Stifel Reiterates Hold Rating on Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS)

Stifel analyst Jim Duffy reiterated a Hold rating and $192.00 price target on Dick's Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS).

The analyst comments "The Wall Street Journal reports Dick’s Sporting Goods could announce the acquisition of Foot Locker as early as Thursday 5/15. The potential deal would reportedly value FL at $24/share or $2.3bn and create a combined $21bn revenue athletic specialty/sporting goods retailer with ~8% EBIT margin. With the deal DKS could augment customer reach and become a global business. We view the acquisition as an opportunistic expansion given Foot Locker’s struggles and discount valuation, and not a reactionary defensive response to potential tariff pressures. Capital deployment to M&A may signal limited organic reinvestment opportunity with DKS nextgen store returns becoming more challenging. Shifting value creation strategy towards M&A, cash flow, and deleverage deserves a lower multiple than organic growth. We reaffirm our $192 target price, representing 12.0x P/E on potential FY26E pro forma earnings power of $16.05, or 7.3x EV/EBITDA on potential pro forma adj. EBITDA of $2.5bn."

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Shares of Dick's Sporting Goods closed at $209.61 yesterday.

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