The Retail-Wholesale group has plenty of great stocks, but investors should always be looking for companies that are outperforming their peers. Foot Locker (FL) is a stock that can certainly grab the attention of many investors, but do its recent returns compare favorably to the sector as a whole? 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.Foot Locker is a member of the Retail-Wholesale sector. This group includes 219 individual stocks and currently holds a Zacks Sector Rank of #1. The Zacks Sector Rank gauges the strength of our 16 individual sector groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups.The Zacks Rank is a proven system that emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions, highlighting a variety of stocks that are displaying the right characteristics to beat the market over the next one to three months. FL is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).Within the past quarter, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for FL's full-year earnings has moved 19.61% higher. This means that analyst sentiment is stronger and the stock's earnings outlook is improving.According to our latest data, FL has moved about 17.33% on a year-to-date basis. At the same time, Retail-Wholesale stocks have lost an average of 7.60%. This shows that Foot Locker is outperforming its peers so far this year.Looking more specifically, FL belongs to the Retail - Apparel and Shoes industry, a group that includes 38 individual stocks and currently sits at #15 in the Zacks Industry Rank. On average, this group has lost an average of 1.11% so far this year, meaning that FL is performing better in terms of year-to-date returns.Investors in the Retail-Wholesale sector will want to keep a close eye on FL as it attempts to continue its solid performance. Infrastructure Stock Boom to Sweep America A massive push to rebuild the crumbling U.S. infrastructure will soon be underway. It’s bipartisan, urgent, and inevitable. Trillions will be spent. Fortunes will be made. The only question is “Will you get into the right stocks early when their growth potential is greatest?” Zacks has released a Special Report to help you do just that, and today it’s free. Discover 7 special companies that look to gain the most from construction and repair to roads, bridges, and buildings, plus cargo hauling and energy transformation on an almost unimaginable scale.Download FREE: How to Profit from Trillions on Spending for Infrastructure >>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 Foot Locker, Inc. (FL): Free Stock Analysis Report To read this article on Zacks.com click here.