About the Specialty Retail Industry
The Specialty Retail industry includes 45 U.S.-listed companies in the Consumer Discretionary sector with a combined market capitalization of $200.20B. The largest are Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (WSM, $30.02B), Ulta Beauty, Inc. (ULTA, $26.89B) and Casey's General Stores, Inc. (CASY, $25.97B), together 41% of the industry's value.
31 of the 45 companies with reported earnings are profitable, and their median P/E ratio is 19.3. 18 of 45 pay a dividend, with a median yield of 3.46% among payers.
Over the past year the median stock is down 19.7%, and 19 of 44 are higher than a year ago. Median revenue growth is 1.1% year over year.
Best 1-year performers
Weakest 1-year performers
Highest dividend yields
Profitability
- Profitable companies
- 31 of 45
- Median gross margin
- 34.2%
- Median net profit margin
- 2.7%
- Median return on equity
- 14.6%
Longest dividend growth streak: Casey's General Stores, Inc. (CASY), 26 consecutive years.












































