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Best Retail Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top retail stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% per year, and are the best retail stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Industry: Specialty Retail

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Retail is Zen Rated C and is the 78th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Price	1d %	1w %	1m %	3m %	6m %	1y %	3y %	5y %	10y %	52-week High	52-week Low	% off 52-week High	% off 52-week Low	Beta	Volume	Vol 1d %
MUSA	MURPHY USA INC	$569.72	-0.08%	0.11%	-6.77%	4.63%	45.51%	48.13%	82.04%	268.97%	672.82%	$636.03	$349.83	10.43%	62.86%	0.35	157,000	-28.96%
BWMX	BETTERWARE DE MEXICO SAPI DE CV	$16.05	0.82%	-2.43%	-11.52%	-3.55%	-14.58%	22.43%	11.30%	-55.79%	N/A	$19.79	$12.34	18.90%	30.12%	0.71	26,200	-39.07%
MNSO	MINISO GROUP HOLDING LTD	$11.02	-0.99%	-6.61%	-11.56%	-19.80%	-43.43%	-50.29%	-45.87%	-14.24%	N/A	$26.20	$10.64	57.94%	3.57%	1.23	1,023,000	50.44%
CASY	CASEYS GENERAL STORES INC	$835.74	0.89%	-1.27%	-2.62%	1.33%	24.41%	63.81%	236.76%	313.51%	520.12%	$927.85	$490.00	9.93%	70.56%	0.52	337,000	9.77%
WOOF	PETCO HEALTH & WELLNESS COMPANY INC	$2.84	-0.35%	0.71%	5.19%	7.17%	15.45%	-12.88%	-57.61%	-86.40%	N/A	$4.19	$2.24	32.22%	26.79%	1.36	1,001,000	-26.23%
GME	GAMESTOP CORP	$18.21	0.94%	-2.41%	-16.43%	-19.03%	-22.97%	-19.28%	-1.46%	-55.82%	131.53%	$28.10	$17.79	35.20%	2.36%	1.47	5,278,000	7.78%
FIVE	FIVE BELOW INC	$250.24	5.89%	2.33%	22.84%	13.85%	14.11%	76.50%	29.58%	10.03%	437.69%	$251.53	$137.77	0.51%	81.64%	1.35	886,000	-19.45%
BBY	BEST BUY CO INC	$85.89	0.19%	-0.61%	0.79%	40.46%	36.96%	18.65%	8.89%	-23.42%	161.86%	$91.27	$55.10	5.89%	55.88%	1.11	1,695,000	-37.32%
BNED	BARNES & NOBLE EDUCATION INC	$12.06	0.25%	-0.66%	-2.35%	34.60%	48.89%	41.38%	-91.13%	-98.44%	-98.96%	$14.75	$5.90	18.24%	104.41%	1.33	103,000	-52.09%
SVV	SAVERS VALUE VILLAGE INC	$10.75	2.67%	0.84%	12.21%	33.71%	6.65%	-4.53%	-58.62%	N/A	N/A	$13.89	$6.91	22.61%	55.68%	0.88	1,309,000	-8.20%
SBH	SALLY BEAUTY HOLDINGS INC	$16.57	2.09%	0.91%	11.28%	32.56%	5.41%	25.72%	64.55%	-9.16%	-40.29%	$17.92	$11.54	7.53%	43.59%	1.13	923,000	-4.75%
WSM	WILLIAMS SONOMA INC	$237.58	0.80%	-1.66%	7.44%	23.78%	17.68%	20.47%	268.83%	193.11%	800.09%	$254.89	$165.51	6.79%	43.54%	1.40	636,000	-20.70%
GRWG	GROWGENERATION CORP	$1.72	-3.37%	-2.82%	22.86%	-2.27%	59.26%	4.88%	-37.23%	-94.46%	N/A	$2.40	$1.01	28.33%	71.14%	1.77	284,000	24.56%
BBWI	BATH & BODY WORKS INC	$19.45	-0.97%	0.21%	-4.05%	12.30%	-13.63%	-33.89%	-47.03%	-71.22%	-75.07%	$32.32	$14.28	39.82%	36.20%	1.39	5,552,000	-7.90%
