CALY vs AS vs GOLF Stock Comparison

Callaway Golf, Amer Sports and Acushnet Holdings Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CALY Callaway Golf Co
$14.27 -1.2% 1M +41.7% 1Y
Market cap
$2.60B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$2.13B
Div. yield
–
Sporting Goods Consumer Discretionary
4 wins
AS Amer Sports, Inc.
$28.55 +2.8% 1M -10.1% 1Y
Market cap
$15.65B
P/E
28.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.44B
Div. yield
–
Sporting Goods Consumer Discretionary
2 wins
GOLF Acushnet Holdings Corp.
$81.78 -1.5% 1M +0.0% 1Y
Market cap
$4.93B
P/E
22.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.71B
Div. yield
0.01%
Sporting Goods Consumer Discretionary
5 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Acushnet Holdings leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Acushnet Holdings 5, Callaway Golf 4, Amer Sports 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCALYASGOLFLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.60B $15.65B $4.93B AS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -9.9x 28.6x 22.4x GOLF
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.8x 23.0x 20.9x CALY
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +3.7% +30.5% +8.8% AS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -12.4% 7.3% 8.1% GOLF
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 5.4% 9.7% 14.4% GOLF
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -1.6x -0.4x 2.1x CALY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +41.7% -10.1% +0.0% CALY
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -11.9%/yr — +10.7%/yr GOLF
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 50.9% 39.8% 30.1% GOLF
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 68/100 60/100 53/100 CALY

Percentile Scorecard

CALYASGOLF

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCALYASGOLF
Valuation 76 #9 of 34 42 #20 of 34 30 #24 of 34
Growth 39 #20 of 32 97 #2 of 32 52 #16 of 32
Profitability 68 #11 of 32 97 #2 of 32 90 #4 of 32
Financial Health 75 #9 of 33 59 #14 of 33 38 #21 of 33
Shareholder Returns 82 #4 of 18 6 #17 of 18 53 #9 of 18
Overall 68 60 53
  • CALY ranked among 34 companies in Leisure Products
  • AS ranked among 34 companies in Leisure Products
  • GOLF ranked among 34 companies in Leisure Products

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCALYASGOLFSPY
1 month -1.2%+2.8%-1.5% -0.8%
3 months -21.9%-18.9%-21.4% +3.5%
6 months -5.2%-19.4%-15.6% +7.0%
Year to date +22.3%-23.6%+2.5% +12.2%
1 year +41.7%-10.1%+0.0% +13.0%
3 years +17.6%—+64.8% +86.3%
3 years, per year +5.6%—+18.1% +23.1%
5 years -46.9%—+66.0% +68.6%
5 years, per year -11.9%—+10.7% +11.0%
10 years +41.4%—— +258.0%
10 years, per year +3.5%—— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCALYASGOLFSPY
Volatility, 1Y 50.9%39.8%30.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 46.4%38.0%30.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.241.500.58 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.82-0.250.00 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -81.8%-40.7%-34.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -27.4%-32.0%-31.0% -1.8%
52-week high $19.66$41.96$118.53 $779.14
52-week low $8.81$26.25$75.29 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCALYASGOLF
P/E now vs peer median -9.7xmedian 17.8x 29.0xmedian 17.8x 22.2xmedian 17.8x
P/S now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 1.1x 2.1xmedian 1.1x 1.8xmedian 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 16.8xmedian 9.3x 11.0xmedian 9.3x 13.3xmedian 9.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 7.5xmedian 10.4x 22.9xmedian 10.4x 26.0xmedian 10.4x
P/B now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 1.4x 2.3xmedian 1.4x 5.2xmedian 1.4x
PEG now vs peer median 0.15median 0.33 —median 0.33 4.77median 0.33

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCALYASGOLF
Revenue $2.13B $7.44B $2.71B
Gross profit $1.01B $4.45B $1.33B
Operating income $203.70M $956.70M $371.75M
Net income -$263.40M $567.80M $220.35M
Free cash flow $338.70M $694.70M $183.74M
R&D $55.40M – $78.67M
EPS (diluted) $-1.39 $0.97 $3.67
Cash & equivalents $278.10M $720.40M $67.94M
Total debt $50.80M $147.40M $960.07M
Shares (diluted) 190.10M 563.08M 59.93M
Enterprise value $49.37M $13.24B $4.68B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCALYASGOLF
P/E -9.7x 29.0x 22.2x
P/FCF 7.5x 22.9x 26.0x
P/Operating cash flow 6.8x 16.6x 17.7x
P/S 1.2x 2.1x 1.8x
P/B 1.2x 2.3x 5.2x
P/Tangible book 1.2x 3.8x 11.4x
EV/EBITDA 16.8x 11.0x 13.3x
EV/EBIT 11.4x 16.0x 15.2x
EV/Revenue 1.1x 2.1x 2.1x
EV/FCF 6.8x 22.1x 30.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 6.2x 16.0x 21.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.15 – 4.77

