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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 104th 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 %
SBH	SALLY BEAUTY HOLDINGS INC	$8.14	1.62%	2.65%	-9.86%	-28.16%	-39.66%	-24.98%	-49.41%	-16.17%	-73.92%	$14.79	$7.54	44.96%	7.96%	1.21	1,832,751	-8.88%
WSM	WILLIAMS SONOMA INC	$154.47	0.70%	5.89%	-2.30%	-28.99%	16.64%	7.73%	124.23%	399.58%	320.16%	$219.98	$125.33	29.78%	23.25%	1.26	1,507,023	28.80%
MUSA	MURPHY USA INC	$498.57	-0.54%	-0.28%	6.12%	-1.00%	5.49%	20.48%	115.12%	366.83%	663.16%	$561.08	$382.04	11.14%	30.50%	0.52	222,210	-0.19%
BBW	BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP INC	$35.28	1.06%	6.01%	-5.08%	-20.33%	-9.54%	16.98%	82.04%	1,288.98%	91.43%	$48.23	$23.63	26.85%	49.30%	1.17	235,307	16.44%
CASY	CASEYS GENERAL STORES INC	$462.59	-0.17%	1.58%	6.58%	9.34%	16.14%	44.75%	129.23%	205.52%	462.90%	$468.88	$313.67	1.34%	47.48%	0.64	341,855	33.01%
BARK	BARK INC	$1.13	-3.42%	-5.83%	-18.71%	-40.84%	-20.42%	2.73%	-64.35%	N/A	N/A	$2.56	$1.12	55.77%	0.89%	1.43	559,785	26.15%
GME	GAMESTOP CORP	$27.86	2.20%	2.73%	24.82%	-0.46%	19.67%	151.22%	-6.80%	1,844.17%	189.15%	$64.83	$10.96	57.03%	154.20%	1.18	6,486,466	17.99%
WINA	WINMARK CORP	$360.01	-1.73%	0.29%	13.26%	-8.39%	-6.39%	0.19%	76.29%	140.01%	299.97%	$431.67	$295.79	16.60%	21.71%	0.74	39,369	64.11%
BNED	BARNES & NOBLE EDUCATION INC	$10.53	-0.66%	3.54%	0.29%	-5.98%	8.67%	-48.23%	-96.57%	-94.12%	N/A	$135.00	$6.05	92.20%	74.05%	1.29	348,960	30.00%
ODP	ODP CORP	$13.68	0.96%	10.06%	-4.54%	-41.51%	-55.98%	-73.13%	-69.05%	-38.38%	-85.16%	$52.60	$11.85	73.99%	15.49%	1.01	410,571	9.21%
MNSO	MINISO GROUP HOLDING LTD	$18.03	2.44%	6.06%	-2.49%	-23.80%	-10.61%	-19.76%	135.38%	N/A	N/A	$27.71	$12.51	34.93%	44.12%	1.23	768,682	61.22%
HZO	MARINEMAX INC	$21.46	-2.76%	11.08%	-0.19%	-29.48%	-28.56%	-13.01%	-48.38%	48.92%	-2.81%	$38.20	$16.85	43.82%	27.36%	1.31	433,849	42.65%
ORLY	O REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC	$1,415.20	1.14%	2.51%	-1.21%	8.02%	21.77%	39.67%	131.75%	266.31%	549.68%	$1.46k	$947.49	2.96%	49.36%	0.50	418,483	3.33%
SVV	SAVERS VALUE VILLAGE INC	$9.59	3.12%	1.80%	38.99%	-14.98%	-2.74%	-41.95%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$17.30	$6.48	44.55%	47.99%	0.70	1,575,029	58.96%
WOOF	PETCO HEALTH & WELLNESS COMPANY INC	$2.95	-2.32%	-3.59%	-3.28%	-18.51%	-34.30%	96.67%	-84.51%	N/A	N/A	$6.29	$1.53	53.10%	92.81%	1.40	2,694,942	-43.52%
