How are retail and apparel stocks doing?
Store retailers and apparel and footwear brands that live on consumer spending. Here is how they have done as a group against the S&P 500, and which of them are leading and lagging.
Updated Oct 9, 2026
Lagging
Retail and apparel stocks are up 5% over the past year as an equal-weighted group, against +16% for the S&P 500. 10 of 35 beat the index. Target (TGT) leads at +70% and Nike (NKE) trails at −50%. Over the past month the group is +5%, against +3% for the S&P.
The past year
The group against the S&P 500, each set to $100 a year ago. Select a stock in the table to chart it against the group.
All 35 retail and apparel stocks
Sorted by the past year’s return. Select a row to chart the stock against the group, or its ticker to open its page. Select a column to sort.
| Stock | P3 | 1M | 3M | YTD | 1Y | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TGT Target | 37Middling | −1.3% | +14% | +57% | +70% | Speculative Pop |
| ROST Ross Stores | 49Middling | −1.4% | +1% | +23% | +46% | Hot Hand |
| CROX Crocs | 27Weak | +5.7% | −12% | +34% | +42% | Rolling Over |
| FIVE Five Below | 87Strong | −11.0% | +12% | +14% | +40% | Distribution Top |
| DLTR Dollar Tree | 33Weak | 0% | −6% | −4% | +35% | Speculative Pop |
| DG Dollar General | 65Middling | +3.4% | +3% | −4% | +30% | Hot Hand |
| W Wayfair | 87Strong | +8.5% | +22% | +5% | +28% | Bellwether |
| M Macy's | 66Middling | +10.6% | 0% | +3% | +28% | Bellwether |
| WSM Williams-Sonoma | 23Weak | +8.1% | +12% | +35% | +27% | Speculative Pop |
| YETI Yeti | 28Weak | +0.8% | −18% | −10% | +18% | Exhausted Rally |
| DDS Dillard's | 41Middling | +11.4% | +32% | +15% | +14% | Faith Trade |
| BBY Best Buy | 25Weak | −1.2% | +7% | +30% | +13% | Speculative Pop |
| RL Ralph Lauren | 43Middling | +10.3% | −1% | +5% | +13% | Hot Hand |
| GAP Gap | 42Middling | +11.1% | +17% | −9% | +12% | Faith Trade |
| WMT Walmart | 29Weak | +5.3% | −3% | 0% | +8% | Exhausted Rally |
| COLM Columbia Sportswear | 13Weak | +1.1% | −10% | +4% | +7% | Exhausted Rally |
| VFC VF | 40Middling | +18.9% | −11% | −17% | +7% | Bottom Fished |
| COST Costco | 35Middling | +4.9% | +2% | +10% | +4% | Turning Up |
| BURL Burlington Stores | 53Middling | +16.4% | −15% | −4% | +3% | Rolling Over |
| ULTA Ulta Beauty | 50Middling | +6.5% | +21% | −6% | +1% | Bottom Fished |
| UAA Under Armour | 50Middling | −0.8% | −27% | −1% | 0% | Sleepy Staple |
| TPR Tapestry | 47Middling | +0.3% | −15% | −9% | 0% | Show-Me Grower |
| UA Under Armour | 48Middling | −1.2% | −28% | 0% | −1% | Sleepy Staple |
| TJX TJX Companies | 43Middling | +9.8% | −8% | −10% | −1% | Show-Me Grower |
| PVH PVH | 33Middling | +17.3% | +5% | +21% | −3% | Bottom Fished |
| KR Kroger | 24Weak | +8.2% | +4% | −1% | −10% | Falling Knife |
| DECK Deckers Brands | 35Middling | +3.8% | −23% | −20% | −18% | Show-Me Grower |
| ONON On Holding | 37Middling | +30.7% | −7% | −25% | −20% | Turning Up |
| BBWI Bath & Body Works | 21Weak | −0.6% | −15% | −14% | −33% | Sleepy Staple |
| OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet | 32Weak | +18.6% | +31% | −22% | −33% | Turning Up |
| TSCO Tractor Supply | 15Weak | +0.5% | +11% | −33% | −38% | Falling Knife |
| DKS Dick's Sporting Goods | 18Weak | +2.6% | −37% | −31% | −40% | Show-Me Grower |
| RH RH | 31Weak | −12.7% | −28% | −35% | −41% | Wallflower |
| LULU Lululemon Athletica | 12Weak | −2.5% | −21% | −55% | −46% | Sleepy Staple |
| NKE Nike | 6Weak | −5.2% | −21% | −46% | −50% | Sleepy Staple |
How to read this page
How it’s measured. A group of large US stocks whose prices have moved together over the past five years once the market’s own moves are taken out: the same groups as Stox’s co-movement clusters, leaving out members whose business doesn’t fit the name. The group is equal-weighted, so each company counts the same whatever its size, and returns are share-price changes from daily closes.
Sources. Daily prices from Financial Modeling Prep; scores and co-movement groups from Stox.
An equal-weighted group can read quite differently from a sector fund, which gives the biggest companies the most weight.
P3 is Stox’s combined score of market beat, staying power and business growth, from 0 to 100. Type is the stock’s Stox Atlas type. Both describe the past year, not what comes next.
Groups are built from how stocks trade rather than from industry labels, so a company can sit with stocks from another sector that move like it.
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