The best consumer cyclical stocks right now, ranked.
Of the 97 investable consumer cyclical stocks we score, these 25 rank highest on Ticker Nerd's factor model today — all nine factor families at once, not one metric. Every stock in P123's Consumer Cyclicals sector, the taxonomy the rank is built on.
Every score is a percentile across the whole US universe we cover — a 92 beats 92% of it. How the model was built and blind-tested is on the methodology page; what each factor means is on the factor glossary.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt cap | Rank | 1w rank Δ | Revisions | Value | Momentum | Quality | Accruals | Issuance | Growth | Volatility | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Garrett Motion, Inc. Auto Parts | $5.0B | 97.7 | +0.1 | 89.7 | 69.8 | 95.5 | 99.2 | 38.8 | 99.2 | 79.9 | 54.4 | 23.2 | |
Steven Madden Ltd. Footwear & Accessories | $3.1B | 97.1 | 0.0 | 86.4 | 47.3 | 85.4 | 74.6 | 71.3 | 93.3 | 94.3 | 68.8 | 29.6 | |
BorgWarner, Inc. Auto Parts | $13.0B | 97.0 | −0.5 | 64.9 | 85.6 | 90.2 | 83.0 | 89.1 | 89.2 | 66.5 | 89.0 | 12.8 | |
Best Buy Co., Inc. Specialty Retail | $19.4B | 96.5 | −0.2 | 94.1 | 71.7 | 85.4 | 86.6 | 73.5 | 67.1 | 73.3 | 91.0 | 10.3 | |
Murphy USA, Inc. Specialty Retail | $9.7B | 95.8 | 0.0 | 85.2 | 91.4 | 75.8 | 84.1 | 48.1 | 67.0 | 89.5 | 97.0 | 15.7 | |
Central Garden & Pet Co. Packaged Foods | $2.2B | 94.4 | −0.9 | 69.5 | 88.9 | 64.8 | 83.2 | 82.5 | 75.2 | 57.7 | 90.3 | 34.2 | |
Tapestry, Inc. Luxury Goods | $23.3B | 94.3 | −0.1 | 90.2 | 52.1 | 70.7 | 97.6 | 66.9 | 73.8 | 91.9 | 75.8 | 9.0 | |
Callaway Golf Co. — | $2.7B | 93.8 | −0.6 | 88.4 | 87.3 | 75.3 | 47.0 | 90.5 | 99.2 | 53.0 | 31.4 | 31.6 | |
Brunswick Corp. Recreational Vehicles | $4.4B | 93.6 | −0.5 | 75.5 | 60.2 | 66.9 | 65.3 | 95.0 | 94.5 | 80.1 | 59.9 | 24.9 | |
Sensata Technologies Holding Plc Scientific & Technical Instruments | $6.1B | 93.2 | −0.9 | 90.1 | 64.9 | 77.0 | 68.4 | 91.5 | 97.6 | 49.2 | 47.4 | 20.2 | |
Gentex Corp. Auto Parts | $4.7B | 92.6 | −0.2 | 82.2 | 89.1 | 35.8 | 91.7 | 52.8 | 87.3 | 68.7 | 99.0 | 24.0 | |
Ralph Lauren Corp. Apparel Manufacturing | $20.3B | 90.9 | −0.7 | 95.6 | 36.0 | 63.7 | 97.2 | 47.2 | 96.8 | 80.5 | 78.0 | 10.0 | |
Signet Jewelers Ltd. Luxury Goods | $4.0B | 90.8 | +0.5 | 89.2 | 89.1 | 65.6 | 48.5 | 72.0 | 75.7 | 64.3 | 75.6 | 26.2 | |
Lear Corp. Auto Parts | $6.0B | 90.8 | −1.4 | 64.9 | 95.2 | 66.6 | 70.8 | 70.9 | 92.0 | 50.4 | 98.7 | 20.3 | |
Rush Enterprises, Inc. Auto & Truck Dealerships | $5.7B | 89.3 | −0.4 | 68.0 | 63.5 | 85.1 | 78.8 | 93.1 | 96.0 | 24.8 | 84.0 | 21.3 | |
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. Apparel Retail | $2.6B | 89.3 | +0.9 | 68.5 | 86.6 | 62.7 | 60.1 | 53.3 | 95.3 | 93.8 | 39.0 | 32.4 | |
Kontoor Brands, Inc. Apparel Manufacturing | $3.7B | 89.1 | −1.3 | 55.6 | 67.1 | 62.6 | 84.4 | 86.1 | 97.7 | 71.3 | 52.5 | 27.2 | |
Crocs, Inc. Footwear & Accessories | $5.9B | 88.8 | −2.8 | 76.2 | 83.4 | 80.3 | 81.9 | 64.8 | 98.2 | 37.7 | 46.6 | 20.9 | |
Casey's General Stores, Inc. Specialty Retail | $22.1B | 88.2 | 0.0 | 67.5 | 63.7 | 80.9 | 89.5 | 50.4 | 77.6 | 80.8 | 96.4 | 9.4 | |
Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc. Specialty Retail | $3.1B | 88.1 | −0.5 | 83.0 | 83.6 | 50.0 | 78.0 | 41.0 | 70.7 | 85.2 | 77.5 | 29.5 | |
Hasbro, Inc. Leisure | $12.3B | 87.6 | −0.2 | 75.6 | 76.0 | 65.5 | 99.1 | 66.5 | 28.8 | 96.1 | 80.9 | 13.3 | |
Columbia Sportswear Co. Apparel Manufacturing | $2.9B | 87.2 | 0.0 | 73.0 | 83.6 | 43.3 | 71.7 | 80.2 | 95.2 | 35.7 | 97.4 | 30.3 | |
Victoria's Secret & Co. Apparel Retail | $6.3B | 85.1 | 0.0 | 73.7 | 51.3 | 94.9 | 74.7 | 75.2 | 54.2 | 94.1 | 25.6 | 20.0 | |
Hayward Holdings, Inc. Electrical Equipment & Parts | $2.8B | 83.5 | +0.3 | 82.0 | 64.0 | 52.7 | 66.7 | 59.9 | 81.5 | 69.2 | 68.8 | 31.3 | |
Polaris Inc. Recreational Vehicles | $3.0B | 83.0 | −2.0 | 79.6 | 78.6 | 74.1 | 41.1 | 95.4 | 39.6 | 83.5 | 38.5 | 29.7 |
Today’s snapshot only — the list rotates as the scores move. Click any ticker for its full page: rank against every factor, analyst price targets, financials and news.
What these consumer cyclical stocks look like up close.
Figures for the 25 listed names, from the same data behind their stock pages.
12 of the 24 names with analyst coverage this month carry a Buy-or-better majority.
Cheapest on trailing P/E: AEO at 7.8×, ASO at 8.1× and CROX at 10.9×.
Highest forward dividend yields: PII at 5.1%, BBY at 4.1% and AEO at 3.3%.
Where we've written the stock up.
An analyst-style read on the business behind the score — published on the stock page.
This page is one list. Monday covers the whole market.
Computed off the Friday close and sent before the US open.
Market Radar reports the week’s largest rank changes across roughly 4,600 US stocks and the factor behind each one. The names above will rotate as the scores move — the Radar is how you hear what changed.
Questions people ask about consumer cyclical stocks.
- What are the best consumer cyclical stocks right now?
- As at 19 Sept 2026, the top-ranked consumer cyclical stocks on Ticker Nerd's systematic factor model are Garrett Motion, Inc. (GTX), Steven Madden Ltd. (SHOO), BorgWarner, Inc. (BWA). The full top 25 is the table on this page, re-ranked every trading day. A rank is general information, not personal advice.
- How does Ticker Nerd pick the best consumer cyclical stocks?
- Nobody picks them. A factor model scores roughly 4,600 US stocks every trading day on families like value, momentum, quality and growth, and this page is one fixed cut of that ranking. The research process behind the model — point-in-time data from 2005, locked test windows, logged rejections — is published on the methodology page.
- Are consumer cyclical stocks a good investment?
- That depends on the price paid and on your circumstances — this page is general information, not advice. What the data says as at 19 Sept 2026: of the 24 listed names with analyst coverage this month, 12 carry a Buy-or-better majority, and every rank above is a percentile across roughly 4,600 US stocks.
The same model, other cuts.
Every list reads the one ranking — the stock screener index has the complete set.