Based on key financial metrics such as the price-to-sales ratio, shareholder yield and the price-earnings ratio, the following 5 stocks made the list for top value stocks in the Specialty Retail industry. Those looking for value stocks to add to their portfolio may want to use this list as a starting point for further investment research.

Why Focus on Undervalued Specialty Retail Stocks?

Value investors seek to buy stocks at a discount to their intrinsic value. Long-term returns show that such strategies are advantageous. Value stocks, as a group, tend to outperform growth stocks over extended periods of time. Typically, value investors perform financial analysis of numerous metrics, don’t follow the herd and are long-term investors.

AAII’s A+ Investor Value Grade is derived from a stock’s Value Score. The Value Score is the percentile rank of the average of the percentile ranks of the price-to-sales ratio, price-earnings ratio, enterprise-value-to-EBITDA (EV/EBITDA) ratio, shareholder yield, price-to-book-value ratio and price-to-free-cash-flow ratio. The score is variable, meaning it can consider all six ratios or, should any of the six ratios not be valid, the remaining ratios that are valid. To be assigned a Value Score, stocks must have a valid (non-null) ratio and corresponding ranking for at least two of the six valuation ratios.

What Goes Into AAII’s Value Grade?

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AAII’s proprietary stock grades come with A+ Investor. These offer intuitive A–F grades for more than just value. It is possible for a stock to appear cheap based on one valuation metric but appear expensive on another. It is also possible for one valuation ratio to be associated with outperforming stocks during certain periods of time but not others. Some stocks may even have null values for certain metrics like the price-earnings ratio or the price-to-book ratio but not others. An example of this would be a company with losses instead of profits or a negative book value because of heavy borrowing. Negative earnings or book value result in non-meaningful ratios that are left blank or null.

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5 Undervalued Specialty Retail Stocks

Of course, there are countless value stocks that are worth mentioning, but this is a concise list of the top 5 undervalued stocks in the Specialty Retail industry for Friday, September 12, 2025. Let’s take a closer look at their individual scores to see how they measure up against each other and the Specialty Retail industry median.

The Value Grade is assigned based on how each stock’s composite valuation compares to all other stocks.

The process for assigning grades starts with each variable for a given stock. The percentile rankings for all valid ratios that a stock has are calculated. So, for instance, a stock could have a price-to-book ranking in the 43rd percentile, a price-earnings ranking in the 67th percentile, a price-to-sales ranking in the 23rd percentile, etc. Then, those rankings are averaged for each stock. (A minimum of two valid variables are required, though all six will be used if available.)

Once the average of the individual variables is calculated, that average is ranked against all stocks. Put another way, each stock’s composite valuation is compared to all other stocks. These ranks are then sorted into quintiles from the cheapest 20% (a grade of A) to the most expensive 20% (a grade of F).

As always, we recommend that you conduct proper due diligence and research before investing in any security. We also suggest that investors utilize numerous grades, not just value, when it comes to deciding whether a company is a good fit for their allocation needs.

Arko Corp.’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

Arko Corp., through its subsidiary, operates a chain of convenience stores in the United States. It operates through Retail, Wholesale, Fleet Fueling, and GPMP segments. The Retail segment engages in the operation of retail stores that sells fuel and merchandise, as well as cold and hot foodservice, beverages, cigarettes and other tobacco products, candy, salty snacks, grocery, beer and general merchandise to retail consumers. The Wholesale segment supplies fuel to dealers, sub-wholesalers, and bulk and spot purchasers. The Fleet Fueling segment operates proprietary and third-party cardlock, and sells fuel using proprietary fuel cards. The GPMP segment is involved in the wholesale distribution of fuel to the retail and wholesale segments. The company is based in Richmond, Virginia.

Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.

Arko Corp. has a Value Score of 65, which is considered to be undervalued.

When you look at Arko Corp.’s price-to-sales ratio at 0.07 compared to the industry median at 0.42, this company has a lower price relative to revenue compared to its peers. This could make Arko Corp.’s stock more attractive for value investors.

Arko Corp.’s price-earnings ratio is 65.70 compared to the industry median at 21.20. This means it has a higher share price relative to earnings compared to its peers. This could make Arko Corp. less attractive for value investors.

Now, let’s assess Arko Corp.’s EV/EBITDA ratio, also known as enterprise multiple. At 13.8, when compared to the industry median of 13.7, the company may be considered overvalued in relation to its peers. Value investors could use the enterprise multiple to identify stocks that are considered overvalued or undervalued relative to their industry.

Shareholder yield is the sum of a stock’s dividend yield (paid over previous 12 months minus special dividends) and the percentage of net share buybacks over the previous 12 months. Arko Corp.’s shareholder yield is higher than its industry median ratio of 1.00%. Value investors may look for an attractive shareholder yield because it can be a powerful tool for identifying if the company has a good management team.

