Zacks Investment Research
Are Consumer Discretionary Stocks Lagging Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) This Year?Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) has outperformed the Consumer Discretionary sector year-to-date, gaining 21.7% compared to the sector's average loss of 14.5%. With a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and a 36.2% increase in consensus earnings estimates over the past 90 days, BNED demonstrates strong analyst sentiment. Motorsport Games Inc. (MSGM) is another outperformer in the sector with a 39.4% year-to-date return, though its industry has declined significantly.
