Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. (ASO) Presents at J.P. Morgan Retail Round Up Forum 2026 Transcript

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Morgan Retail Round Up Forum 2026 April 8, 2026 2:00 PM EDT Company Participants Steven Lawrence - CEO & DirectorEarl Ford - Executive VP & CFO Conference Call Participants Christopher Horvers - JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division Presentation Christopher HorversJPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division Thank you, and good afternoon, everybody. I'm on the stage again. Chris Horvers, broadlines and hardlines retail analyst here at JPMorgan. It's my great pleasure to have the Academy Sports management team, two of the management team. To my right is Carl Ford, EVP and CFO; and then over on the end is Steve Lawrence, the Chief Executive Officer. Thank you, guys, for attending, and thanks for doing the fireside. Steven LawrenceCEO & Director Thanks for having us. By the way, the new building is spectacular. Earl FordExecutive VP & CFO This is gorgeous. Christopher HorversJPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division Yes, pretty good building. And if you see next door, the Bear Stearns building, they're gut renovating and they're going to -- it's going to look very similar to this. Steven LawrenceCEO & Director I'm sure this will be better, though. Question-and-Answer Session Christopher HorversJPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division Yes. So as it is with the other sessions, I have a list of questions. As we progress into the meeting, we will open it up for Q&A. If you want to ask a question, please ask a question. There are mics on the table. So just use the mic when you do ask the question. So very timely, you hosted an Analyst Day yesterday. At a high level, what were the key takeaways and key messages that you wanted investors to walk away with? Steven LawrenceCEO & Director Sure. So as you