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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:

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

Murphy Usa (NYSE:MUSA) has a Due Diligence Score of 40, which is 9 points higher than the retail industry average of 31.

MUSA passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Murphy Usa has seen its stock return 50.07% 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 5.43% from Murphy Usa's current stock price of $569.12.

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.

Betterware De Mexico Sapi De CV (NYSE:BWMX) is the #2 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 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 19.77% over the past year, overperforming other retail stocks by 60 percentage points.

Betterware De Mexico Sapi De CV has an average 1 year price target of $30.50, an upside of 85.41% from Betterware De Mexico Sapi De CV's current stock price of $16.45.

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.

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: B, Growth: B, Momentum: D, Sentiment: B, Safety: D, 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 -47.84% over the past year, underperforming other retail stocks by -8 percentage points.

Miniso Group Holding has an average 1 year price target of $16.00, an upside of 35.59% from Miniso Group Holding's current stock price of $11.80.

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.

Out of 18 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 552.63%, which is 523 percentage points higher than the retail industry average of 29.65%.

Gmex Robotics's dividend payout ratio of -8.2% 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 5.38%, which is -24 percentage points lower than the retail industry average of 29.65%. 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.

Best Buy Co (NYSE:BBY) has an annual dividend yield of 4.42%, which is -25 percentage points lower than the retail industry average of 29.65%. 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.

Retail stocks were down -0.27% in the last day, and down -1.92% over the last week.

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

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 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 -37.63% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the retail industry by 2 percentage points.

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 43, which is 17 points higher than the retail industry average of 26. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Sally Beauty Holdings's stock has gained 22.38% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the retail industry by 62 percentage points.

Academy Sports & Outdoors (NASDAQ:ASO) 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.

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 -14.32% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the retail industry by 26 percentage points.

43.75% of retail stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect retail stocks to rise by 19.16% over the next year.

5.56% of retail stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 13.89% of retail stocks are rated B (Buy), 63.89% are rated C (Hold), 11.11% are rated D (Sell), and 5.56% are rated F (Strong Sell).