As one of the most common value metrics, the price-to-book ratio evaluates a company’s current market price relative to its book value. Arko Corp.’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its industry median ratio of 2.11. This could make Arko Corp. less attractive to investors looking for a new addition to their portfolio.

Lastly, let’s take a look at Arko Corp.’s price-to-free-cash-flow ratio (P/FCF), which can indicate a company’s market value relative to its operating cash flow. Arko Corp.’s price-to-free-cash-flow ratio is lower than its industry median ratio of 26.60. This could make Arko Corp. more attractive because the lower P/FCF ratio indicates that Arko Corp. is undervalued. The P/FCF ratio metric can also be viewed over a long-term time frame to see if the company's cash flow to share price value is generally improving or worsening.

Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc.’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a sporting goods and outdoor recreational retailer in the United States. The company’s outdoors division comprises camping products, such as coolers and drinkware, and camping accessories and equipment; fishing products, including marine equipment and fishing rods, reels, and baits and equipment; and hunting products, which includes firearms, ammunition, archery and archery equipment, camouflage apparel, waders, shooting accessories, gun safes, optics, airguns, and hunting equipment. Its sports and recreation division offers fitness equipment, fitness accessories, and nutrition supplies; team and specialty sports equipment, including baseball, football, basketball, soccer, golf, racket sports, volleyball, backpacks, and sports bags; recreation products, which includes patio furniture, outdoor cooking, trampolines, play sets, watersports, and pet equipment, as well as wheeled goods that include bicycles, skateboards, and other ride-on toys; and electronics, watches, and sunglasses, as well as front-end products, such as consumables, batteries, etc. The company’s apparel division provides outdoor and seasonal apparel, denim, work apparel, graphic t-shirts, and accessories; boys and girls outdoor, and athletic apparel; sporting and fitness apparel; and professional and collegiate team licensed apparel and accessories. Its footwear division offers casual shoes, slippers, seasonal footwear, and socks; work and western boots, shoes, and hunting footwear; boys and girls footwear; athletic footwear, such as running shoes, athletic lifestyle, and training shoes; and team and specialty sports footwear, and slides. The company sells its products under the Academy Sports + Outdoors, Magellan Outdoors, BCG, O'rageous, Game Winner, Outdoor Gourmet, Freely, and R.O.W. brand names. Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Katy, Texas.

Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.

Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. has a Value Score of 92, which is considered to be undervalued.

Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc.’s price-earnings ratio is 9.0 compared to the industry median at 21.2. This means that it has a lower price relative to its earnings compared to its peers. This makes Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. more attractive for value investors.

Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc.’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its peers. This could make Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. less attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 2.11.

You can read more about Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc.’s key financial metrics like shareholder yield, price-to-free-cash-flow and EV/EBITDA ratio, or learn more about its Momentum and Growth Grades, by subscribing to A+ Investor.

Caleres, Inc.’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

Caleres, Inc. engages in the designs, develops, sources, manufactures, and distributes footwear in the United States, Canada, East Asia, and internationally. It operates through Famous Footwear and Brand Portfolio segments. The company offers licensed, branded, and private-label athletic, casual, and dress footwear products. The company provides brand name athletic, casual, and dress shoes, including Nike, Skechers, Adidas, Vans, Crocs, Converse, Puma, Birkenstock, New Balance, Under Armour, Dr. Martens, Reef, Asics, Bearpaw, HeyDude, and Veronica Beard brands, as well as company-owned and licensed brands, such as Sam Edelman, Vionic, Allen Edmonds, Franco Sarto, Rykä, Vince, Favorite Daughter, LifeStride, Dr. Scholl’s Shoes, Blowfish Malibu, and Naturalizer. The company also operates naturalizer.com, naturalizer.ca, vionicshoes.com, samedelman.com, samedelman.co.uk, allenedmonds.com, allenedmonds.ca, shoebank.com, drschollsshoes.com, lifestride.com, francosarto.com, and ryka.com websites. In addition, it designs, sources, manufactures, and markets footwear to retail stores, such as online retailers, national chains, department stores, mass merchandisers, and independent retailers. Further, the company wholesales men’s footwear, apparel, leather goods, and accessories under the Allen Edmonds brand; footwear for women under LifeStride brand; Italian footwear Franco Sarto brand; athletic footwear for women under the Rykä brand; women's shoe collection under the Vince brand; and women’s footwear collection under Veronica Beard brand. The company operates through retail shoe stores, wholesales, and e-commerce websites. The company was formerly known as Brown Shoe Company, Inc. and changed its name to Caleres, Inc. in May 2015. Caleres, Inc. was founded in 1878 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.

