Ross Stores (ROST) Competitors

TJX Companies (NYSE:TJX) and Ross Stores (NASDAQ:ROST) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.

Is TJX or ROST a better dividend stock?

TJX Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Ross Stores pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. TJX Companies pays out 39.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ross Stores pays out 25.6% 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. TJX Companies has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Ross Stores has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in TJX or ROST?

91.1% of TJX Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of Ross Stores shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of TJX Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Ross Stores shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, TJX or ROST?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TJX Companies	$56.36B	2.69	$4.47B	$4.26	31.81
Ross Stores	$21.13B	2.42	$1.87B	$6.32	24.60

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TJX or ROST?

TJX Companies received 245 more outperform votes than Ross Stores when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.08% of users gave TJX Companies an outperform vote while only 63.79% of users gave Ross Stores an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TJX Companies	Outperform Votes 1235 75.08%	Underperform Votes 410 24.92%
Ross Stores	Outperform Votes 990 63.79%	Underperform Votes 562 36.21%

Does the media refer more to TJX or ROST?

In the previous week, TJX Companies had 6 more articles in the media than Ross Stores. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for TJX Companies and 40 mentions for Ross Stores. Ross Stores' average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat TJX Companies' score of 1.19 indicating that Ross Stores is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TJX Companies	30 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ross Stores	27 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, TJX or ROST?

TJX Companies has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ross Stores has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TJX or ROST more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TJX Companies	8.63%	61.82%	15.53%
Ross Stores	9.95%	41.83%	14.48%

Do analysts prefer TJX or ROST?

TJX Companies currently has a consensus price target of $136.82, indicating a potential upside of 0.97%. Ross Stores has a consensus price target of $161.53, indicating a potential upside of 3.90%. Given Ross Stores' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ross Stores is more favorable than TJX Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TJX Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.94
Ross Stores	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81

Summary

TJX Companies beats Ross Stores on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.