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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.

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:

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 +28.5% 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: B.

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 27.94% over the past year, overperforming other retail stocks by 107 percentage points.

Betterware De Mexico Sapi De CV has an average 1 year price target of $30.00, an upside of 84.05% from Betterware De Mexico Sapi De CV's current stock price of $16.30.

Betterware De Mexico Sapi De CV stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst 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.

Petco Health & Wellness Company (NASDAQ:WOOF) 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 +17.17% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Petco Health & Wellness Company (NASDAQ:WOOF) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: D, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Petco Health & Wellness Company (NASDAQ:WOOF) has a Due Diligence Score of 31, which is equal to the retail industry average of 31.

WOOF passed 10 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Petco Health & Wellness Company has seen its stock lose -40.96% over the past year, overperforming other retail stocks by 39 percentage points.

Petco Health & Wellness Company has an average 1 year price target of $3.02, an upside of 36.13% from Petco Health & Wellness Company's current stock price of $2.22.

Petco Health & Wellness Company stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Petco Health & Wellness Company, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 80% have issued a hold, while 20% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Murphy Usa (NYSE:MUSA) 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 +17.17% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Murphy Usa (NYSE:MUSA) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, 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 35.06% over the past year, overperforming other retail stocks by 115 percentage points.

Murphy Usa has an average 1 year price target of $600.00, an upside of 16.95% from Murphy Usa's current stock price of $513.03.

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.

Out of 19 retail stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 retail stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Gmex Robotics (NASDAQ:GMEX) has an annual dividend yield of 17,420.45%, which is 16,547 percentage points higher than the retail industry average of 873.86%.

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

Rectitude Holdings (NASDAQ:RECT) has an annual dividend yield of 8%, which is -866 percentage points lower than the retail industry average of 873.86%.

Rectitude Holdings's dividend payout ratio of 0% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Betterware De Mexico Sapi De CV (NYSE:BWMX) has an annual dividend yield of 5.43%, which is -868 percentage points lower than the retail industry average of 873.86%. 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.

Retail stocks were up 1.62% in the last day, and up 0.57% over the last week.

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

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:

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 0 points higher than the retail industry average of 29. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Bath & Body Works's stock has dropped -32.16% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the retail industry by 47 percentage points.

Petco Health & Wellness Company (NASDAQ:WOOF) 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.

Petco Health & Wellness Company has a valuation score of 57, which is 28 points higher than the retail industry average of 29. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Petco Health & Wellness Company's stock has dropped -40.96% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the retail industry by 39 percentage points.

Sally Beauty Holdings (NYSE:SBH) 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.

Sally Beauty Holdings has a valuation score of 57, which is 28 points higher than the retail industry average of 29. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Sally Beauty Holdings's stock has dropped -1.39% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the retail industry by 78 percentage points.

46.88% of retail stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect retail stocks to rise by 22.64% over the next year.

2.86% of retail stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 11.43% of retail stocks are rated B (Buy), 71.43% are rated C (Hold), 8.57% are rated D (Sell), and 5.71% are rated F (Strong Sell).