Is Colruyt (CUYTY) Stock Outpacing Its Consumer Discretionary Peers This Year?

The Consumer Discretionary group has plenty of great stocks, but investors should always be looking for companies that are outperforming their peers. Is Colruyt SA Unsponsored ADR (CUYTY) one of those stocks right now? By taking a look at the stock's year-to-date performance in comparison to its Consumer Discretionary peers, we might be able to answer that question.

Colruyt SA Unsponsored ADR is a member of the Consumer Discretionary sector. This group includes 246 individual stocks and currently holds a Zacks Sector Rank of #8. 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. Colruyt SA Unsponsored ADR is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).

The Zacks Consensus Estimate for CUYTY's full-year earnings has moved 6.4% higher within the past quarter. This signals that analyst sentiment is improving and the stock's earnings outlook is more positive.

According to our latest data, CUYTY has moved about 9.1% on a year-to-date basis. Meanwhile, stocks in the Consumer Discretionary group have lost about 8.8% on average. This means that Colruyt SA Unsponsored ADR is performing better than its sector in terms of year-to-date returns.

Another stock in the Consumer Discretionary sector, G-III Apparel Group (GIII), has outperformed the sector so far this year. The stock's year-to-date return is 20.1%.

In G-III Apparel Group's case, the consensus EPS estimate for the current year increased 7.7% over the past three months. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).

Looking more specifically, Colruyt SA Unsponsored ADR belongs to the Consumer Products - Discretionary industry, which includes 26 individual stocks and currently sits at #71 in the Zacks Industry Rank. Stocks in this group have gained about 2.4% so far this year, so CUYTY is performing better this group in terms of year-to-date returns.

In contrast, G-III Apparel Group falls under the Textile - Apparel industry. Currently, this industry has 22 stocks and is ranked #110. Since the beginning of the year, the industry has moved -7.6%.

Colruyt SA Unsponsored ADR and G-III Apparel Group could continue their solid performance, so investors interested in Consumer Discretionary stocks should continue to pay close attention to these stocks.

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