The best retail stocks to buy now. Ranked, with the why.

As of Oct 19, 2026, Tickerday reads 5 of the 13 retail stocks it follows as a Buy. The strongest are Amazon (AMZN, 74), Academy Sports and Outdoors (ASO, 73), TJX (69), Costco (COST, 64) and Williams-Sonoma (WSM, 64), by score out of 100.

Of the retail stocks that are a Buy, Amazon (AMZN) has the highest one-year target: $295 (+15.2%) from $256.05, read on Oct 19, 2026.

Tickerday reads Kroger (KR, 28) and MarineMax (HZO, 39) as a Sell. Each one's page says what is pulling it down.

Every stock gets the same read: its price, ten key numbers, its price history over a week, a month and a year, and the latest news, weighed into six factors (valuation, growth, profitability, momentum, financial health and sentiment) and one score out of 100. A score of 63 or more is a Buy, 45 to 62 a Hold, and 44 or less a Sell.

Whenever one of its stocks is read again. The page is redrawn every few hours from the latest reads, so a newly read retail stock joins on its own and a stock whose call turns moves with it. Each row shows the day its stock was read.

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No. Tickerday's reads are educational analysis, the same for everyone. They show what the numbers and the news point to, in plain English, so you can decide for yourself.