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U.S. Specialty Stores Industry Analysis

UpdatedApr 10, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies145
  • 7D-2.8%
  • 3M-8.3%
  • 1Y6.2%
  • YTD-7.6%

Over the last 7 days, the Specialty Stores industry has dropped 2.8%, driven by Home Depot declining 4.2%. This takes the industry's 12 month performance to a gain of 6.2%. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 9.3% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the U.S. Specialty Stores Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 11 Apr 2025US$791.1bUS$724.4bUS$35.6b14.5x22.2x1.1x
Sun, 09 Mar 2025US$881.7bUS$726.6bUS$35.8b14.4x24.7x1.2x
Tue, 04 Feb 2025US$919.8bUS$702.9bUS$35.4b16.6x26x1.3x
Thu, 02 Jan 2025US$887.2bUS$703.3bUS$35.0b16.8x25.3x1.3x
Sat, 30 Nov 2024US$943.0bUS$706.5bUS$33.0b17.8x28.5x1.3x
Mon, 28 Oct 2024US$461.2bUS$549.3bUS$17.9b14.5x25.7x0.8x
Wed, 25 Sep 2024US$481.2bUS$552.3bUS$17.4b15.7x27.6x0.9x
Fri, 23 Aug 2024US$483.9bUS$551.8bUS$17.1b15.6x28.4x0.9x
Sun, 21 Jul 2024US$465.7bUS$551.7bUS$17.6b16.2x26.5x0.8x
Tue, 18 Jun 2024US$465.9bUS$552.3bUS$17.6b16.2x26.5x0.8x
Thu, 16 May 2024US$451.7bUS$552.7bUS$16.8b16.3x27x0.8x
Sat, 13 Apr 2024US$434.3bUS$552.4bUS$17.2b15.7x25.3x0.8x
Mon, 11 Mar 2024US$440.4bUS$546.2bUS$16.2b14.3x27.3x0.8x
Wed, 07 Feb 2024US$428.7bUS$556.6bUS$16.4b14.2x26.1x0.8x
Fri, 05 Jan 2024US$423.2bUS$574.4bUS$16.1b13.2x26.2x0.7x
Sun, 03 Dec 2023US$411.1bUS$575.1bUS$16.3b14.7x25.3x0.7x
Tue, 31 Oct 2023US$364.6bUS$568.8bUS$18.0b10.9x20.3x0.6x
Thu, 28 Sep 2023US$377.2bUS$567.7bUS$18.4b10.6x20.5x0.7x
Sat, 26 Aug 2023US$401.9bUS$572.3bUS$18.2b11x22.1x0.7x
Mon, 24 Jul 2023US$422.5bUS$572.7bUS$18.2b10.4x23.2x0.7x
Wed, 21 Jun 2023US$403.2bUS$574.2bUS$18.4b10.1x22x0.7x
Fri, 19 May 2023US$405.2bUS$575.7bUS$19.4b11.1x20.9x0.7x
Sun, 16 Apr 2023US$403.4bUS$575.4bUS$20.2b10x19.9x0.7x
Tue, 14 Mar 2023US$364.1bUS$530.6bUS$22.4b9.2x16.3x0.7x
Thu, 09 Feb 2023US$406.2bUS$542.0bUS$23.7b9.8x17.2x0.7x
Sat, 07 Jan 2023US$386.8bUS$539.0bUS$23.5b9.2x16.5x0.7x
Mon, 05 Dec 2022US$391.6bUS$541.3bUS$23.9b8.7x16.3x0.7x
Wed, 02 Nov 2022US$357.4bUS$558.4bUS$23.8b7.2x15x0.6x
Fri, 30 Sep 2022US$323.5bUS$552.0bUS$23.3b6.2x13.9x0.6x
Sun, 28 Aug 2022US$358.9bUS$549.5bUS$24.0b7.2x14.9x0.7x
Tue, 26 Jul 2022US$346.7bUS$526.6bUS$26.8b6.2x12.9x0.7x
Thu, 23 Jun 2022US$322.3bUS$531.4bUS$26.4b6.1x12.2x0.6x
Sat, 21 May 2022US$323.8bUS$532.2bUS$27.0b6.3x12x0.6x
Mon, 18 Apr 2022US$411.0bUS$532.2bUS$26.2b7.5x15.7x0.8x
Price to Earnings Ratio

15.7x


Total Market Cap: US$411.0bTotal Earnings: US$26.2bTotal Revenue: US$532.2bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.S. Specialty Stores Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 21.6x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the American Specialty Retail industry at the moment, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates to remain steady.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 21.6x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 0.80x is lower than the industry's current PS ratio of 1.1x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Specialty Retail industry have grown 11% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 11% per year.
  • This means that more sales are being generated by these companies overall, and subsequently their profits are increasing too.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the U.S. Consumer Discretionary industry?

US Market-4.03%
Consumer Discretionary-4.33%
Specialty Stores-2.75%
Apparel Retail-0.065%
Automotive Retail-1.75%
Specialty Stores-3.62%
Home Improvement Retail-4.19%
Home Furnishing Retail-4.29%
Computer and Electronics Retail-5.55%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Automotive Retail industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 13.9x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 21.8%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 18.5% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Specialty Stores industry, which is trading below its 3-year average of 24.3x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Automotive Retail industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 22% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings decline of 19% per year.
  • In contrast, the Home Furnishing Retail industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 3.8% per year over the next few years.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
CVNA CarvanaUS$203.6612.0%
+US$2.9b
153.2%PE130.3x
ROST Ross StoresUS$138.955.9%
+US$2.5b
-0.7%PE21.9x
TJX TJX CompaniesUS$127.471.6%
+US$2.3b
33.0%PE29.3x
GME GameStopUS$25.0218.6%
+US$1.8b
121.6%PE85.2x
WSM Williams-SonomaUS$147.896.5%
+US$1.1b
0.4%PE16.2x
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WSM

US$147.89

Williams-Sonoma

7D

6.5%

1Y

0.4%

GAP

US$19.00

Gap

7D

6.5%

1Y

-18.8%

KMX

US$66.45

CarMax

7D

-13.1%

1Y

-7.7%

CVNA

US$203.66

Carvana

7D

12.0%

1Y

153.2%

ROST

US$138.95

Ross Stores

7D

5.9%

1Y

-0.7%

GME

US$25.02

GameStop

7D

18.6%

1Y

121.6%

HD

US$353.62

Home Depot

7D

-0.6%

1Y

1.8%

BURL

US$243.44

Burlington Stores

7D

3.3%

1Y

22.9%

LOW

US$221.20

Lowe's Companies

7D

-0.6%

1Y

-6.0%

TSCO

US$51.32

Tractor Supply

7D

-8.0%

1Y

2.6%

ORLY

US$1,373.36

O'Reilly Automotive

7D

-4.8%

1Y

26.8%

ULTA

US$354.95

Ulta Beauty

7D

-3.5%

1Y

-20.8%