A major move is in the offing as Dicks Sporting Goods, Inc (DKS) market cap hits 19.88 billion

On Tuesday, Dicks Sporting Goods, Inc (NYSE: DKS) was 3.10% up from the session before settling in for the closing price of $236.65. A 52-week range for DKS has been $160.31 – $254.60.

During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Consumer Cyclical Sector giant was 10.85%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 7.74%. With a float of $55.74 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $56.91 million.

Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 55500 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 35.74%, operating margin of 11.05%, and the pretax margin is 11.3%.

Dicks Sporting Goods, Inc (DKS) Insider Activity

Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Dicks Sporting Goods, Inc stocks. The insider ownership of Dicks Sporting Goods, Inc is 31.58%, while institutional ownership is 65.38%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Jan 17 ’25, was worth 1,139,960. In this transaction EVP, Chf People & Purpose Ofcr of this company sold 5,000 shares at a rate of $227.99, taking the stock ownership to the 16,504 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Jan 10 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 9,140 for $235.00, making the entire transaction worth $2,147,900.

Dicks Sporting Goods, Inc (DKS) Earnings and Forecasts

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 7.74% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 7.17% during the next five years compared to 30.34% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Dicks Sporting Goods, Inc (NYSE: DKS) Trading Performance Indicators

You can see what Dicks Sporting Goods, Inc (DKS) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.56. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.48. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 28.42.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 14.00, a number that is poised to hit 3.49 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 14.79 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Dicks Sporting Goods, Inc (DKS)

Looking closely at Dicks Sporting Goods, Inc (NYSE: DKS), its last 5-days average volume was 0.84 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 1.04 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 41.24%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 7.20.

During the past 100 days, Dicks Sporting Goods, Inc’s (DKS) raw stochastic average was set at 83.91%, which indicates a significant increase from 58.94% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 33.20% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 31.33% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $228.50, while its 200-day Moving Average is $214.50. However, in the short run, Dicks Sporting Goods, Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $248.45. Second resistance stands at $252.92. The third major resistance level sits at $258.64. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $238.26, it is likely to go to the next support level at $232.54. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $228.07.

Dicks Sporting Goods, Inc (NYSE: DKS) Key Stats

There are 81,475K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 19.88 billion. As of now, sales total 12,984 M while income totals 1,047 M. Its latest quarter income was 3,057 M while its last quarter net income were 227,810 K.