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Are Retail-Wholesale Stocks Lagging Five Below (FIVE) 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 Five Below (FIVE - 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.

Five Below is a member of our Retail-Wholesale group, which includes 195 different companies and currently sits at #11 in the Zacks Sector Rank. 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 successful stock-picking model that emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions. The system highlights a number of different stocks that could be poised to outperform the broader market over the next one to three months. Five Below is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #1 (Strong Buy).

The Zacks Consensus Estimate for FIVE's full-year earnings has moved 33% higher within the past quarter. This signals that analyst sentiment is improving and the stock's earnings outlook is more positive.

Based on the most recent data, FIVE has returned 17.7% so far this year. Meanwhile, the Retail-Wholesale sector has returned an average of -6.4% on a year-to-date basis. This shows that Five Below is outperforming its peers so far this year.

Another stock in the Retail-Wholesale sector, Herbalife Ltd (HLF - Free Report) , has outperformed the sector so far this year. The stock's year-to-date return is 11.8%.

The consensus estimate for Herbalife Ltd's current year EPS has increased 7.7% over the past three months. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).

To break things down more, Five Below belongs to the Retail - Miscellaneous industry, a group that includes 14 individual companies and currently sits at #99 in the Zacks Industry Rank. On average, stocks in this group have lost 8.2% this year, meaning that FIVE is performing better in terms of year-to-date returns.

Herbalife Ltd, however, belongs to the Retail - Pharmacies and Drug Stores industry. Currently, this 2-stock industry is ranked #6.

Going forward, investors interested in Retail-Wholesale stocks should continue to pay close attention to Five Below and Herbalife Ltd as they could maintain their solid performance.

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