BBY	BEST BUY CO INC	$66.69	0.01%	5.07%	-9.40%	-23.22%	-26.24%	-9.44%	-28.91%	-13.08%	92.47%	$103.71	$54.99	35.70%	21.28%	1.12	3,526,297	43.74%
BBWI	BATH & BODY WORKS INC	$30.51	-1.04%	6.16%	0.63%	-20.48%	5.83%	-32.83%	-43.81%	156.60%	-65.86%	$52.99	$24.96	42.42%	22.24%	1.46	2,756,302	-21.85%
AZO	AUTOZONE INC	$3,762.60	1.56%	3.03%	-1.32%	12.28%	24.67%	27.27%	87.50%	268.77%	459.36%	$3.92k	$2.73k	3.94%	37.88%	0.52	156,705	40.71%
SPWH	SPORTSMAN's WAREHOUSE HOLDINGS INC	$1.67	1.83%	5.03%	68.01%	-20.10%	-38.15%	-47.81%	-83.22%	-76.68%	-82.66%	$4.44	$0.92	62.38%	81.52%	1.10	643,307	126.21%
EYE	NATIONAL VISION HOLDINGS INC	$12.35	0.49%	5.56%	-3.36%	6.19%	21.32%	-29.10%	-67.53%	-53.40%	N/A	$18.68	$9.56	33.89%	29.18%	1.24	1,348,827	-24.55%
FIVE	FIVE BELOW INC	$75.89	-2.29%	2.35%	1.29%	-21.06%	-18.47%	-48.14%	-53.31%	-15.83%	125.06%	$147.64	$52.38	48.60%	44.88%	1.26	1,748,916	-27.84%
FLWS	1 800 FLOWERS COM INC	$5.53	0.73%	5.94%	-6.27%	-31.64%	-30.96%	-39.03%	-47.93%	-71.18%	-47.68%	$11.10	$4.96	50.18%	11.49%	1.36	434,055	26.87%
ULTA	ULTA BEAUTY INC	$395.64	1.38%	4.74%	7.94%	-5.47%	5.19%	-2.27%	-2.44%	81.55%	161.86%	$460.00	$309.01	13.99%	28.03%	1.00	741,412	7.88%
ASO	ACADEMY SPORTS & OUTDOORS INC	$37.68	-0.84%	0.19%	-17.39%	-31.09%	-26.56%	-35.37%	-1.41%	N/A	N/A	$64.62	$33.34	41.69%	13.02%	1.28	1,242,862	12.46%
GPC	GENUINE PARTS CO	$117.55	-0.60%	1.21%	-1.33%	-0.52%	1.10%	-25.23%	-9.92%	48.27%	30.83%	$159.77	$104.01	26.43%	13.02%	0.77	1,232,012	7.82%
BWMX	BETTERWARE DE MEXICO SAPI DE CV	$9.66	-2.42%	-6.12%	-15.04%	-16.00%	-26.37%	-42.57%	-42.12%	4.55%	N/A	$18.70	$9.25	48.34%	4.43%	0.73	42,349	28.06%
OLPX	OLAPLEX HOLDINGS INC	$1.31	0.00%	3.15%	3.15%	-17.61%	-36.41%	-5.76%	-90.86%	N/A	N/A	$2.77	$1.01	52.71%	29.70%	1.66	662,364	13.23%
RH	RH	$184.03	-0.31%	5.47%	-21.49%	-57.51%	-42.76%	-25.51%	-47.09%	27.99%	113.57%	$457.26	$123.03	59.75%	49.58%	1.81	857,764	26.17%
DKS	DICK's SPORTING GOODS INC	$187.74	-2.22%	1.84%	-6.86%	-24.92%	-6.54%	-6.57%	88.25%	538.79%	246.00%	$254.60	$166.37	26.26%	12.84%	1.20	1,044,782	63.11%
TSCO	TRACTOR SUPPLY CO	$50.62	1.50%	-0.22%	-8.13%	-6.76%	-5.54%	-7.32%	22.67%	149.53%	194.10%	$61.53	$46.85	17.73%	8.05%	0.75	10,109,621	191.46%
NVVE	NUVVE HOLDING CORP	$0.90	-4.06%	-1.21%	-40.46%	-66.70%	-76.22%	-86.17%	-99.97%	-99.98%	N/A	$17.30	$0.82	94.80%	9.63%	1.29	127,281	-65.50%
LESL	LESLIE's INC	$0.60	-5.06%	-3.54%	-18.48%	-70.73%	-78.95%	-84.73%	-96.97%	N/A	N/A	$6.02	$0.51	90.03%	17.42%	1.26	1,672,908	-23.14%
NAAS	NAAS TECHNOLOGY INC	$1.32	-2.22%	-34.43%	-52.17%	-78.98%	-89.39%	-98.35%	-99.73%	-99.93%	N/A	$77.83	$1.23	98.30%	7.32%	0.62	473,057	-43.91%
