The Retail-Wholesale group has plenty of great stocks, but investors should always be looking for companies that are outperforming their peers. Has Urban Outfitters (URBN Quick QuoteURBN - Free Report) been one of those stocks this year? Let's take a closer look at the stock's year-to-date performance to find out.

Urban Outfitters is a member of the Retail-Wholesale sector. This group includes 228 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 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. URBN is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).

The Zacks Consensus Estimate for URBN's full-year earnings has moved 6.01% higher within the past quarter. This shows that analyst sentiment has improved and the company's earnings outlook is stronger.

According to our latest data, URBN has moved about 9.04% on a year-to-date basis. At the same time, Retail-Wholesale stocks have gained an average of 6.64%. This shows that Urban Outfitters is outperforming its peers so far this year.

Looking more specifically, URBN belongs to the Retail - Apparel and Shoes industry, a group that includes 41 individual stocks and currently sits at #63 in the Zacks Industry Rank. Stocks in this group have lost about 2.27% so far this year, so URBN 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 URBN as it attempts to continue its solid performance.