This week, Zacks Chief Equity Strategist and Economist John Blank, PhD discusses:

• Top stocks in the Retail-Wholesale sector, a wide-ranging area of the economy which includes both brick-and-mortar and online enterprises, and also food/drug and non-food companies. In this webinar, John defines “top” stocks using three screening metrics: market capitalization, number of analysts following the stock, and largest percent change in F1 EPS estimate (the most important element used in assigning a Zacks Rank to stocks).

• Using this framework, John then examines key metrics for these leading names, using Zacks charting to illustrate comparisons of the most relevant trends for these companies. To point out strengths and weaknesses among these stocks, he looks at metrics ranging from Total Return Performance, Revenue F12M, EPS F12M, and Return on Equity to Net Margin, Total Debt/Capital to EPS Consensus and EPS Surprise, to EBIT, Total Assets, Total Liabilities, and many more.

• John’s review of Retail-Wholesale players includes both large and relatively small companies, US-based firms and those headquartered in Europe and the Far East, and both familiar and less well-known names. Among the tickers he discusses are Walmart (WMT), Chipotle (CMG), Target (TGT), Sainsbury’s (JSAIY), Fiverr (FVRR), and many others. Don’t miss this in-depth analysis from Zacks’ Chief Equity Strategist!