CHPT	CHARGEPOINT HOLDINGS INC	$0.62	-4.89%	1.63%	2.98%	-38.32%	-50.16%	-53.16%	-95.29%	-93.63%	N/A	$2.44	$0.51	74.47%	22.16%	1.75	6,178,376	-34.95%
ARKO	ARKO CORP	$4.03	-1.35%	-4.62%	1.90%	-44.02%	-41.33%	-6.40%	-57.94%	-59.34%	N/A	$7.84	$3.51	48.66%	14.67%	0.75	564,422	47.57%
EVGO	EVGO INC	$2.76	-2.47%	8.66%	3.76%	-20.23%	-66.63%	52.49%	-69.93%	N/A	N/A	$9.07	$1.73	69.57%	59.54%	1.57	1,736,837	19.60%
AAP	ADVANCE AUTO PARTS INC	$32.72	-1.77%	-0.06%	-16.55%	-34.28%	-8.98%	-55.17%	-83.68%	-72.94%	-77.12%	$77.49	$28.89	57.77%	13.26%	0.89	1,395,897	-8.04%
GRWG	GROWGENERATION CORP	$1.17	5.41%	26.21%	8.33%	-17.61%	-44.55%	-60.87%	-81.86%	-75.11%	N/A	$3.15	$0.82	62.80%	42.51%	1.87	1,082,280	104.17%
BGFV	BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORP	$0.90	4.27%	7.50%	-6.62%	-43.91%	-45.77%	-74.49%	-94.04%	-34.09%	-93.38%	$4.10	$0.80	77.98%	12.88%	1.31	151,451	-54.45%
RECT	RECTITUDE HOLDINGS LTD	$4.41	10.25%	9.98%	10.25%	-29.19%	32.08%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$7.68	$2.70	42.58%	63.33%	0.34	17,017	-23.45%
TKLF	TOKYO LIFESTYLE CO LTD	$3.45	0.15%	9.18%	3.29%	-7.51%	-24.13%	54.09%	-81.55%	N/A	N/A	$8.53	$2.00	59.57%	72.50%	0.91	53,616	-10.71%
ZOOZ	ZOOZ POWER LTD	$1.59	-2.39%	-6.03%	-10.17%	-27.73%	-35.89%	-45.73%	-83.78%	N/A	N/A	$3.42	$1.25	53.51%	27.20%	0.23	9,324	-77.41%
BQ	BOQII HOLDING LTD	$2.26	0.89%	7.62%	6.60%	-32.74%	-44.20%	-24.06%	-96.77%	N/A	N/A	$7.40	$1.62	69.46%	39.51%	0.91	5,870	44.51%
JBDI	JBDI HOLDINGS LTD	$0.83	-2.92%	-2.70%	-10.85%	35.40%	-15.39%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$39.41	$0.49	97.89%	69.04%	0.54	38,547	27.16%
TLF	TANDY LEATHER FACTORY INC	$2.78	0.72%	-2.11%	-4.14%	-42.08%	-35.65%	-41.47%	-36.82%	-29.97%	-67.37%	$5.48	$2.69	49.27%	3.35%	0.13	1,003	-80.57%
YHGJ	YUNHONG GREEN CTI LTD	$0.84	-7.69%	-11.58%	-16.83%	31.05%	19.83%	-37.78%	-8.20%	-42.07%	-78.95%	$1.66	$0.44	49.40%	93.10%	0.23	11,166	622.25%
HTLM	HOMESTOLIFE LTD	$3.78	1.07%	0.80%	-5.26%	-54.29%	-8.92%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$13.74	$2.57	72.48%	47.02%	0.05	26,066	-5.99%
FTEL	FITELL CORP	$0.46	-16.76%	-23.58%	-19.82%	-95.76%	-98.66%	-92.76%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$49.50	$0.43	99.08%	6.28%	1.63	223,433	54.37%
CGTL	CREATIVE GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LTD	$0.83	-18.43%	-86.29%	-80.65%	-85.27%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$10.59	$0.83	92.14%	0.24%	-0.74	685,234	-12.03%

