ROST vs. TJX, URBN, ANF, FL, BKE, AEO, GES, SCVL, CAL, and CTRN
Should you be buying Ross Stores stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ross Stores include TJX Companies (TJX), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Foot Locker (FL), Buckle (BKE), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Guess? (GES), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Caleres (CAL), and Citi Trends (CTRN). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.
Ross Stores vs.
Ross Stores (NASDAQ:ROST) and TJX Companies (NYSE:TJX) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.
TJX Companies received 251 more outperform votes than Ross Stores when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.20% of users gave TJX Companies an outperform vote while only 63.78% of users gave Ross Stores an outperform vote.
Ross Stores pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. TJX Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Ross Stores pays out 25.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TJX Companies pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Ross Stores has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years and TJX Companies has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years.
86.9% of Ross Stores shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.1% of TJX Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Ross Stores shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of TJX Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ross Stores has a net margin of 9.95% compared to TJX Companies' net margin of 8.63%. TJX Companies' return on equity of 61.82% beat Ross Stores' return on equity.
Ross Stores presently has a consensus target price of $158.67, suggesting a potential upside of 13.27%. TJX Companies has a consensus target price of $141.53, suggesting a potential upside of 12.26%. Given Ross Stores' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Ross Stores is more favorable than TJX Companies.
TJX Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Ross Stores. Ross Stores is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TJX Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ross Stores has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TJX Companies has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, TJX Companies had 31 more articles in the media than Ross Stores. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for TJX Companies and 13 mentions for Ross Stores. Ross Stores' average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat TJX Companies' score of 1.07 indicating that Ross Stores is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
TJX Companies beats Ross Stores on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ROST) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