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCALYASGOLF
Revenue growth (1Y) 3.7% 30.5% 8.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -20.2% – 4.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 4.4% 37.3% 10.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -28.5% – 5.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 23.6% 52.3% 23.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -4.0% – 5.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 82.4% 142.9% -4.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -64.3% – -0.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 82.8% 117.4% -3.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -66.0% – 4.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 36.9% 106.4% 54.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 254.0% – 23.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -5.1% 170.6% 89.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 37.6% – 35.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCALYASGOLF
Gross margin 47.5% 59.8% 49.1%
EBITDA margin 6.5% 18.8% 15.7%
Operating margin 9.6% 12.9% 13.7%
Pretax margin 12.2% 10.8% 10.9%
Net margin -12.4% 7.3% 8.1%
FCF margin 15.9% 9.3% 6.8%
Operating cash flow margin 17.5% 12.9% 10.0%
Return on equity -8.3% 8.3% 25.1%
Return on assets -5.9% 5.6% 8.5%
Return on invested capital 5.4% 9.7% 14.4%
Return on capital employed 7.9% 11.7% 17.8%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.7x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -1.4x 1.7x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 1.2% 0.7% 1.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCALYASGOLF
Debt / assets 1.8% 1.4% 37.3%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.0x 1.0x
Net debt / EBITDA -1.6x -0.4x 2.1x
Debt / FCF 0.1x 0.2x 5.2x
Liabilities / assets 22.3% 32.9% 64.1%
Equity / assets 77.7% 67.1% 35.9%
Interest coverage 4.5x 10.6x –
Current ratio 3.0x 1.8x 2.6x
Quick ratio 1.4x 0.7x 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.7x 0.4x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 3.46 4.04 3.78

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCALYASGOLF
Dividend yield – – 1.2%
Net buyback yield 3.3% -5.4% 2.4%
Shareholder yield 3.3% -5.4% 3.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 26.5%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 31.7%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 6.3%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 3.4%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCALYASGOLF
Forward P/E 19.8xFY2026 23.0xFY2026 20.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.72FY2026 $1.24FY2026 $3.91FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +242.9%FY2026 +27.8%FY2026 +25.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +31.9% +40.3% +2.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.02BFY2026 $7.73BFY2026 $2.60BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -2.1%FY2026 +17.7%FY2026 +1.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +1.3% +16.5% +10.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCALYASGOLF
Held by institutions 86.2% 38.1% 53.9%
Institutions holding 316 354 340
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.7% +4.1% -0.7%
Institutions buying 170 236 150
Institutions selling 92 87 130
Buyers to sellers 1.85 2.71 1.15

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CALYASGOLF
CALY 1.00 0.21 0.51
AS 0.21 1.00 0.35
GOLF 0.51 0.35 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CALY, AS and GOLF?

Amer Sports (AS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Callaway Golf (CALY) $2.60B, Amer Sports (AS) $15.65B, Acushnet Holdings (GOLF) $4.93B.

Which stock is cheaper, CALY, AS and GOLF?

Acushnet Holdings (GOLF) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Callaway Golf (CALY) -9.9x, Amer Sports (AS) 28.6x, Acushnet Holdings (GOLF) 22.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Callaway Golf (CALY) is cheapest (Callaway Golf (CALY) 19.8x, Amer Sports (AS) 23.0x, Acushnet Holdings (GOLF) 20.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Amer Sports (AS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Callaway Golf (CALY) +3.7%, Amer Sports (AS) +30.5%, Acushnet Holdings (GOLF) +8.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Acushnet Holdings (GOLF) has the highest net margin (Callaway Golf (CALY) -12.4%, Amer Sports (AS) 7.3%, Acushnet Holdings (GOLF) 8.1%). On return on invested capital, Acushnet Holdings (GOLF) leads (Callaway Golf (CALY) 5.4%, Amer Sports (AS) 9.7%, Acushnet Holdings (GOLF) 14.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Callaway Golf (CALY) returned the most: Callaway Golf (CALY) +41.7%, Amer Sports (AS) -10.1%, Acushnet Holdings (GOLF) +0.0%. Over five years, Acushnet Holdings (GOLF) compounded fastest (Callaway Golf (CALY) -11.9%/yr, Acushnet Holdings (GOLF) +10.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Callaway Golf (CALY) 0.00%, Amer Sports (AS) 0.00%, Acushnet Holdings (GOLF) 0.01%. Callaway Golf (CALY) and Amer Sports (AS) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Acushnet Holdings (GOLF) has been the steadiest (Callaway Golf (CALY) 50.9%, Amer Sports (AS) 39.8%, Acushnet Holdings (GOLF) 30.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CALY, AS and GOLF?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Acushnet Holdings (GOLF) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.