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Tilly's (TLYS) Outpaces Stock Market Gains: What You Should Know

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Tilly's (TLYS - Free Report) closed the most recent trading day at $18.17, moving +1.11% from the previous trading session. The stock outpaced the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.54%. Elsewhere, the Dow gained 0.71%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 0.76%.

Prior to today's trading, shares of the clothing and accessories retailer had gained 3.94% over the past month. This has outpaced the Retail-Wholesale sector's gain of 0.26% and the S&P 500's gain of 1.53% in that time.

Wall Street will be looking for positivity from TLYS as it approaches its next earnings report date. This is expected to be December 5, 2018. The company is expected to report EPS of $0.23, down 23.33% from the prior-year quarter. Our most recent consensus estimate is calling for quarterly revenue of $149.55 million, down 2.14% from the year-ago period.

For the full year, our Zacks Consensus Estimates are projecting earnings of $0.90 per share and revenue of $601.90 million, which would represent changes of +38.46% and +4.33%, respectively, from the prior year.

Investors might also notice recent changes to analyst estimates for TLYS. These revisions typically reflect the latest short-term business trends, which can change frequently. As a result, we can interpret positive estimate revisions as a good sign for the company's business outlook.

Our research shows that these estimate changes are directly correlated with near-term stock prices. Investors can capitalize on this by using the Zacks Rank. This model considers these estimate changes and provides a simple, actionable rating system.

Ranging from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), the Zacks Rank system has a proven, outside-audited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks returning an average of +25% annually since 1988. Within the past 30 days, our consensus EPS projection has moved 10.7% higher. TLYS is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #1 (Strong Buy).

Valuation is also important, so investors should note that TLYS has a Forward P/E ratio of 20.02 right now. This represents a premium compared to its industry's average Forward P/E of 17.77.

The Retail - Apparel and Shoes industry is part of the Retail-Wholesale sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 40, which puts it in the top 16% of all 250+ industries.

The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our individual industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.

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