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TJX vs. COST, ROST, URBN, ANF, BURL, DG, HD, KR, LOW, and WMT

Should you be buying TJX Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TJX Companies include Costco Wholesale (COST), Ross Stores (ROST), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Burlington Stores (BURL), Dollar General (DG), Home Depot (HD), Kroger (KR), Lowe's Companies (LOW), and Walmart (WMT). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.

TJX Companies vs. Its Competitors

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

Costco Wholesale pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. TJX Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Costco Wholesale pays out 29.5% 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. Costco Wholesale has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years and TJX Companies has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

Costco Wholesale has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TJX Companies has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Costco Wholesale had 108 more articles in the media than TJX Companies. MarketBeat recorded 149 mentions for Costco Wholesale and 41 mentions for TJX Companies. TJX Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Costco Wholesale's score of 1.13 indicating that TJX Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Costco Wholesale
103 Very Positive mention(s)
16 Positive mention(s)
20 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
TJX Companies
36 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Costco Wholesale currently has a consensus price target of $1,037.48, suggesting a potential upside of 6.92%. TJX Companies has a consensus price target of $141.06, suggesting a potential upside of 14.04%. Given TJX Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TJX Companies is more favorable than Costco Wholesale.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Costco Wholesale
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.68
TJX Companies
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Costco Wholesale has higher revenue and earnings than TJX Companies. TJX Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Costco Wholesale, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Costco Wholesale$254.45B1.69$7.37B$17.6355.04
TJX Companies$56.36B2.45$4.86B$4.2529.10

TJX Companies has a net margin of 8.47% compared to Costco Wholesale's net margin of 2.92%. TJX Companies' return on equity of 58.81% beat Costco Wholesale's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Costco Wholesale2.92% 30.48% 10.52%
TJX Companies 8.47%58.81%15.26%

68.5% of Costco Wholesale shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.1% of TJX Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Costco Wholesale shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of TJX Companies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Costco Wholesale and TJX Companies tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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TJX vs. The Competition

MetricTJX CompaniesRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$138.70B$90.72B$26.33B$20.79B
Dividend Yield1.37%1.79%175.53%3.71%
P/E Ratio29.1023.9229.0427.89
Price / Sales2.451.348.3242.50
Price / Cash22.6918.7349.4622.63
Price / Book16.568.425.714.57
Net Income$4.86B$2.14B$869.96M$988.81M
7 Day Performance-1.81%0.67%0.70%0.21%
1 Month Performance-0.68%2.72%5.19%3.91%
1 Year Performance8.55%0.15%24.60%11.35%

TJX Companies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TJX
TJX Companies
4.8828 of 5 stars
$123.69
-0.4%
$141.06
+14.0%
+9.9%$138.70B$56.36B29.10364,000Positive News
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COST
Costco Wholesale
4.2557 of 5 stars
$990.43
+0.3%
$1,034.79
+4.5%
+9.7%$439.22B$254.45B56.18333,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ROST
Ross Stores
4.8487 of 5 stars
$130.57
-0.7%
$158.94
+21.7%
-11.6%$42.69B$21.13B20.62107,000Positive News
URBN
Urban Outfitters
4.425 of 5 stars
$70.89
-3.6%
$74.09
+4.5%
+63.3%$6.33B$5.68B14.7829,000
ANF
Abercrombie & Fitch
3.3761 of 5 stars
$88.53
-3.4%
$110.63
+25.0%
-49.2%$4.20B$5.03B8.6839,200
BURL
Burlington Stores
4.3128 of 5 stars
$248.65
+0.5%
$317.43
+27.7%
+4.3%$15.67B$10.63B30.4877,532
DG
Dollar General
4.6082 of 5 stars
$115.51
+1.2%
$109.08
-5.6%
-12.0%$25.45B$40.61B22.07194,200Trending News
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
HD
Home Depot
4.8641 of 5 stars
$366.15
-1.5%
$426.77
+16.6%
+8.5%$364.33B$159.51B24.84520,700Positive News
KR
Kroger
4.7408 of 5 stars
$71.17
+1.9%
$70.00
-1.6%
+33.5%$47.11B$146.97B19.42409,000Trending News
LOW
Lowe's Companies
4.9594 of 5 stars
$223.64
-2.0%
$271.12
+21.2%
+3.3%$125.35B$83.67B18.53270,000Positive News
WMT
Walmart
4.8903 of 5 stars
$99.03
+0.7%
$106.67
+7.7%
+34.8%$790.12B$680.99B42.312,100,000Trending News

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This page (NYSE:TJX) was last updated on 7/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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