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TJX Companies (TJX) Competitors

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$127.50 -0.53 (-0.41%)
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TJX vs. ROST, URBN, ANF, AEO, BKE, FL, GES, CAL, SCVL, and ZUMZ

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

TJX Companies vs.

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

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
Ross Stores$21.13B2.16$1.87B$6.3221.92
TJX Companies$56.36B2.53$4.47B$4.2629.98

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, TJX Companies had 3 more articles in the media than Ross Stores. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for TJX Companies and 28 mentions for Ross Stores. TJX Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Ross Stores' score of 1.20 indicating that TJX Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ross Stores
20 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
TJX Companies
22 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ross Stores presently has a consensus target price of $160.87, suggesting a potential upside of 16.14%. TJX Companies has a consensus target price of $137.38, suggesting a potential upside of 7.56%. Given Ross Stores' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly 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)
15 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.94

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 39.9% 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 a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TJX Companies has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

TJX Companies received 245 more outperform votes than Ross Stores when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.12% of users gave TJX Companies an outperform vote while only 63.80% of users gave Ross Stores an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Ross StoresOutperform Votes
987
63.80%
Underperform Votes
560
36.20%
TJX CompaniesOutperform Votes
1232
75.12%
Underperform Votes
408
24.88%

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 Stores9.95% 41.83% 14.48%
TJX Companies 8.63%61.82%15.53%

Summary

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

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TJX vs. The Competition

MetricTJX CompaniesFamily clothing stores IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$142.68B$19.33B$23.55B$18.80B
Dividend Yield1.20%2.85%170.05%4.04%
P/E Ratio30.0512.2922.2032.45
Price / Sales2.530.844.2327.66
Price / Cash25.579.9219.4117.53
Price / Book19.934.985.704.44
Net Income$4.47B$702.99M$781.29M$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.74%-0.28%1.01%1.55%
1 Month Performance8.18%-8.68%-3.29%-3.52%
1 Year Performance35.74%-13.73%2.09%4.78%

TJX Companies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TJX
TJX Companies
4.1333 of 5 stars
$127.50
-0.4%
$137.06
+7.5%
+35.0%$142.43B$56.36B30.00340,000Analyst Forecast
Positive News
ROST
Ross Stores
4.5863 of 5 stars
$138.90
-0.6%
$160.87
+15.8%
+7.4%$45.67B$21.13B21.87100,000Short Interest ↑
Positive News
URBN
Urban Outfitters
4.0214 of 5 stars
$52.07
+1.3%
$55.18
+6.0%
+32.8%$4.82B$5.55B14.9223,000Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
Gap Down
ANF
Abercrombie & Fitch
4.0765 of 5 stars
$69.99
-2.3%
$127.25
+81.8%
-44.6%$3.42B$4.95B6.9331,500Positive News
Gap Down
AEO
American Eagle Outfitters
4.6728 of 5 stars
$10.91
-2.6%
$15.50
+42.1%
-56.6%$1.88B$5.33B9.3340,800Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
BKE
Buckle
3.468 of 5 stars
$34.53
-1.0%
$41.00
+18.7%
-6.8%$1.77B$1.22B8.768,300Short Interest ↑
FL
Foot Locker
4.597 of 5 stars
$12.67
+8.0%
$21.38
+68.7%
-40.1%$1.21B$7.99B-2.8149,900Gap Down
GES
Guess?
3.9363 of 5 stars
$11.54
-2.0%
$12.50
+8.3%
-56.8%$599.77M$3.00B9.7212,500Gap Down
CAL
Caleres
3.6693 of 5 stars
$15.46
-0.1%
$16.00
+3.5%
-59.0%$519.81M$2.72B3.449,200Positive News
Gap Down
SCVL
Shoe Carnival
4.2861 of 5 stars
$17.73
-1.5%
$51.00
+187.7%
-48.5%$481.73M$1.20B6.525,800
ZUMZ
Zumiez
2.8422 of 5 stars
$11.43
-3.8%
$22.00
+92.6%
-29.5%$218.89M$889.20M-4.459,500Positive News
Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:TJX) was last updated on 4/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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