TJX Companies (TJX) Competitors

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

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

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

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%

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 1.1%. 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 raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years and TJX Companies has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	$21.13B	2.40	$1.87B	$6.32	24.41
TJX Companies	$56.36B	2.68	$4.47B	$4.26	31.71

Does the media prefer ROST or TJX?

In the previous week, TJX Companies had 11 more articles in the media than Ross Stores. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for TJX Companies and 40 mentions for Ross Stores. Ross Stores' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat TJX Companies' score of 1.21 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	27 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TJX Companies	31 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer ROST or TJX?

Ross Stores currently has a consensus price target of $161.53, suggesting a potential upside of 4.73%. TJX Companies has a consensus price target of $137.11, suggesting a potential upside of 1.50%. Given Ross Stores' higher probable upside, equities 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)	17 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.94

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ROST or TJX?

TJX Companies received 246 more outperform votes than Ross Stores when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.09% of users gave TJX Companies an outperform vote while only 63.79% of users gave Ross Stores an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ross Stores	Outperform Votes 990 63.79%	Underperform Votes 562 36.21%
TJX Companies	Outperform Votes 1236 75.09%	Underperform Votes 410 24.91%

Which has more risk & volatility, ROST or TJX?

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

Summary

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