The Retail-Wholesale group has plenty of great stocks, but investors should always be looking for companies that are outperforming their peers. Is Dutch Bros (BROS) one of those stocks right now? Let's take a closer look at the stock's year-to-date performance to find out.
Dutch Bros is one of 187 individual stocks in the Retail-Wholesale sector. Collectively, these companies sit at #11 in the Zacks Sector Rank. The Zacks Sector Rank includes 16 different groups and is listed in order from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors.
The Zacks Rank is a proven system that emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions, highlighting a variety of stocks that are displaying the right characteristics to beat the market over the next one to three months. Dutch Bros is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).
Within the past quarter, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for BROS' full-year earnings has moved 3.2% higher. This means that analyst sentiment is stronger and the stock's earnings outlook is improving.
Based on the most recent data, BROS has returned 11.2% so far this year. At the same time, Retail-Wholesale stocks have lost an average of 0.1%. This shows that Dutch Bros is outperforming its peers so far this year.
Another stock in the Retail-Wholesale sector, Sprouts Farmers (SFM), has outperformed the sector so far this year. The stock's year-to-date return is 8.7%.
Over the past three months, Sprouts Farmers' consensus EPS estimate for the current year has increased 0.7%. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
Looking more specifically, Dutch Bros belongs to the Retail - Restaurants industry, a group that includes 36 individual stocks and currently sits at #206 in the Zacks Industry Rank. On average, this group has gained an average of 1.9% so far this year, meaning that BROS is performing better in terms of year-to-date returns.
On the other hand, Sprouts Farmers belongs to the Food - Natural Foods Products industry. This 3-stock industry is currently ranked #5. The industry has moved +20.4% year to date.
Dutch Bros and Sprouts Farmers 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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