Investors focused on the Retail-Wholesale space have likely heard of Burlington Stores (BURL), but is the stock performing well in comparison to the rest of its sector peers? Let's take a closer look at the stock's year-to-date performance to find out.Burlington Stores is a member of the Retail-Wholesale sector. This group includes 224 individual stocks and currently holds a Zacks Sector Rank of #3. The Zacks Sector Rank considers 16 different groups, measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the sector to gauge the strength of each group.The Zacks Rank is a successful stock-picking model that emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions. The system highlights a number of different stocks that could be poised to outperform the broader market over the next one to three months. BURL is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).Over the past three months, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for BURL's full-year earnings has moved 3.20% higher. This signals that analyst sentiment is improving and the stock's earnings outlook is more positive.Our latest available data shows that BURL has returned about 23.80% since the start of the calendar year. At the same time, Retail-Wholesale stocks have gained an average of 20.28%. This means that Burlington Stores is performing better than its sector in terms of year-to-date returns.To break things down more, BURL belongs to the Retail - Discount Stores industry, a group that includes 10 individual companies and currently sits at #17 in the Zacks Industry Rank. Stocks in this group have gained about 46.73% so far this year, so BURL is slightly underperforming its industry this group in terms of year-to-date returns.Going forward, investors interested in Retail-Wholesale stocks should continue to pay close attention to BURL as it looks to continue its solid performance.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 Burlington Stores, Inc. (BURL): Free Stock Analysis Report To read this article on Zacks.com click here. Zacks Investment Research