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A study of analyst recommendations at the major brokerages shows that Academy Sports & Outdoors Inc (Symbol: ASO) is the #83 broker analyst pick among those stocks screened by The Online Investor for strong stock buyback activity. To make that list, a stock must have repurchased at least 5% of its outstanding shares over the trailing twelve month period. In forming the rank, the analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses were tallied, and averaged; then, the list of stocks with strong buyback activity was ranked according to those averages.

ASO operates in the Specialty Retail sector, among companies like Amazon.com Inc (AMZN) which is up about 0.1% today, and Coupang Inc (CPNG) trading up by about 1.4%. Below is a three month price history chart comparing the stock performance of ASO, versus AMZN and CPNG.

ASO is currently trading up about 3.4% midday Thursday.

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