Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASO) Q3 2022 Earnings Conference Call December 7, 2022 10:00 AM ET
Company Participants
Matt Hodges - VP, IR
Kenneth Hicks - Chairman, President & CEO
Michael Mullican - EVP & CFO
Steven Lawrence - EVP & Chief Merchandising Officer
Conference Call Participants
John Heinbockel - Guggenheim Securities
Daniel Imbro - Stephens Inc.
Christopher Horvers - JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Kate Fitzsimons - Wells Fargo Securities
Robert Ohmes - Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Anthony Chukumba - Loop Capital Markets
John Zolidis - Quo Vadis
Operator
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Academy Sports and Outdoors Third Quarter Fiscal 2022 Results Conference Call [Operator Instructions].
I will now turn the call over to Matt Hodges, Vice President of Investor Relations for Academy Sports and Outdoors. Matt, please -- please go ahead.
Matt Hodges
Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining the Academy's. Participating on the call are Ken Hicks, Chairman, President and CEO; Michael Mullican, Executive Vice President and CFO; and Steve Lawrence, Executive Vice President and Chief Merchandising Officer.
As a reminder, statements in today's earnings release and the comments made by management during this call may be considered forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from our expectations and projections. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the factors identified in the earnings release and in our SEC filings. The company undertakes no obligation to revise any forward-looking statements.
Today's remarks also refer to certain non-GAAP financial measures. Reconciliations to the most comparable GAAP measures are included in today's earnings release which is available at investors.academy.com.
Unless otherwise noted, comparisons are to 2021 with 2019 comparisons also provided where appropriate, to benchmark performance given the impact of the pandemic in 2020 and 2021.
I will now turn the call over to our CEO, Ken Hicks.
Kenneth Hicks
Thank you, Matt. Good morning, and thank you all for joining us today. As we anniversary our second year as a public company, I'm proud of the operational and organizational initiatives we've undertaken that have transformed the company and helped drive our solid financial performance.
Our talented team of retail leaders have improved every aspect of our company when compared to pre-IPO Academy, including improving our merchandise planning and allocation processes, building an outstanding assortment of good, better, best products for our customers while maintaining our focus on value, significantly enhancing our e-commerce capabilities, increasing customer loyalty through the launch of the Academy credit card, modernizing our marketing along with our store experience and meaningfully improving our financial stability.