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Has Burlington Stores (BURL) Outpaced Other Retail-Wholesale Stocks 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. Has Burlington Stores (BURL - 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.

Burlington Stores is a member of our Retail-Wholesale group, which includes 225 different companies and currently sits at #5 in the Zacks Sector Rank. The Zacks Sector Rank considers 16 different groups, measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the sector to gauge the strength of each group.

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. BURL is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).

The Zacks Consensus Estimate for BURL's full-year earnings has moved 3.12% 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, BURL has moved about 23.20% on a year-to-date basis. In comparison, Retail-Wholesale companies have returned an average of 18.78%. This means that Burlington Stores is outperforming the sector as a whole this year.

Looking more specifically, BURL belongs to the Retail - Discount Stores industry, a group that includes 10 individual stocks and currently sits at #23 in the Zacks Industry Rank. Stocks in this group have gained about 43.28% so far this year, so BURL is slightly underperforming its industry this group in terms of year-to-date returns.

Investors with an interest in Retail-Wholesale stocks should continue to track BURL. The stock will be looking to continue its solid performance.


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