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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: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN) has a Due Diligence Score of 50, which is 19 points higher than the apparel industry average of 31.

URBN passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Urban Outfitters has seen its stock return 62.68% over the past year, overperforming other apparel stocks by 79 percentage points.

Urban Outfitters has an average 1 year price target of $74.73, an upside of 7.68% from Urban Outfitters's current stock price of $69.40.

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.

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

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 -52.05% over the past year, underperforming other apparel stocks by -36 percentage points.

Abercrombie & Fitch Co has an average 1 year price target of $111.75, an upside of 35.09% from Abercrombie & Fitch Co's current stock price of $82.72.

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.

Tjx Companies (NYSE:TJX) 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 Tjx Companies (NYSE:TJX) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: A, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Tjx Companies (NYSE:TJX) has a Due Diligence Score of 50, which is 19 points higher than the apparel industry average of 31.

TJX passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Tjx Companies has seen its stock return 11.61% over the past year, overperforming other apparel stocks by 28 percentage points.

Tjx Companies has an average 1 year price target of $144.18, an upside of 16.86% from Tjx Companies's current stock price of $123.38.

Tjx Companies stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 11 analysts covering Tjx Companies, 63.64% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 27.27% have issued a Buy, 9.09% 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 8.82%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the apparel industry average of 3.28%. 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 3.85%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the apparel industry average of 3.28%. 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.

Buckle (NYSE:BKE) has an annual dividend yield of 2.3%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the apparel industry average of 3.28%. 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 99.2% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Apparel stocks were up 1.17% in the last day, and up 1.03% over the last week. Genesco was the among the top gainers in the apparel retail industry, gaining 1.42% yesterday.

Shares of footwear-related stocks are trading higher amid sympathy with Nike after the company reported better-than-expected Q4 financial results.

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 -55.98% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the apparel industry by -40 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 -62.56% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the apparel industry by -46 percentage points.

Carters (NYSE:CRI) 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.

Carters 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.

Carters's stock has dropped -51.57% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the apparel industry by -35 percentage points.

40.74% of apparel stocks rated by analysts are a hold right now. On average, analysts expect apparel stocks to rise by 25.47% over the next year.

3.7% of apparel stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 0% of apparel stocks are rated B (Buy), 77.78% are rated C (Hold), 11.11% are rated D (Sell), and 7.41% are rated F (Strong Sell).