TJX vs. ROST, GPS, ANF, URBN, AEO, FL, BKE, CAL, GES, and SCVL
Should you be buying TJX Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TJX Companies include Ross Stores (ROST), GAP (GPS), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Urban Outfitters (URBN), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Foot Locker (FL), Buckle (BKE), Caleres (CAL), Guess? (GES), and Shoe Carnival (SCVL). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.
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 analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
TJX Companies has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ross Stores has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, TJX Companies and TJX Companies both had 12 articles in the media. TJX Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Ross Stores' score of 0.92 indicating that TJX Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Ross Stores has a net margin of 9.60% compared to TJX Companies' net margin of 8.47%. TJX Companies' return on equity of 64.26% beat Ross Stores' return on equity.
TJX Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Ross Stores pays an annual dividend of $1.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. TJX Companies pays out 37.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ross Stores pays out 24.8% 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.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Ross Stores shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
TJX Companies currently has a consensus target price of $112.67, suggesting a potential upside of 0.75%. Ross Stores has a consensus target price of $159.06, suggesting a potential upside of 12.88%. Given Ross Stores' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ross Stores is more favorable than TJX Companies.
TJX Companies received 235 more outperform votes than Ross Stores when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.06% of users gave TJX Companies an outperform vote while only 64.07% of users gave Ross Stores an outperform vote.
Summary
TJX Companies beats Ross Stores on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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