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Is Land's End (LE) Outperforming Other Retail-Wholesale Stocks This Year?

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The Retail-Wholesale group has plenty of great stocks, but investors should always be looking for companies that are outperforming their peers. Lands' End (LE - 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? A quick glance at the company's year-to-date performance in comparison to the rest of the Retail-Wholesale sector should help us answer this question.

Lands' End is a member of the Retail-Wholesale sector. This group includes 196 individual stocks and currently holds a Zacks Sector Rank of #11. The Zacks Sector Rank considers 16 different sector groups. The average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups is measured, and the sectors are listed from best to worst.

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. Lands' End is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).

Over the past 90 days, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for LE's full-year earnings has moved 12.1% higher. This is a sign of improving analyst sentiment and a positive earnings outlook trend.

Based on the most recent data, LE has returned 16.1% so far this year. Meanwhile, stocks in the Retail-Wholesale group have gained about 6.8% on average. This means that Lands' End is performing better than its sector in terms of year-to-date returns.

Another Retail-Wholesale stock, which has outperformed the sector so far this year, is Tesco PLC (TSCDY - Free Report) . The stock has returned 30.6% year-to-date.

In Tesco PLC's case, the consensus EPS estimate for the current year increased 3.1% over the past three months. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).

Looking more specifically, Lands' End belongs to the Retail - Catalog Shopping industry, a group that includes 1 individual stocks and currently sits at #3 in the Zacks Industry Rank. This group has gained an average of 16.1% so far this year, so LE is performing on par in this area.

In contrast, Tesco PLC falls under the Retail - Supermarkets industry. Currently, this industry has 9 stocks and is ranked #160. Since the beginning of the year, the industry has moved +14%.

Lands' End and Tesco PLC could continue their solid performance, so investors interested in Retail-Wholesale stocks should continue to pay close attention to these stocks.


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