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Best Apparel Stocks to Buy Now (2026)

Top apparel stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% 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:

Jjill (NYSE:JILL) is the #1 top apparel stock out of 33 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

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

Jjill (NYSE:JILL) has a Due Diligence Score of 40, which is 6 points higher than the apparel industry average of 34.

JILL passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Jjill has seen its stock return 36.29% over the past year, overperforming other apparel stocks by 50 percentage points.

Jjill has an average 1 year price target of $23.75, a downside of -1.66% from Jjill's current stock price of $24.15.

Jjill stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Jjill, 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.

Carters (NYSE:CRI) is the #2 top apparel stock out of 33 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

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

Carters (NYSE:CRI) has a Due Diligence Score of 40, which is 6 points higher than the apparel industry average of 34.

CRI passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Carters has seen its stock return 0.88% over the past year, overperforming other apparel stocks by 15 percentage points.

Carters has an average 1 year price target of $41.00, an upside of 37.72% from Carters's current stock price of $29.77.

Carters stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Carters, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% have issued a Buy, 75% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Tilly's (NYSE:TLYS) is the #3 top apparel stock out of 33 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Tilly's (NYSE:TLYS) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Tilly's (NYSE:TLYS) has a Due Diligence Score of 31, which is -3 points lower than the apparel industry average of 34. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates TLYS as a "B".

TLYS passed 10 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Tilly's has seen its stock return 107.54% over the past year, overperforming other apparel stocks by 121 percentage points.

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

Buckle (NYSE:BKE) has an annual dividend yield of 10.62%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the apparel industry average of 3.1%. Buckle's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% eight times in the last 10 years. Buckle's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Buckle's dividend payout ratio of 100.5% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Shoe Station Group (NASDAQ:SHOE) has an annual dividend yield of 4.88%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the apparel industry average of 3.1%. Shoe Station Group's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Shoe Station Group's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Shoe Station Group's dividend payout ratio of 71.9% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Carters (NYSE:CRI) has an annual dividend yield of 3.36%, which is the same as the apparel industry average of 3.1%. Carters's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Carters's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Carters's dividend payout ratio of 18.7% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Apparel stocks were down -1.18% in the last day, and up 3.51% over the last week. Reformation was the among the top losers in the apparel retail industry, dropping -8.31% yesterday.

Shares of retail companies are trading lower as growing expectations for tighter monetary policy may raise borrowing costs and slow consumer demand.

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:

Carters (NYSE:CRI) 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.

Carters has a valuation score of 43, which is 11 points higher than the apparel industry average of 32. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Carters's stock has gained 0.88% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the apparel industry by 15 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 39 points higher than the apparel industry average of 32. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Caleres's stock has dropped -11.21% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the apparel industry by 3 percentage points.

Gap (NYSE:GAP) is the third 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.

Gap has a valuation score of 43, which is 11 points higher than the apparel industry average of 32. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Gap's stock has dropped -6.91% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the apparel industry by 7 percentage points.

40.91% of apparel stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect apparel stocks to rise by 28.58% over the next year.

6.67% of apparel stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 20% of apparel stocks are rated B (Buy), 56.67% are rated C (Hold), 10% are rated D (Sell), and 6.67% are rated F (Strong Sell).