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$139.09 +0.33 (+0.24%)
Closing price 02/18/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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ROST vs. TJX, ANF, URBN, AEO, BKE, FL, SCVL, GES, CAL, and GCO

Should you be buying Ross Stores stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ross Stores include TJX Companies (TJX), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Urban Outfitters (URBN), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Buckle (BKE), Foot Locker (FL), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Guess? (GES), Caleres (CAL), and Genesco (GCO). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.

Ross Stores vs.

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

TJX Companies presently has a consensus price target of $133.53, suggesting a potential upside of 7.84%. Ross Stores has a consensus price target of $169.06, suggesting a potential upside of 21.55%. Given Ross Stores' higher possible 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)
2 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88
Ross Stores
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

In the previous week, TJX Companies had 27 more articles in the media than Ross Stores. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for TJX Companies and 25 mentions for Ross Stores. TJX Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Ross Stores' score of 1.05 indicating that TJX Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
TJX Companies
47 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Ross Stores
20 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

TJX Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Ross Stores pays an annual dividend of $1.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. TJX Companies pays out 35.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ross Stores pays out 23.1% 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 received 244 more outperform votes than Ross Stores when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.18% of users gave TJX Companies an outperform vote while only 63.97% of users gave Ross Stores an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TJX CompaniesOutperform Votes
1224
75.18%
Underperform Votes
404
24.82%
Ross StoresOutperform Votes
980
63.97%
Underperform Votes
552
36.03%

TJX Companies has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ross Stores has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

91.1% of TJX Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of Ross Stores shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of TJX Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Ross Stores shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
TJX Companies$54.22B2.57$4.47B$4.2529.13
Ross Stores$21.24B2.16$1.87B$6.3521.90

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 Companies8.63% 61.82% 15.53%
Ross Stores 9.95%41.83%14.48%

Summary

TJX Companies beats Ross Stores on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ROST vs. The Competition

MetricRoss StoresFamily clothing stores IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$45.89B$19.49B$26.42B$9.20B
Dividend Yield1.05%2.36%172.71%3.98%
P/E Ratio21.9014.51133.6619.51
Price / Sales2.160.983.1969.98
Price / Cash21.2810.5322.3438.90
Price / Book9.615.426.195.07
Net Income$1.87B$702.99M$679.24M$222.54M
7 Day Performance-0.33%1.85%2.22%2.13%
1 Month Performance-6.74%-5.46%3.72%1.63%
1 Year Performance-3.46%-3.92%9.70%16.41%

Ross Stores Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ROST
Ross Stores
4.7183 of 5 stars
$139.09
+0.2%
$169.06
+21.5%
-3.5%$45.89B$21.24B21.90108,000Analyst Upgrade
TJX
TJX Companies
4.6921 of 5 stars
$124.33
-1.2%
$133.53
+7.4%
+26.3%$139.77B$56.42B29.25349,000Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
ANF
Abercrombie & Fitch
4.0788 of 5 stars
$111.82
+1.6%
$182.25
+63.0%
-9.8%$5.63B$4.28B11.0631,700
URBN
Urban Outfitters
4.074 of 5 stars
$56.01
-0.6%
$53.64
-4.2%
+34.9%$5.17B$5.15B16.0528,000Upcoming Earnings
AEO
American Eagle Outfitters
4.7374 of 5 stars
$14.35
+0.2%
$21.00
+46.4%
-33.7%$2.76B$5.26B12.2643,100
BKE
Buckle
3.2353 of 5 stars
$43.33
+1.8%
$46.00
+6.2%
+9.5%$2.20B$1.26B11.008,000Short Interest ↓
FL
Foot Locker
4.7186 of 5 stars
$20.30
+2.4%
$24.94
+22.9%
-36.6%$1.93B$8.17B-4.5046,846
SCVL
Shoe Carnival
4.3553 of 5 stars
$24.58
-0.6%
$51.00
+107.5%
-23.5%$667.84M$1.18B9.045,300
GES
Guess?
4.2798 of 5 stars
$12.38
+0.4%
$25.00
+102.0%
-50.4%$636.82M$2.78B10.4012,000Negative News
CAL
Caleres
4.5637 of 5 stars
$17.34
-0.9%
$30.00
+73.0%
-56.8%$583.09M$2.78B3.869,200
GCO
Genesco
3.3136 of 5 stars
$40.87
+1.9%
$31.00
-24.2%
+24.0%$458.20M$2.32B-16.8218,000Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:ROST) was last updated on 2/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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