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Is Domino's Pizza (DPZ) Stock Outpacing Its Retail-Wholesale Peers This Year?

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Investors interested in Retail-Wholesale stocks should always be looking to find the best-performing companies in the group. Domino's Pizza (DPZ - Free Report) 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? One simple way to answer this question is to take a look at the year-to-date performance of DPZ and the rest of the Retail-Wholesale group's stocks.

Domino's Pizza is a member of the Retail-Wholesale sector. This group includes 215 individual stocks and currently holds a Zacks Sector Rank of #5. 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 emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions to find stocks with improving earnings outlooks. This system has a long record of success, and these stocks tend to be on track to beat the market over the next one to three months. DPZ is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).

The Zacks Consensus Estimate for DPZ's full-year earnings has moved 4.49% higher within the past quarter. This means that analyst sentiment is stronger and the stock's earnings outlook is improving.

Based on the latest available data, DPZ has gained about 46.77% so far this year. At the same time, Retail-Wholesale stocks have gained an average of 14.16%. This means that Domino's Pizza is performing better than its sector in terms of year-to-date returns.

To break things down more, DPZ belongs to the Retail - Restaurants industry, a group that includes 50 individual companies and currently sits at #101 in the Zacks Industry Rank. Stocks in this group have gained about 3.44% so far this year, so DPZ is performing better this group in terms of year-to-date returns.

Investors in the Retail-Wholesale sector will want to keep a close eye on DPZ as it attempts to continue its solid performance.


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