Retail Stocks FAQ

What are the best retail stocks to buy right now in May 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. Sally Beauty Holdings (NYSE:SBH)

Sally Beauty Holdings (NYSE:SBH) is the #1 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: D, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Sally Beauty Holdings (NYSE:SBH) has a Due Diligence Score of 38, which is 9 points higher than the retail industry average of 29.

SBH passed 12 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Sally Beauty Holdings has seen its stock lose -24.98% over the past year, underperforming other retail stocks by -39 percentage points.

Sally Beauty Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $12.63, an upside of 55.1% from Sally Beauty Holdings's current stock price of $8.14.

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.

2. Williams Sonoma (NYSE:WSM)

Williams Sonoma (NYSE:WSM) 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 Williams Sonoma (NYSE:WSM) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Williams Sonoma (NYSE:WSM) has a Due Diligence Score of 38, which is 9 points higher than the retail industry average of 29.

WSM passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Williams Sonoma has seen its stock return 7.73% over the past year, underperforming other retail stocks by -7 percentage points.

Williams Sonoma has an average 1 year price target of $179.67, an upside of 16.31% from Williams Sonoma's current stock price of $154.47.

Williams Sonoma stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 15 analysts covering Williams Sonoma, 20% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 13.33% have issued a Buy, 60% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 6.67% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Murphy Usa (NYSE:MUSA)

Murphy Usa (NYSE:MUSA) is the #3 top retail stock out of 49 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 Murphy Usa (NYSE:MUSA) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Murphy Usa (NYSE:MUSA) has a Due Diligence Score of 40, which is 11 points higher than the retail industry average of 29.

MUSA passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Murphy Usa has seen its stock return 20.48% over the past year, overperforming other retail stocks by 6 percentage points.

Murphy Usa has an average 1 year price target of $551.33, an upside of 10.58% from Murphy Usa's current stock price of $498.57.

Murphy Usa stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Murphy Usa, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 33.33% 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 13 retail stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 retail stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Tandy Leather Factory (NASDAQ:TLF)

Tandy Leather Factory (NASDAQ:TLF) has an annual dividend yield of 53.96%, which is 48 percentage points higher than the retail industry average of 5.79%. Tandy Leather Factory's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Tandy Leather Factory's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Tandy Leather Factory's dividend payout ratio of 1,500% 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 6.84%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the retail industry average of 5.79%. Betterware De Mexico Sapi De CV's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one 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 4.24%, which is -2 percentage points lower than the retail industry average of 5.79%. 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 87.2% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are retail stocks up?

Retail stocks were up 0.79% in the last day, and up 2.58% 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 1 points higher than the retail industry average of 28. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Bath & Body Works's stock has dropped -32.83% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the retail industry by -47 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 43 points higher than the retail industry average of 28. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Sally Beauty Holdings's stock has dropped -24.98% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the retail industry by -39 percentage points.

3. Odp (NASDAQ:ODP)

Odp (NASDAQ:ODP) 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.

Odp has a valuation score of 14, which is -14 points higher than the retail industry average of 28. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates ODP a Valuation Rating of "A".

Odp's stock has dropped -73.13% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the retail industry by -87 percentage points.

Are retail stocks a good buy now?

39.39% of retail stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect retail stocks to rise by 7.2% over the next year.

0% of retail stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 5.13% of retail stocks are rated B (Buy), 69.23% are rated C (Hold), 15.38% are rated D (Sell), and 10.26% 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 26.14x.

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