Caleres, Inc. has a Value Score of 97, which is considered to be undervalued.

Caleres, Inc.’s price-earnings ratio is 8.9 compared to the industry median at 21.2. This means that it has a lower price relative to its earnings compared to its peers. This makes Caleres, Inc. more attractive for value investors.

Caleres, Inc.’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its peers. This could make Caleres, Inc. less attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 2.11.

You can read more about Caleres, Inc.’s key financial metrics like shareholder yield, price-to-free-cash-flow and EV/EBITDA ratio, or learn more about its Momentum and Growth Grades, by subscribing to A+ Investor.

Monro, Inc.’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

Monro, Inc. engages in the operation of retail tire and automotive repair stores in the United States. It offers replacement tires and tire related services; automotive undercar repair services; and routine maintenance services primarily to passenger cars, light trucks, and vans. The company also provides other products and services for brakes; mufflers and exhaust systems; and steering, drive train, suspension, and wheel alignment. It operates its stores under the Monro Auto Service and Tire Centers, Tire Choice Auto Service Centers, Mr. Tire Auto Service Centers, Car-X Tire & Auto, Tire Warehouse Tires for Less, Ken Towery's Tire & Auto Care, Mountain View Tire & Auto Service, and Tire Barn Warehouse brand names. The company was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Fairport, New York.

Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.

Monro, Inc. has a Value Score of 93, which is considered to be undervalued.

Monro, Inc.’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its peers. This could make Monro, Inc. less attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 2.11.

You can read more about Monro, Inc.’s key financial metrics like shareholder yield, price-to-free-cash-flow and EV/EBITDA ratio, or learn more about its Momentum and Growth Grades, by subscribing to A+ Investor.

The ODP Corporation’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

The ODP Corporation provides business products, services and supplies, and digital workplace technology solutions to small, medium, and enterprise-level businesses in the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Canada. The company operates through three segments: ODP Business Solutions, Office Depot, and Veyer. The ODP Business Solutions segment offers adjacency products, including cleaning, janitorial, breakroom supplies, office furniture, and technology products; and copy and print services through sales force, catalogs, telesales, and internet websites. This segment also engages in the office supply distribution business. The Office Depot segment sells office supplies, technology products and solutions, business machines and related supplies, cleaning, breakroom and facilities products, personal protective equipment, and office furniture; and offers business services, including copying, printing, digital imaging, mailing, shipping, and technology support services through a fully integrated omni-channel platform of 869 Office Depot and OfficeMax retail stores, as well as officedepot.com. The Veyer segment engages in the supply chain, distribution, procurement, and global sourcing operation and purchasing, as well as global sourcing operation in Asia. The ODP Corporation was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.

Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.

The ODP Corporation has a Value Score of 98, which is considered to be undervalued.

The ODP Corporation’s price-earnings ratio is 13.2 compared to the industry median at 21.2. This means that it has a lower price relative to its earnings compared to its peers. This makes The ODP Corporation more attractive for value investors.

The ODP Corporation’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its peers. This could make The ODP Corporation less attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 2.11.

You can read more about The ODP Corporation’s key financial metrics like shareholder yield, price-to-free-cash-flow and EV/EBITDA ratio, or learn more about its Momentum and Growth Grades, by subscribing to A+ Investor.

Other Specialty Retail Stock Grades

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Choosing Which of the 5 Best Specialty Retail Stocks Is Right for You

Choosing which value stocks to invest in will ultimately depend on your individual goals and allocation; however, comparing similar value stocks in the same industry can help you analyze which might be better investments for you in the long run. So, let’s take a look at the Value Grade for all of our stocks.

• Arko Corp. stock has a Value Grade of B.
• Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. stock has a Value Grade of A.
• Caleres, Inc. stock has a Value Grade of A.
• Monro, Inc. stock has a Value Grade of A.
• The ODP Corporation stock has a Value Grade of A.

Now that you have a bit more background about each of the 5 undervalued stocks in the Specialty Retail industry as well as their overall grades, it’s time for you to conduct additional research to see if these could fit your portfolio needs based on your goals and risk tolerance. AAII can help you figure out both and identify which investments align with what works best for you.

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Additional Resources About Specialty Retail Stocks

Want to learn more about Specialty Retail stocks to see if they could be the right investment for you? Check out some additional resources and articles to help you on your financial journey.

• 5 Undervalued Specialty Retail Stocks for Friday, September 12
• 6 Undervalued Specialty Retail Stocks for Thursday, September 11
• Why Duluth Holdings Inc.’s (DLTH) Stock Is Up 5.15%
• Why Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc.’s (FND) Stock Is Up 5.03%

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