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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:

Motorcar Parts Of America (NASDAQ:MPAA) is the #1 top consumer cyclical stock out of 549 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 Motorcar Parts Of America (NASDAQ:MPAA) is: Value: B, Growth: A, Momentum: A, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Motorcar Parts Of America (NASDAQ:MPAA) has a Due Diligence Score of 44, which is 14 points higher than the consumer cyclical sector average of 30. It passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Motorcar Parts Of America has seen its stock return 165.12% over the past year, overperforming other consumer cyclical stocks by 179 percentage points.

Borgwarner (NYSE:BWA) is the #2 top consumer cyclical stock out of 549 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 Borgwarner (NYSE:BWA) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: A.

Borgwarner (NYSE:BWA) has a Due Diligence Score of 45, which is 15 points higher than the consumer cyclical sector average of 30. It passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Borgwarner has seen its stock return 22.17% over the past year, overperforming other consumer cyclical stocks by 36 percentage points.

Borgwarner has an average 1 year price target of $46.08, an upside of 7.63% from Borgwarner's current stock price of $42.81.

Borgwarner stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 13 analysts covering Borgwarner, 61.54% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 15.38% have issued a Buy, 23.08% have issued a Hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Garrett Motion (NASDAQ:GTX) is the #3 top consumer cyclical stock out of 549 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: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Garrett Motion (NASDAQ:GTX) has a Due Diligence Score of 27, which is -3 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 10 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Garrett Motion has seen its stock return 57.3% over the past year, overperforming other consumer cyclical stocks by 71 percentage points.

Garrett Motion has an average 1 year price target of $17.75, an upside of 38.46% from Garrett Motion's current stock price of $12.82.

Garrett Motion stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Garrett Motion, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% 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 177 consumer cyclical stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 consumer cyclical stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Cato (NYSE:CATO) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the consumer cyclical sector average of 2.7%. Cato's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Cato's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Cato's dividend payout ratio of -17% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Greentree Hospitality Group (NYSE:GHG) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the consumer cyclical sector average of 2.7%. Greentree Hospitality Group's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Greentree Hospitality Group's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

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

Natural Health Trends (NASDAQ:NHTC) has an annual dividend yield of 18.06%, which is 15 percentage points higher than the consumer cyclical sector average of 2.7%. 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 2,666.7% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Consumer cyclical stocks were down -0.63% in the last day, and down -0.24% over the last week. Fossil Group was the among the top losers in the consumer cyclical sector, dropping -29.6% yesterday.

Fossil Group shares are trading lower after the company announced that the previously reported story that it is considering an IPO of its India subsidiary is false.

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:

Jjill (NYSE:JILL) 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.

Jjill has a valuation score of 71, which is 44 points higher than the consumer cyclical sector average of 27. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Jjill's stock has dropped -39.88% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the consumer cyclical sector by -26 percentage points.

Dine Brands Global (NYSE:DIN) 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.

Dine Brands Global has a valuation score of 57, which is 30 points higher than the consumer cyclical sector average of 27. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Dine Brands Global's stock has dropped -13.86% in the past year. It has performed in line with other stocks in the consumer cyclical sector.

Leggett & Platt (NYSE:LEG) 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.

Leggett & Platt has a valuation score of 43, which is 16 points higher than the consumer cyclical sector average of 27. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Leggett & Platt's stock has dropped -34.49% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the consumer cyclical sector by -21 percentage points.

40.62% of consumer cyclical stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect consumer cyclical stocks to rise by 14.53% over the next year.

5.32% of consumer cyclical stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 16.9% of consumer cyclical stocks are rated B (Buy), 59.95% are rated C (Hold), 12.73% are rated D (Sell), and 5.09% are rated F (Strong Sell).