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Academy Sports

ASO

Academy Sports has retired 29.3% of its shares since 2022, from 87,145,316 to 61,578,891.

29.3%retired since 2022
34.1%last 5 years
7.7%last 12 months
62Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 2022 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 202587M shares, 202262M202220242026
2022, 87,145,3162026-09-02, 61,578,891
A share bought in 2022
1.4× more of Academy Sports today, without buying another share. It was one of 87,145,316 shares then. It is one of 61,578,891 now.
Every filing we read5 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
20222022-03-2287,145,31610-K
20232023-03-0976,954,57910-K
20242024-03-1474,405,35110-K
20252025-03-1367,004,72710-K
20262026-03-1064,383,45910-K

Source: all 10-K filings of Academy Sports on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.

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Academy Sports buybacks, answered

Is Academy Sports buying back its stock?

Yes. Academy Sports has 7.7% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 61,578,891 as of September 2, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 34.1%.

How many shares has Academy Sports bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Academy Sports has 25.6 million fewer shares than at its 2022 peak. That is 29.3% of the company. Since fiscal 2023 alone it bought back about 26.0 million shares, while the count fell by 15.4 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.

How many shares does Academy Sports have outstanding?

61,578,891 shares, as of September 2, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2022 peak it had 87,145,316.

What do Academy Sports' buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Academy Sports stock in 2022 owns 1.4 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.

How does Academy Sports compare with other cannibal stocks?

Academy Sports ranks No. 61 of 65 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Aptiv (34.1%), Alpha Metallurgical (31.6%), Cigna (29.0%), Ashland (26.7%).

Every answer is computed from Academy Sports' own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.

Insider buying, last 12 months

No open-market purchases reported in the last 12 months.

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