Investors focused on the Retail-Wholesale space have likely heard of The Home Depot (HD), but is the stock performing well in comparison to the rest of its sector peers? A quick glance at the company's year-to-date performance in comparison to the rest of the Retail-Wholesale sector should help us answer this question.The Home Depot is a member of the Retail-Wholesale sector. This group includes 209 individual stocks and currently holds a Zacks Sector Rank of #5. 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. HD is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).Within the past quarter, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for HD's full-year earnings has moved 3.36% higher. This means that analyst sentiment is stronger and the stock's earnings outlook is improving.According to our latest data, HD has moved about 21.94% on a year-to-date basis. At the same time, Retail-Wholesale stocks have gained an average of 1.18%. As we can see, The Home Depot is performing better than its sector in the calendar year.Breaking things down more, HD is a member of the Building Products - Retail industry, which includes 9 individual companies and currently sits at #52 in the Zacks Industry Rank. Stocks in this group have gained about 18.48% so far this year, so HD is performing better this group in terms of year-to-date returns.Investors with an interest in Retail-Wholesale stocks should continue to track HD. The stock will be looking 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 The Home Depot, Inc. (HD): Free Stock Analysis Report To read this article on Zacks.com click here.