GPC	GENUINE PARTS CO	$133.96	0.78%	-0.79%	12.46%	37.23%	15.32%	-1.74%	-12.95%	9.33%	30.10%	$151.57	$90.79	11.62%	47.56%	0.70	965,000	-45.20%
ULTA	ULTA BEAUTY INC	$521.46	1.23%	2.10%	6.54%	3.45%	-22.16%	0.25%	16.42%	40.94%	92.63%	$714.97	$443.60	27.07%	17.55%	0.89	462,000	-7.04%
AAP	ADVANCE AUTO PARTS INC	$42.58	0.45%	-24.70%	-23.47%	-27.36%	-23.10%	-23.42%	-37.57%	-79.51%	-73.13%	$65.21	$37.89	34.70%	12.38%	0.97	4,280,000	-74.25%
AZO	AUTOZONE INC	$2,957.95	-0.14%	-2.22%	-1.83%	-13.97%	-22.75%	-28.34%	20.74%	82.25%	274.11%	$4.39k	$2.90k	32.59%	1.92%	0.45	254,000	-26.59%
BARK	BARK INC	$10.13	1.91%	0.10%	11.44%	12.18%	-34.19%	-37.48%	-63.82%	-92.72%	N/A	$20.80	$8.15	51.30%	24.29%	1.50	26,500	-31.17%
BOBS	BOB's DISCOUNT FURNITURE INC	$17.51	-2.99%	-7.45%	12.82%	50.69%	-19.31%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$23.49	$9.74	25.46%	79.87%	1.91	886,000	142.08%
ORLY	O REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC	$89.11	0.03%	-2.13%	1.30%	-3.50%	-6.54%	-13.38%	41.37%	121.82%	366.50%	$108.72	$82.59	18.03%	7.89%	0.41	5,717,000	-15.82%
WINA	WINMARK CORP	$344.28	0.41%	-1.92%	-3.93%	-4.97%	-23.60%	-21.62%	-4.12%	67.14%	245.11%	$527.37	$325.06	34.72%	5.91%	0.72	36,300	7.40%
ASO	ACADEMY SPORTS & OUTDOORS INC	$45.83	0.39%	-4.49%	-5.02%	-10.19%	-22.18%	-11.18%	-17.75%	19.57%	N/A	$62.45	$41.29	26.61%	11.00%	1.36	1,190,000	-17.02%
EYE	NATIONAL VISION HOLDINGS INC	$17.88	-2.77%	-7.36%	-9.79%	5.36%	-31.57%	-25.62%	-4.89%	-68.37%	N/A	$30.02	$14.76	40.44%	21.18%	1.25	2,298,000	72.52%
BBW	BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP INC	$38.89	2.94%	1.43%	14.48%	4.66%	-20.86%	-28.64%	54.57%	160.66%	229.02%	$75.85	$29.35	48.73%	32.50%	1.28	669,000	-7.47%
SPWH	SPORTSMAN's WAREHOUSE HOLDINGS INC	$1.15	-1.71%	-3.36%	-1.71%	-10.85%	1.77%	-57.88%	-81.30%	-93.48%	-89.42%	$3.55	$1.08	67.61%	6.48%	1.21	319,000	14.75%
DKS	DICK's SPORTING GOODS INC	$183.23	2.17%	-9.28%	-12.08%	-17.36%	-13.30%	-17.98%	24.61%	63.91%	211.19%	$244.35	$176.07	25.01%	4.07%	1.24	1,845,000	-56.13%
ARKO	ARKO CORP	$4.75	3.49%	-2.06%	-40.10%	-36.75%	-21.23%	-5.38%	-41.36%	-47.69%	N/A	$8.76	$3.71	45.75%	28.03%	0.90	938,000	-14.88%
CHPT	CHARGEPOINT HOLDINGS INC	$6.25	7.94%	1.13%	8.89%	-8.49%	3.99%	-44.84%	-95.52%	-98.58%	N/A	$12.61	$4.44	50.44%	40.77%	2.11	384,000	58.02%
LESL	LESLIE's INC	$0.60	-1.48%	-6.82%	-74.75%	-80.55%	-35.31%	-90.00%	-99.55%	-99.87%	N/A	$12.53	$0.58	95.20%	3.44%	1.54	211,000	-61.21%
TSCO	TRACTOR SUPPLY CO	$34.98	-0.20%	-2.37%	18.02%	10.45%	-35.09%	-42.66%	-18.89%	-10.31%	104.08%	$62.89	$28.36	44.38%	23.34%	0.74	8,416,000	11.54%
