Are Consumer Discretionary Stocks Lagging H World Group Limited Sponsored ADR (HTHT) This Year?

The Consumer Discretionary group has plenty of great stocks, but investors should always be looking for companies that are outperforming their peers. Has H World Group (HTHT) been one of those stocks this year? By taking a look at the stock's year-to-date performance in comparison to its Consumer Discretionary peers, we might be able to answer that question.H World Group is a member of our Consumer Discretionary group, which includes 264 different companies and currently sits at #9 in the Zacks Sector Rank. The Zacks Sector Rank includes 16 different groups and is listed in order from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors.The Zacks Rank is a proven system that emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions, highlighting a variety of stocks that are displaying the right characteristics to beat the market over the next one to three months. H World Group is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).The Zacks Consensus Estimate for HTHT's full-year earnings has moved 7% higher within the past quarter. This signals that analyst sentiment is improving and the stock's earnings outlook is more positive.Our latest available data shows that HTHT has returned about 46.8% since the start of the calendar year. Meanwhile, stocks in the Consumer Discretionary group have gained about 3.3% on average. This shows that H World Group is outperforming its peers so far this year.One other Consumer Discretionary stock that has outperformed the sector so far this year is SharkNinja, Inc. (SN). The stock is up 17.1% year-to-date.Over the past three months, SharkNinja, Inc.'s consensus EPS estimate for the current year has increased 2.2%. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).Looking more specifically, H World Group belongs to the Hotels and Motels industry, which includes 16 individual stocks and currently sits at #161 in the Zacks Industry Rank. Stocks in this group have lost about 1% so far this year, so HTHT is performing better this group in terms of year-to-date returns. SharkNinja, Inc., however, belongs to the Consumer Products - Discretionary industry. Currently, this 26-stock industry is ranked #107. The industry has moved -5.6% so far this year.Going forward, investors interested in Consumer Discretionary stocks should continue to pay close attention to H World Group and SharkNinja, Inc. as they could maintain their solid performance.Radical New Technology Could Hand Investors Huge GainsQuantum Computing is the next technological revolution, and it could be even more advanced than AI.While some believed the technology was years away, it is already present and moving fast. Large hyperscalers, such as Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Oracle, and even Meta and Tesla, are scrambling to integrate quantum computing into their infrastructure.Senior Stock Strategist Kevin Cook reveals 7 carefully selected stocks poised to dominate the quantum computing landscape in his report, Beyond AI: The Quantum Leap in Computing Power.Kevin was among the early experts who recognized NVIDIA's enormous potential back in 2016. Now, he has keyed in on what could be "the next big thing" in quantum computing supremacy. Today, you have a rare chance to position your portfolio at the forefront of this opportunity.See Top Quantum Stocks Now >>Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report H World Group Limited Sponsored ADR (HTHT): Free Stock Analysis Report SharkNinja, Inc. (SN): Free Stock Analysis ReportThis article originally published on Zacks Investment Research (zacks.com).Zacks Investment ResearchWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Zacks Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Zacks