TJX Companies (TJX) Competitors

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

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

91.1% of TJX Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of Ross Stores shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of TJX Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Ross Stores shares are owned 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.

Is TJX or ROST a better dividend stock?

TJX Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Ross Stores pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. TJX Companies pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ross Stores pays out 25.6% 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 raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Ross Stores has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, TJX or ROST?

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
TJX Companies	$56.36B	2.48	$4.86B	$4.25	29.45
Ross Stores	$21.13B	2.01	$2.09B	$6.33	20.53

Which has more risk & volatility, TJX or ROST?

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

Is TJX or ROST more profitable?

Ross Stores has a net margin of 9.79% compared to TJX Companies' net margin of 8.47%. TJX Companies' return on equity of 58.81% beat Ross Stores' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TJX Companies	8.47%	58.81%	15.26%
Ross Stores	9.79%	38.77%	14.16%

Does the media refer more to TJX or ROST?

In the previous week, TJX Companies had 31 more articles in the media than Ross Stores. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for TJX Companies and 17 mentions for Ross Stores. TJX Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Ross Stores' score of 1.18 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	40 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ross Stores	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer TJX or ROST?

TJX Companies currently has a consensus target price of $141.53, suggesting a potential upside of 13.07%. Ross Stores has a consensus target price of $159.53, suggesting a potential upside of 22.75%. Given Ross Stores' higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.94
Ross Stores	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81

Summary

TJX Companies beats Ross Stores on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.