CGTL	CREATIVE GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LTD	$4.72	-1.67%	7.03%	6.07%	-15.02%	-88.47%	-55.68%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$96.00	$2.27	95.08%	107.75%	0.16	18,000	-37.93%
RH	RH	$153.21	-2.05%	-15.71%	-15.12%	10.16%	-19.10%	-29.97%	-55.49%	-77.92%	350.22%	$257.00	$106.30	40.39%	44.12%	2.00	864,000	1.41%
FLWS	1 800 FLOWERS COM INC	$3.97	-1.24%	-2.70%	-5.48%	-6.15%	22.91%	-26.21%	-47.69%	-86.69%	-57.68%	$7.10	$2.89	44.08%	37.61%	1.38	159,000	-45.17%
GMEX	GMEX ROBOTICS CORP	$1.11	4.72%	-2.63%	-23.97%	-93.26%	-98.98%	-99.97%	-100.00%	N/A	N/A	$7.96k	$0.99	99.99%	12.35%	1.85	414,000	1.22%
EVGO	EVGO INC	$1.51	3.42%	-8.48%	-5.63%	-19.68%	-45.29%	-60.68%	-63.70%	-82.84%	N/A	$5.18	$1.40	70.85%	7.86%	1.73	2,938,000	-39.52%
JBDI	JBDI HOLDINGS LTD	$1.35	3.05%	-2.88%	2.27%	32.09%	-10.71%	-36.92%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$6.00	$0.78	77.50%	72.19%	0.60	4,400	-38.03%
BQ	BOQII HOLDING LTD	$0.96	-4.00%	-13.51%	8.84%	33.33%	-15.79%	-63.08%	-97.99%	-99.84%	N/A	$56.10	$0.65	98.29%	47.01%	0.86	40,000	-61.17%
ZOOZ	ZOOZ STRATEGY LTD	$5.62	4.04%	4.99%	6.20%	2.52%	-22.70%	-82.66%	-97.34%	N/A	N/A	$101.20	$4.55	94.45%	23.47%	0.48	33,000	175.00%
NPT	TEXXON HOLDING LTD	$3.58	0.28%	-0.83%	38.76%	186.40%	-34.91%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$22.38	$1.14	84.00%	214.04%	2.17	8,900	-28.80%
TLF	TANDY LEATHER FACTORY INC	$2.57	-0.77%	0.39%	6.64%	8.44%	-16.01%	-22.12%	-39.10%	-42.38%	-64.06%	$3.36	$2.20	23.51%	16.82%	0.10	7,600	16.92%
HZO	MARINEMAX INC	$52.20	-0.10%	0.35%	57.09%	52.63%	90.86%	104.07%	58.52%	7.39%	166.46%	$52.46	$21.42	0.50%	143.70%	1.43	300,000	-41.52%
HTLM	HOMESTOLIFE LTD	$1.82	0.00%	-3.70%	-1.09%	3.41%	-20.52%	-53.33%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$4.19	$1.56	56.56%	16.67%	-0.05	2,100	162.50%
PTLE	PTL LTD	$7.70	-2.90%	0.39%	-23.00%	64.88%	-13.29%	-41.67%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$36.00	$4.00	78.61%	92.50%	0.30	16,300	-30.93%
NAAS	NAAS TECHNOLOGY INC	$3.37	3.22%	0.60%	6.75%	9.42%	60.02%	8.71%	-99.83%	-99.76%	N/A	$4.54	$1.81	25.79%	86.19%	0.84	16,900	-1.17%
RECT	RECTITUDE HOLDINGS LTD	$1.27	-0.86%	0.79%	-0.39%	-0.78%	-15.89%	-72.63%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$4.98	$0.96	74.50%	32.57%	0.31	1,200	-7.69%
YHGJ	YUNHONG GREEN CTI LTD	$3.12	-8.24%	-7.69%	0.97%	-5.45%	12.23%	-35.96%	-84.08%	-83.66%	-94.87%	$10.29	$2.38	69.68%	31.09%	0.17	7,000	3,400.00%
TKLF	TOKYO LIFESTYLE CO LTD	$1.75	-2.23%	-9.79%	-20.09%	-13.37%	-38.60%	-52.12%	-81.96%	N/A	N/A	$4.32	$1.69	59.50%	3.55%	0.87	74,000	325.29%

