DKS (Dick's Sporting Goods) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jul. 2026)

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DKS Dick's Sporting Goods Inc DKS
84 GF Score
Price $121.15
GF Value $292.94
Valuation Possible Value Trap
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What is Dick's Sporting Goods Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Dick's Sporting Goods's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2026 was $971 Mil. Dick's Sporting Goods's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2026 was $6,992 Mil. Dick's Sporting Goods's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2026 was $2,463 Mil. Dick's Sporting Goods's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2026 was 3.23.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Dick's Sporting Goods's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

DKS' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.01   Med: 2.28   Max: 4.57
Current: 4.33

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Dick's Sporting Goods was 4.57. The lowest was 0.01. And the median was 2.28.

DKS's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
74.59% of 913 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 2.23 vs DKS: 4.33

Dick's Sporting Goods  (NYSE:DKS) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

Dick's Sporting Goods Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

Dick's Sporting Goods Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Dick's Sporting Goods's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Dick's Sporting Goods Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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DKS vs FIVE, MUSA, GME: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Dick's Sporting Goods's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Dick's Sporting Goods Debt-to-EBITDA vs Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Dick's Sporting Goods's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Dick's Sporting Goods's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.


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Dick's Sporting Goods Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Dick's Sporting Goods's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1004.909 + 6741.734) / 1689.536
=4.59

Dick's Sporting Goods's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(970.819 + 6992.332) / 2463.204
=3.23

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Jul. 2026) EBITDA data.

Is Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Dick's Sporting Goods stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of $121.15 is trading 58.6% below its estimated GF Value™ of $292.94. GuruFocus considers Dick's Sporting Goods to be Possible Value Trap.

Key valuation signals for DKS:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: $292.94 vs. price of $121.15 (58.6% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 84/100 with 6 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the DKS stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

Dick's Sporting Goods Business Description

Address 345 Court Street, Coraopolis, PA, USA, 15108
Dick's Sporting Goods is a retailer that offers sports and outdoor apparel, footwear, and equipment online and in physical stores. The company's legacy business includes more than 700 stores under its own name, more than 110 Golf Galaxy golf specialty stores, and about 50 outlet stores. In September 2025, Dick's acquired multinational retailer Foot Locker. With this move, Dick's added about 2,600 stores under the Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker, Champs Sports, atmos, and WSS nameplates in North America, the Asia-Pacific, and EMEA—Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The combined Dick's and Foot Locker has an annual sales base of more than $22 billion. Based in the Pittsburgh area, Dick's was founded in 1948 by the father of current executive chair and controlling shareholder Edward Stack.
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