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Best Consumer Cyclical Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top consumer cyclical stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Due Diligence Score. See the best consumer cyclical stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the consumer cyclical sector.

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 consumer cyclical stocks to buy right now are:

Garrett Motion (NASDAQ:GTX) is the #1 top consumer cyclical stock out of 541 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 Garrett Motion (NASDAQ:GTX) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: A, and AI: B.

Garrett Motion (NASDAQ:GTX) has a Due Diligence Score of 22, which is -8 points lower than the consumer cyclical sector average of 30. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates GTX as a "A".It passed 8 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Garrett Motion has seen its stock return 22.92% over the past year, overperforming other consumer cyclical stocks by 123 percentage points.

Garrett Motion has an average 1 year price target of $14.00, an upside of 33.21% from Garrett Motion's current stock price of $10.51.

Garrett Motion stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Garrett Motion, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 100% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a Hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Cargurus (NASDAQ:CARG) is the #2 top consumer cyclical stock out of 541 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 Cargurus (NASDAQ:CARG) is: Value: B, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: D, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Cargurus (NASDAQ:CARG) has a Due Diligence Score of 53, which is 23 points higher than the consumer cyclical sector average of 30. It passed 17 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Cargurus has seen its stock return 33.99% over the past year, overperforming other consumer cyclical stocks by 134 percentage points.

Cargurus has an average 1 year price target of $38.00, an upside of 13.53% from Cargurus's current stock price of $33.47.

Cargurus stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Cargurus, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 66.67% have issued a Buy, 33.33% have issued a Hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Escalade (NASDAQ:ESCA) is the #3 top consumer cyclical stock out of 541 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 Escalade (NASDAQ:ESCA) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Escalade (NASDAQ:ESCA) has a Due Diligence Score of 49, which is 19 points higher than the consumer cyclical sector average of 30. It passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Escalade has seen its stock return 1.3% over the past year, overperforming other consumer cyclical stocks by 101 percentage points.

Out of 174 consumer cyclical stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 consumer cyclical stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the consumer cyclical sector average of 3.11%.

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

Tandy Leather Factory (NASDAQ:TLF) has an annual dividend yield of 48.54%, which is 45 percentage points higher than the consumer cyclical sector average of 3.11%. 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 98.7% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Natural Health Trends (NASDAQ:NHTC) has an annual dividend yield of 18.48%, which is 15 percentage points higher than the consumer cyclical sector average of 3.11%. Natural Health Trends's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% seven times in the last 10 years. Natural Health Trends's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Natural Health Trends's dividend payout ratio of 1,600% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Consumer cyclical stocks were up 0.45% in the last day, and up 1.51% over the last week. Webuy Global was the among the top gainers in the consumer cyclical sector, gaining 37.3% yesterday.

Webuy Global shares are trading higher after the company integrated Coinbase to accept stablecoin payments.

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 consumer cyclical stocks right now are:

Jakks Pacific (NASDAQ:JAKK) is the most undervalued consumer cyclical stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Jakks Pacific has a valuation score of 43, which is 15 points higher than the consumer cyclical sector average of 28. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Jakks Pacific's stock has gained 15.96% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the consumer cyclical sector by 116 percentage points.

Logprostyle (NYSEMKT:LGPS) is the second most undervalued consumer cyclical stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Logprostyle has a valuation score of 29, which is 1 points higher than the consumer cyclical sector average of 28. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Bath & Body Works (NYSE:BBWI) is the third most undervalued consumer cyclical 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 consumer cyclical sector average of 28. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Bath & Body Works's stock has dropped -22.06% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the consumer cyclical sector by 78 percentage points.

37.71% of consumer cyclical stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect consumer cyclical stocks to rise by 11.69% over the next year.

4.14% of consumer cyclical stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 11.26% of consumer cyclical stocks are rated B (Buy), 64.83% are rated C (Hold), 14.48% are rated D (Sell), and 5.29% are rated F (Strong Sell).