Retail Stocks FAQ

What are the best retail stocks to buy right now in Aug 2026?

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. Murphy Usa (NYSE:MUSA)

Murphy Usa (NYSE:MUSA) is the #1 top retail stock out of 48 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 Murphy Usa (NYSE:MUSA) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Murphy Usa (NYSE:MUSA) has a Due Diligence Score of 43, which is 12 points higher than the retail industry average of 31.

MUSA passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Murphy Usa has seen its stock return 48.13% over the past year, overperforming other retail stocks by 90 percentage points.

Murphy Usa has an average 1 year price target of $600.00, an upside of 5.31% from Murphy Usa's current stock price of $569.72.

Murphy Usa stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 8 analysts covering Murphy Usa, 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.

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

Betterware De Mexico Sapi De CV (NYSE:BWMX) is the #2 top retail stock out of 48 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 Betterware De Mexico Sapi De CV (NYSE:BWMX) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Betterware De Mexico Sapi De CV (NYSE:BWMX) has a Due Diligence Score of 39, which is 8 points higher than the retail industry average of 31.

BWMX passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Betterware De Mexico Sapi De CV has seen its stock return 22.43% over the past year, overperforming other retail stocks by 64 percentage points.

Betterware De Mexico Sapi De CV has an average 1 year price target of $30.50, an upside of 90.03% from Betterware De Mexico Sapi De CV's current stock price of $16.05.

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.

3. Miniso Group Holding (NYSE:MNSO)

Miniso Group Holding (NYSE:MNSO) is the #3 top retail stock out of 48 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 Miniso Group Holding (NYSE:MNSO) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: D, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Miniso Group Holding (NYSE:MNSO) has a Due Diligence Score of 46, which is 15 points higher than the retail industry average of 31.

MNSO passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Miniso Group Holding has seen its stock lose -50.29% over the past year, underperforming other retail stocks by -9 percentage points.

Miniso Group Holding has an average 1 year price target of $16.00, an upside of 45.19% from Miniso Group Holding's current stock price of $11.02.

Miniso Group Holding stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Miniso Group Holding, 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.

What are the retail stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 18 retail stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 retail stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Gmex Robotics (NASDAQ:GMEX)

Gmex Robotics (NASDAQ:GMEX) has an annual dividend yield of 567.57%, which is 535 percentage points higher than the retail industry average of 32.19%.

Gmex Robotics's dividend payout ratio of -8.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

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

Betterware De Mexico Sapi De CV (NYSE:BWMX) has an annual dividend yield of 5.52%, which is -27 percentage points lower than the retail industry average of 32.19%. 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.

3. Best Buy Co (NYSE:BBY)

Best Buy Co (NYSE:BBY) has an annual dividend yield of 4.45%, which is -28 percentage points lower than the retail industry average of 32.19%. Best Buy Co's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% 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 70.3% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are retail stocks up?

Retail stocks were up 0.44% in the last day, and down -2.07% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why retail stocks are up.

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 3 points higher than the retail industry average of 26. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Bath & Body Works's stock has dropped -33.89% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the retail industry by 8 percentage points.

2. Academy Sports & Outdoors (NASDAQ:ASO)

Academy Sports & Outdoors (NASDAQ:ASO) 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.

Academy Sports & Outdoors has a valuation score of 71, which is 45 points higher than the retail industry average of 26. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Academy Sports & Outdoors's stock has dropped -11.18% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the retail industry by 30 percentage points.

3. Miniso Group Holding (NYSE:MNSO)

Miniso Group Holding (NYSE:MNSO) is the third 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.

Miniso Group Holding has a valuation score of 71, which is 45 points higher than the retail industry average of 26. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Miniso Group Holding's stock has dropped -50.29% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the retail industry by -9 percentage points.

Are retail stocks a good buy now?

46.88% of retail stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect retail stocks to rise by 21.63% over the next year.

2.78% of retail stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 11.11% of retail stocks are rated B (Buy), 66.67% are rated C (Hold), 13.89% are rated D (Sell), and 5.56% 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 52.52x.

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Best Retail Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top retail stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% per year, and are the best retail stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Retail Stocks FAQ

1. Murphy Usa (NYSE:MUSA)

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

3. Miniso Group Holding (NYSE:MNSO)

1. Gmex Robotics (NASDAQ:GMEX)

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

3. Best Buy Co (NYSE:BBY)

1. Bath & Body Works (NYSE:BBWI)

2. Academy Sports & Outdoors (NASDAQ:ASO)

3. Miniso Group Holding (NYSE:MNSO)

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Sectors & IndustriesConsumer CyclicalSpecialty RetailBest Retail Stocks to Buy Now (2026)Top retail stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% per year, and are the best retail stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Retail Stocks FAQ

1. Murphy Usa (NYSE:MUSA)

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

3. Miniso Group Holding (NYSE:MNSO)

1. Gmex Robotics (NASDAQ:GMEX)

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

3. Best Buy Co (NYSE:BBY)

1. Bath & Body Works (NYSE:BBWI)

2. Academy Sports & Outdoors (NASDAQ:ASO)

3. Miniso Group Holding (NYSE:MNSO)

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Sectors & Industries Consumer CyclicalSpecialty Retail
Best Retail Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top retail stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% per year, and are the best retail stocks to buy now. Learn More.