TJX Companies (TJX) Competitors

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

Is ROST or TJX a better dividend stock?

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 increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and TJX Companies has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

Is ROST or TJX 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
Ross Stores	9.95%	41.83%	14.48%
TJX Companies	8.63%	61.82%	15.53%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ROST or TJX?

86.9% of Ross Stores shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.1% of TJX Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Ross Stores shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of TJX Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, ROST or TJX?

Ross Stores has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TJX Companies has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, ROST or TJX?

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
Ross Stores	$21.26B	2.17	$1.87B	$6.33	22.13
TJX Companies	$56.99B	2.47	$4.47B	$4.25	29.66

Does the media refer more to ROST or TJX?

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.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ross Stores	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TJX Companies	31 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ROST or TJX?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ross Stores	Outperform Votes 995 63.78%	Underperform Votes 565 36.22%
TJX Companies	Outperform Votes 1246 75.20%	Underperform Votes 411 24.80%

Do analysts recommend ROST or TJX?

Ross Stores currently has a consensus price target of $158.67, suggesting a potential upside of 13.27%. TJX Companies has a consensus price target of $141.53, suggesting a potential upside of 12.26%. Given Ross Stores' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ross Stores is more favorable than TJX Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ross Stores	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81
TJX Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.94

Summary

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