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Best Apparel Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top apparel stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best apparel stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best clothing stocks to buy right now are:

Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN) is the #1 top apparel stock out of 32 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN) has a Due Diligence Score of 48, which is 17 points higher than the apparel industry average of 31.

URBN passed 15 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Urban Outfitters has seen its stock return 50.4% over the past year, overperforming other apparel stocks by 65 percentage points.

Urban Outfitters has an average 1 year price target of $74.73, an upside of 3.39% from Urban Outfitters's current stock price of $72.28.

Urban Outfitters stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 11 analysts covering Urban Outfitters, 45.45% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 9.09% have issued a Buy, 45.45% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Gap (NYSE:GAP) is the #2 top apparel stock out of 32 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Gap (NYSE:GAP) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: D, Sentiment: B, Safety: D, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Gap (NYSE:GAP) has a Due Diligence Score of 41, which is 10 points higher than the apparel industry average of 31.

GAP passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Gap has seen its stock lose -6.13% over the past year, overperforming other apparel stocks by 9 percentage points.

Gap has an average 1 year price target of $28.00, an upside of 22.65% from Gap's current stock price of $22.83.

Gap stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 8 analysts covering Gap, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Abercrombie & Fitch Co (NYSE:ANF) is the #3 top apparel stock out of 32 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Abercrombie & Fitch Co (NYSE:ANF) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: F, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Abercrombie & Fitch Co (NYSE:ANF) has a Due Diligence Score of 44, which is 13 points higher than the apparel industry average of 31.

ANF passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Abercrombie & Fitch Co has seen its stock lose -48.59% over the past year, underperforming other apparel stocks by -34 percentage points.

Abercrombie & Fitch Co has an average 1 year price target of $111.75, an upside of 25.08% from Abercrombie & Fitch Co's current stock price of $89.34.

Abercrombie & Fitch Co stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 8 analysts covering Abercrombie & Fitch Co, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% have issued a Buy, 25% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 9 apparel stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 apparel stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Carters (NYSE:CRI) has an annual dividend yield of 8.07%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the apparel industry average of 2.86%. Carters's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Carters's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Carters's dividend payout ratio of 70.8% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) has an annual dividend yield of 2.58%, which is the same as the apparel industry average of 2.86%. American Eagle Outfitters's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. American Eagle Outfitters's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

American Eagle Outfitters's dividend payout ratio of 50% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Shoe Carnival (NASDAQ:SCVL) has an annual dividend yield of 2.04%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the apparel industry average of 2.86%. Shoe Carnival's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Shoe Carnival's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Shoe Carnival's dividend payout ratio of 22.9% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Apparel stocks were down -0.79% in the last day, and up 0.74% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why apparel stocks are down.

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued apparel stocks right now are:

Jjill (NYSE:JILL) is the most undervalued apparel stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Jjill has a valuation score of 71, which is 38 points higher than the apparel industry average of 33. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Jjill's stock has dropped -57.63% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the apparel industry by -43 percentage points.

Caleres (NYSE:CAL) is the second most undervalued apparel stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Caleres has a valuation score of 71, which is 38 points higher than the apparel industry average of 33. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Caleres's stock has dropped -56.3% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the apparel industry by -41 percentage points.

Abercrombie & Fitch Co (NYSE:ANF) is the third most undervalued apparel stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Abercrombie & Fitch Co has a valuation score of 43, which is 10 points higher than the apparel industry average of 33. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Abercrombie & Fitch Co's stock has dropped -48.59% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the apparel industry by -34 percentage points.

40.74% of apparel stocks rated by analysts are a hold right now. On average, analysts expect apparel stocks to rise by 20.29% over the next year.

3.57% of apparel stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 0% of apparel stocks are rated B (Buy), 78.57% are rated C (Hold), 10.71% are rated D (Sell), and 7.14% are rated F (Strong Sell).