What are the best specialty retail stocks?

Al Majed Oud Co. (4165.SR) currently leads the specialty retail industry ranking on invest-like with a Buffett-Fit composite score of 79/100, followed by LOV.AX (75/100). The full ranked list of 50 specialty retail stocks is on this page. Educational only, not investment advice.

Which specialty retail stock has the highest ROIC?

ROIC sustainability is the closest single quantitative proxy for moat strength. The specialty retail industry's median ROIC is currently 12%. The top-scoring stocks on this page combine high ROIC with the other Buffett-Fit pillars (gross-margin durability, balance-sheet quality, capital allocation discipline).

How many specialty retail stocks does invest-like.com cover?

invest-like.com currently indexes 50 specialty retail stocks above $500M market cap with daily-refreshed fundamentals and cached Buffett-Fit verdicts. Each stock is graded A+ to D on a composite 0-100 score across the five Buffett pillars.

Where does Specialty Retail sit in the GICS hierarchy?

Specialty Retail is an industry within the consumer discretionary sector. See /sector/consumer-discretionary/ for the full sector view including peer industries.

Is the specialty retail ranking on this page investment advice?

No. The ranking is an educational pattern-match against documented value-investing frameworks (Buffett, Graham, Fisher, Lynch, Greenblatt, Munger, Smith). Scores reflect how closely each stock fits the documented criteria - NOT recommendations to buy, hold, or sell. Always do your own research and consult a licensed financial adviser.

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Best Specialty Retail Stocks

Category-specialist retailers - Home Depot, Lowe's, AutoZone, O'Reilly, Tractor Supply, Ulta. Buffett's specialty-retail darlings combine pricing power + scale + niche dominance.

Industry leader

Al Majed Oud Co. 4165.SR

Buffett-Fit: 79/100

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What drives this industry

Specialty retail moats are built on category dominance + supplier leverage + customer loyalty. The dominant operators (Home Depot, AutoZone, O'Reilly) match Costco-level operational excellence in a single category. ROIC above 25% + same-store-sales growth above industry average is the quality screen.

Top 50 ranked by Buffett-Fit

Sorted by composite quality score - ROIC, margin stability, balance-sheet strength, growth quality. Click any ticker for the full Buffett verdict.

#	Company	mcap	Q
1	4165.SRAl Majed Oud Co.	3.2B	79
2	LOV.AXLovisa Holdings Limited	2.6B	75
3	8136.TSanrio Company, Ltd.	1.54T	72
4	BELA.ATJumbo S.A.	3.6B	70
5	DNLM.LDunelm Group plc	1.8B	70
6	MRDIYT.BKMRDIYT_MR. D.I.Y. HOLDING	56.3B	68
7	MRDIYT-R.BKMR. D.I.Y. Holding (Thailand) Public Company Limited	56.3B	68
8	CLAS-B.STClas Ohlson AB (publ)	28.6B	65
9	MAPA.JKPT Map Aktif Adiperkasa Tbk	19.95T	64
10	MELIMercadoLibre, Inc.	100.3B	63
11	NCK.AXNick Scali Limited	1.2B	63
12	4190.SRJarir Marketing Company	19.7B	61
13	ULTAUlta Beauty, Inc.	24.1B	61
14	AVOL.SWAvolta AG	6.3B	60
15	WSMWilliams-Sonoma, Inc.	26.8B	58
16	COM7.BKCom7 Public Company Limited	70.7B	58
17	PET.TOPet Valu Holdings Ltd.	1.3B	57
18	JBH.AXJB Hi-Fi Limited	7.4B	56
19	ORLYO'Reilly Automotive, Inc.	71.1B	55
20	SUL.AXSuper Retail Group Limited	3.0B	54
21	MOON.LMoonpig Group PLC	799M	54
22	CASYCasey's General Stores, Inc.	28.0B	54
23	DKSDICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc.	12.4B	53
24	8173.TJoshin Corporation	109.0B	53
25	3045.TWTaiwan Mobile Co., Ltd.	357.6B	52
26	7419.TNojima Corporation	366.1B	51
27	BBYBest Buy Co., Inc.	19.0B	51
28	EBAYeBay Inc.	46.0B	50
29	MNSOMINISO Group Holding Limited	2.9B	50
30	KID.OLKid ASA	5.0B	50
31	SESea Limited	68.7B	50
32	4200.SRAldrees Petroleum and Transport Services Company	12.0B	50
33	BWMXBetterware de México, S.A.P.I. de C.V.	621M	50
34	601888.SSChina Tourism Group Duty Free Corporation Limited	113.4B	49
35	2730.TEDION Corporation	265.7B	49
36	WOOFPetco Health and Wellness Company, Inc.	772M	49
37	LQDTLiquidity Services, Inc.	1.3B	49
38	RHRh	2.8B	49
39	1880.HKChina Tourism Group Duty Free Corporation Limited	103.9B	49
40	BBWIBath & Body Works, Inc.	3.9B	48
41	MMB.PALagardere SA	2.6B	48
42	DRAL.TADor Alon Energy In Israel (1988) Ltd	2.9B	48
43	FRAS.LFrasers Group Plc	3.4B	48
44	GLBEGlobal-e Online Ltd.	6.4B	47
45	9937.TWNational Petroleum Co., Ltd.	17.1B	47
46	SVVSavers Value Village, Inc.	1.6B	47
47	ETSYEtsy, Inc.	7.0B	47
48	BOBSBob's Discount Furniture, Inc.	2.3B	47
49	HVN.AXHarvey Norman Holdings Limited	5.4B	47
50	8282.TK's Holdings Corporation	291.2B	47