATM IV 60.7%, IV rank 89.4%, max pain $52.50, net GEX -$153.8K, expected move 17.40%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are ASO's key statistics?
- Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. (ASO) carries a market capitalization of $3.22B, trailing P/E ratio of 8.77, beta of 1.07 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 39.87-62.445. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does ASO belong to?
- Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, in the Specialty Retail industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare ASO's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the ASO data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated May 15, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).