ROST vs. TJX, CMG, AZO, YUM, DLTR, ORLY, KR, WBA, DG, and CPNG
Should you be buying Ross Stores stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ross Stores include TJX Companies (TJX), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), AutoZone (AZO), Yum! Brands (YUM), Dollar Tree (DLTR), O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY), Kroger (KR), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Dollar General (DG), and Coupang (CPNG). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Ross Stores vs.
TJX Companies (NYSE:TJX) and Ross Stores (NASDAQ:ROST) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Ross Stores has a net margin of 7.74% compared to TJX Companies' net margin of 6.90%. TJX Companies' return on equity of 62.97% beat Ross Stores' return on equity.
91.3% of TJX Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Ross Stores shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of TJX Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Ross Stores shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
TJX Companies presently has a consensus target price of $82.67, indicating a potential upside of 0.95%. Ross Stores has a consensus target price of $117.25, indicating a potential downside of 1.87%. Given TJX Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TJX Companies is more favorable than Ross Stores.
TJX Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Ross Stores pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. TJX Companies pays out 41.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ross Stores pays out 30.1% 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 1 consecutive years and Ross Stores has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
TJX Companies received 242 more outperform votes than Ross Stores when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.68% of users gave TJX Companies an outperform vote while only 65.07% of users gave Ross Stores an outperform vote.
TJX Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Ross Stores. TJX Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ross Stores, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ross Stores had 2 more articles in the media than TJX Companies. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Ross Stores and 6 mentions for TJX Companies. Ross Stores' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat TJX Companies' score of 0.73 indicating that Ross Stores is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TJX Companies has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ross Stores has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
TJX Companies and Ross Stores tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ROST and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Ross Stores Competitors List
