Are Retail-Wholesale Stocks Lagging Burlington Stores (BURL) This Year?

Investors interested in Retail-Wholesale stocks should always be looking to find the best-performing companies in the group. Burlington Stores (BURL) is a stock that can certainly grab the attention of many investors, but do its recent returns compare favorably to the sector as a whole? By taking a look at the stock's year-to-date performance in comparison to its Retail-Wholesale peers, we might be able to answer that question.Burlington Stores is a member of the Retail-Wholesale sector. This group includes 186 individual stocks and currently holds a Zacks Sector Rank of #12. The Zacks Sector Rank gauges the strength of our 16 individual sector groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups.The Zacks Rank is a proven model that highlights a variety of stocks with the right characteristics to outperform the market over the next one to three months. The system emphasizes earnings estimate revisions and favors companies with improving earnings outlooks. Burlington Stores is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).Over the past 90 days, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for BURL's full-year earnings has moved 3% higher. This shows that analyst sentiment has improved and the company's earnings outlook is stronger.Based on the most recent data, BURL has returned 12.4% so far this year. At the same time, Retail-Wholesale stocks have gained an average of 5%. This means that Burlington Stores is performing better than its sector in terms of year-to-date returns.One other Retail-Wholesale stock that has outperformed the sector so far this year is Ross Stores (ROST). The stock is up 30.4% year-to-date.For Ross Stores, the consensus EPS estimate for the current year has increased 8.7% over the past three months. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).Looking more specifically, Burlington Stores belongs to the Retail - Discount Stores industry, which includes 7 individual stocks and currently sits at #27 in the Zacks Industry Rank. On average, stocks in this group have gained 14% this year, meaning that BURL is slightly underperforming its industry in terms of year-to-date returns. Ross Stores is also part of the same industry.Investors interested in the Retail-Wholesale sector may want to keep a close eye on Burlington Stores and Ross Stores as they attempt to continue their solid performance.Zacks' Research Chief Names "Stock Most Likely to Double"Our team of experts has just released the 5 stocks with the greatest probability of gaining +100% or more in the coming months. Of those 5, Director of Research Sheraz Mian highlights the one stock set to climb highest.This top pick is a little-known satellite-based communications firm. Space is projected to become a trillion dollar industry, and this company's customer base is growing fast. Analysts have forecasted a major revenue breakout in 2025. Of course, all our elite picks aren't winners but this one could far surpass earlier Zacks' Stocks Set to Double like Hims & Hers Health, which shot up +209%.Free: See Our Top Stock And 4 Runners UpThis article originally published on Zacks Investment Research (zacks.com).Zacks Investment ResearchWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Zacks Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Zacks