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Dick's Sporting Goods DKS

Dick's Sporting Goods scores good on business quality (6.4 of 10). Here is why, in plain words, and what our sealed record shows.

Last price$136.65Oct 9, 2026
Business qualityGood
Next earningsNov 23, 2026
Insiders, 90 daysBuying

Why it matters

  1. What Dick's Sporting Goods does

    Dick's Sporting Goods sells athletic apparel, footwear, and equipment through its large-format retail stores, making money by capturing market share from struggling mall-based brands.

  2. What it does best

    Dick's dominates large-format sporting goods retail, backed by a revenue growth rate of 28.1% that sits in the top decile of its sector at the 95th percentile. Scale lets it secure exclusive product launches from major brands that smaller peers like Five Below cannot match.

  3. The main risk

    Heavy capital expenditures threaten cash conversion, with capex reaching $1.4B against free cash flow of just $239M as the company builds out its store concepts.

Quality, check by check

Scored against its own industry, from company filings.

ProfitabilityWeak

Gross margin sits at 32.1% while operating margin is 6.7%, compressing due to heavy investment spending. Scale is not yet yielding higher operating margins.

MoatFair

Scale creates a vendor relationship moat that locks in top athletic brands, reflected in a revenue growth percentile of 95. Rivals cannot easily replicate its massive footprint.

GrowthFast

Revenue is growing at 28.1%, well above historical levels, driven by aggressive retail expansion and strong demand in its core athletic merchandise categories.

Financial healthStrong

Debt-to-equity of 0.3x and interest coverage of 19.8x provide a sturdy balance sheet, though heavy capex has squeezed free cash flow down to $239M, getting softer.

Insiders

Executives and directors, from SEC Form 4 filings we read ourselves. Open market trades only; grants, option exercises and pre-planned sales left out.

7 insiders bought $5.6M on the open market.

Our sealed record on DKS

Verdicts appear here 30 days after we publish them; members see today's. Each one is in the nightly ledger, fingerprinted the night it was made.

The first sealed verdicts appear here on Oct 11, 2026.

Questions

Is DKS a good business?

Dick's Sporting Goods scores good on the Cluenex quality check (6.4 of 10), measured against its own industry. Profitability is weak, moat fair, growth fast and financial health strong.

Are insiders buying DKS?

In the last 90 days of SEC Form 4 filings: 7 insiders bought $5.6M on the open market.

When does DKS report earnings?

Nov 23, 2026.

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Cite this page: Cluenex, “Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS)”, https://cluenex.com/stocks/dks/, data as of Oct 10, 2026.