Digging Into This Top Consumer Stock

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Though it's given back some of its gains this week, Lumber Liquidators remains one of the top-performing stocks in the consumer sector this year. It's done so by capitalizing on a resurgence in spending on home renovations, as well as a niche focus on hardwood flooring -- which has a number of secular demand drivers serving as a tailwind. However, shares come at a cost following such incredible outperformance, and the risk of a pullback in consumer discretionary spending always looms over stocks like Lumber Liquidators. In the following video, Brenton and Austin discuss the company's outperformance, as well as a few more stocks that fit the same mold.

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