Top retail stocks for the second quarter include MINISO Group Holding Ltd. (MNSO), Academy Sport and Outdoors Inc. (ASO), and Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. (DKS). The share prices of all three have risen by more🎉 than 65% in the past ye🐓ar.

Retail stocks, as represented by the SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT), have fallen 6% in the past 12 months compared with a 5% gain in the S&P 5🌳00.

Here ar♍e the top three retail stocks with the best value, the fastest growth, and the most momentum. All data below are as of May 23.

Best Value Retail Stocks

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• Macy's Inc.: Macy's is an omnichannel retailer selling products primarily in department stores and online under the brands Macy's, Bloomingdale's, and bluemercury. It offers apparel, accessories, home furnishings, cosmetics, and other consumer goods.
• MarineMax Inc.: MarineMax is a retailer of recreational boats and yachts, as well as related equipment and services. The company also provides boat financing, insurance, and extended service contracts.
• Hibbett Inc.: Hibbett sells athletics apparel in brick-and-mortar stores and online. Hibbett's net income more than doubled on a 20% increase in sales in the fourth quarter of 2022.

Fastest Growing Retail Stocks

These are the top retail stocks as ranked by a growth model that scores companies based on a 50/50 weighting of their most recent quarterly 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:year-over-year (YOY) percentage revenue growth and most recent quarterly YOY 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:earnings-per-share (EPS) growth.

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• MercadoLibre Inc.: MercadoLibre is an online retailer based in Uruguay, and the company also operates a financial technology platform.
• Aritzia Inc.: Aritzia sells women's apparel and other accessories in Canada and the U.S.
• MINISO Group Holding Ltd.: MINISO is an investment holding company from China that offers lifestyle-related products such as personal care, cosmetics, electronics, toys, and textiles. MINISO opened 74 new locations in the first three months of 2023, bringing its total to 5,514—an 8% increase from the year before. Expansion and the end of China's zero-Covid policy helped boost quarterly net income fivefold.

Retail Stocks with the Most Momentum

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• MINISO Group Holding Ltd.: See company description above.
• Academy Sports and Outdoors Inc.: Academy Sports and Outdoors is a sporting goods and outdoor product retailer that offers a wide range of products, such as fitness equipment, footwear, firearms, fishing products, and patio furniture. Academy Sports' net income grew 11% in the last quarter of 2022, despite a 3% dip in net sales. Effective June 1, President and CEO Kevin Hicks will transition to chairman of the Board of Directors. He will be replaced as CEO by Executive Vice President Steven Lawrence.
• Dick's Sporting Goods Inc.: Dick's Sporting Goods is a brick-and-mortar and online sporting goods retailer with more than 850 stores across the U.S. In April, the company signed a multi-year sponsorship deal with the Boston Athletic Association, the organizer of the Boston Marathon. Dick's net income rose 17% on a 5.3% increase in net sales in the first quarter of 2023. The company paid shareholders $105 million in dividends in the quarter, more than double the $46 million paid the year before.

Analyzing Retail Stocks

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