Best Retail Stocks to Buy Now (2025)
Top retail stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best retail stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Industry: Specialty Retail
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Retail is Zen Rated D and is the 92nd ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries
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Company
DD Score
Valuation Score
Financials Score
Forecast Score
Performance Score
Dividends Score
BWMX
BETTERWARE DE MEXICO SAPI DE CV
45
14
57
56
40
60
SBH
SALLY BEAUTY HOLDINGS INC
45
71
57
33
20
CASY
CASEYS GENERAL STORES INC
42
43
57
22
30
60
WOOF
PETCO HEALTH & WELLNESS COMPANY INC
11
14
29
0
0
BBY
BEST BUY CO INC
45
43
57
44
20
60

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What are the best retail stocks to buy right now in Dec 2025?

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 retail stocks to buy right now are:

1. Betterware De Mexico Sapi De CV (NYSE:BWMX)


Betterware De Mexico Sapi De CV (NYSE:BWMX) is the #1 top retail stock out of 49 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 Betterware De Mexico Sapi De CV (NYSE:BWMX) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: A.

Betterware De Mexico Sapi De CV (NYSE:BWMX) has a Due Diligence Score of 45, which is 18 points higher than the retail industry average of 27.

BWMX passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Betterware De Mexico Sapi De CV has seen its stock return 19.91% over the past year, overperforming other retail stocks by 26 percentage points.

Betterware De Mexico Sapi De CV has an average 1 year price target of $22.50, an upside of 59.69% from Betterware De Mexico Sapi De CV's current stock price of $14.09.

Betterware De Mexico Sapi De CV stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Betterware De Mexico Sapi De CV, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Sally Beauty Holdings (NYSE:SBH)


Sally Beauty Holdings (NYSE:SBH) is the #2 top retail stock out of 49 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Sally Beauty Holdings (NYSE:SBH) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Sally Beauty Holdings (NYSE:SBH) has a Due Diligence Score of 45, which is 18 points higher than the retail industry average of 27.

SBH passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Sally Beauty Holdings has seen its stock return 23.11% over the past year, overperforming other retail stocks by 29 percentage points.

Sally Beauty Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $15.63, an upside of 0.81% from Sally Beauty Holdings's current stock price of $15.50.

Sally Beauty Holdings stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Sally Beauty Holdings, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 25% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 25% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Caseys General Stores (NASDAQ:CASY)


Caseys General Stores (NASDAQ:CASY) is the #3 top retail stock out of 49 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Caseys General Stores (NASDAQ:CASY) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Caseys General Stores (NASDAQ:CASY) has a Due Diligence Score of 42, which is 15 points higher than the retail industry average of 27.

CASY passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Caseys General Stores has seen its stock return 26.87% over the past year, overperforming other retail stocks by 33 percentage points.

Caseys General Stores has an average 1 year price target of $581.10, an upside of 7.6% from Caseys General Stores's current stock price of $540.07.

Caseys General Stores stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 10 analysts covering Caseys General Stores, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 10% have issued a Buy, 40% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the retail stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 14 retail stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 retail stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Betterware De Mexico Sapi De CV (NYSE:BWMX)


Betterware De Mexico Sapi De CV (NYSE:BWMX) has an annual dividend yield of 4.3%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the retail industry average of 1.95%. Betterware De Mexico Sapi De CV's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Betterware De Mexico Sapi De CV's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

2. Bath & Body Works (NYSE:BBWI)


Bath & Body Works (NYSE:BBWI) has an annual dividend yield of 3.99%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the retail industry average of 1.95%. Bath & Body Works's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three times in the last 10 years. Bath & Body Works's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Bath & Body Works's dividend payout ratio of 24.7% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

3. Best Buy Co (NYSE:BBY)


Best Buy Co (NYSE:BBY) has an annual dividend yield of 3.88%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the retail industry average of 1.95%. Best Buy Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Best Buy Co's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Best Buy Co's dividend payout ratio of 124.3% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are retail stocks down?

Retail stocks were down -0.11% in the last day, and down -5.14% over the last week. Chargepoint Holdings was the among the top losers in the specialty retail industry, dropping -6.18% yesterday.

Shares of electrical equipment companies are trading lower amid overall market weakness.

What are the most undervalued retail stocks?

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 retail stocks right now are:

1. Bath & Body Works (NYSE:BBWI)


Bath & Body Works (NYSE:BBWI) is the most undervalued retail stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Bath & Body Works has a valuation score of 29, which is 5 points higher than the retail industry average of 24. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Bath & Body Works's stock has dropped -46.39% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the retail industry by -40 percentage points.

2. Sally Beauty Holdings (NYSE:SBH)


Sally Beauty Holdings (NYSE:SBH) is the second most undervalued retail stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Sally Beauty Holdings has a valuation score of 71, which is 47 points higher than the retail industry average of 24. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Sally Beauty Holdings's stock has gained 23.11% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the retail industry by 29 percentage points.

3. Betterware De Mexico Sapi De CV (NYSE:BWMX)


Betterware De Mexico Sapi De CV (NYSE:BWMX) is the third most undervalued retail stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Betterware De Mexico Sapi De CV has a valuation score of 14, which is -10 points higher than the retail industry average of 24. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates BWMX a Valuation Rating of "B".

Betterware De Mexico Sapi De CV's stock has gained 19.91% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the retail industry by 26 percentage points.

Are retail stocks a good buy now?

46.43% of retail stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect retail stocks to rise by 20.8% over the next year.

2.63% of retail stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 10.53% of retail stocks are rated B (Buy), 65.79% are rated C (Hold), 15.79% are rated D (Sell), and 5.26% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the specialty retail industry?

The average P/E ratio of the specialty retail industry is 13.22x.
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