Added to YB: 2025-05-19
Pitch date: 2025-05-19
DKS [bullish]
DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc.
-26.02%
current return
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Company Info
DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an omni-channel sporting goods retailer primarily in the United States.
Market Cap
$12.4B
Pitch Price
$178.94
Price Target
N/A
Dividend
3.59%
EV/EBITDA
5.65
P/E
14.88
EV/Sales
0.92
Sector
Specialty Retail
Category
special_situation
M&A Arb: Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS) Acquires Foot Locker (FL)
DKS: DICK’s 15% post-deal sell-off erased roughly $2.4B of market value, equal to Foot Locker’s purchase price, creating an asymmetric long paired with a value-neutral Foot Locker short. A regulatory block could lift DICK’s while Foot Locker falls; if the deal closes, Foot Locker’s 0.62% spread limits short-leg cost and DICK’s standalone Q1 preannouncement beat estimates. The key uncertainty is whether regulatory scrutiny materializes.
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