Apparel Stocks To Watch Now - September 26th

Key Points

• The top five apparel stocks currently attracting attention are NIKE, Target, lululemon athletica, Crocs, and TJX Companies, with trading volumes reflecting strong investor interest.
• Key metrics for evaluating apparel stocks include brand strength, inventory turnover, and gross margins, which are essential for assessing companies' ability to navigate changing consumer trends.
• Apparel companies are heavily influenced by factors such as consumer spending patterns, fashion trends, and seasonal sales cycles, impacting their revenue and profit margins.

NIKE, Target, lululemon athletica, Crocs, and TJX Companies are the five Apparel stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Apparel stocks are the publicly traded shares of companies involved in designing, manufacturing and selling clothing, footwear and related accessories. Investors in apparel stocks closely watch consumer spending patterns, fashion trends and seasonal sales cycles, since these factors directly affect revenues and profit margins. Key metrics for evaluating these equities include brand strength, inventory turnover and gross margins, all of which help gauge a company’s ability to adapt to changing tastes and cost pressures. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Apparel stocks within the last several days.

NIKE (NKE)

NIKE, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, markets, and sells athletic footwear, apparel, equipment, accessories, and services worldwide. The company provides athletic and casual footwear, apparel, and accessories under the Jumpman trademark; and casual sneakers, apparel, and accessories under the Converse, Chuck Taylor, All Star, One Star, Star Chevron, and Jack Purcell trademarks.

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Target (TGT)

Target Corporation operates as a general merchandise retailer in the United States. The company offers apparel for women, men, boys, girls, toddlers, and infants and newborns, as well as jewelry, accessories, and shoes; and beauty and personal care, baby gear, cleaning, paper products, and pet supplies.

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lululemon athletica (LULU)

Lululemon Athletica Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, distributes, and retails athletic apparel, footwear, and accessories under the lululemon brand for women and men. It offers pants, shorts, tops, and jackets for healthy lifestyle, such as yoga, running, training, and other activities.

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Crocs (CROX)

Crocs, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells casual lifestyle footwear and accessories for men, women, and children under Crocs and HEYDUDE Brand in the United States and internationally. The company offers various footwear products, including clogs, sandals, slides, flips, wedges, platforms, socks, boots, charms, flip flops, sneakers, and slippers.

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TJX Companies (TJX)

The TJX Companies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an off-price apparel and home fashions retailer in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia. It operates through four segments: Marmaxx, HomeGoods, TJX Canada, and TJX International. The company sells family apparel, including footwear and accessories; home fashions, such as home basics, furniture, rugs, lighting products, giftware, soft home products, decorative accessories, tabletop, and cookware, as well as expanded pet, and gourmet food departments; jewelry and accessories; and other merchandise.

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