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 vs.
Ross Stores (NASDAQ:ROST) and TJX Companies (NYSE:TJX) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
Ross Stores has a net margin of 9.60% compared to Ross Stores' net margin of 8.47%. Ross Stores' return on equity of 64.26% beat TJX Companies' return on equity.
Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Ross Stores 9.60% 42.24% 13.96% TJX Companies 8.47% 64.26% 15.29% 86.9% of Ross Stores shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.1% of TJX Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ross Stores currently has a consensus target price of $156.58, indicating a potential upside of 4.91%. TJX Companies has a consensus target price of $110.37, indicating a potential downside of 0.61%. Given TJX Companies' higher probable upside, equities 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)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78 TJX Companies 0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89 Ross Stores pays an annual dividend of $1.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. TJX Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Ross Stores pays out 24.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TJX Companies pays out 37.2% 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.
In the previous week, TJX Companies had 2 more articles in the media than Ross Stores. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for TJX Companies and 5 mentions for Ross Stores. Ross Stores' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat TJX Companies' score of 1.18 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 4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive TJX Companies 6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive 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 $20.74B 2.40 $1.87B $5.93 25.17 TJX Companies $54.91B 2.29 $4.47B $4.03 27.56 Ross Stores has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TJX Companies has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
TJX Companies received 234 more outperform votes than Ross Stores when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.03% of users gave TJX Companies an outperform vote while only 64.05% of users gave Ross Stores an outperform vote.
Company Underperform Outperform Ross Stores Outperform Votes 962
64.05%
Underperform Votes 540
35.95%
TJX Companies Outperform Votes 1196
75.03%
Underperform Votes 398
24.97%
Summary
TJX Companies beats Ross Stores on 13 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
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TJX vs. The Competition
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| Metric | TJX Companies | Family clothing stores Industry | Retail Sector | NYSE Exchange |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market Cap | $125.50B | $18.88B | $21.07B | $17.87B |
| Dividend Yield | 1.36% | 2.43% | 175.54% | 3.62% |
| P/E Ratio | 27.56 | 15.08 | 24.07 | 24.51 |
| Price / Sales | 2.29 | 1.04 | 5.70 | 14.39 |
| Price / Cash | 22.95 | 10.74 | 17.47 | 19.17 |
| Price / Book | 16.72 | 5.41 | 4.53 | 4.84 |
| Net Income | $4.47B | $702.99M | $717.53M | $975.54M |
| 7 Day Performance | 0.72% | -0.05% | 0.24% | 0.69% |
| 1 Month Performance | 8.72% | -0.12% | -2.62% | -1.94% |
| 1 Year Performance | 35.33% | 66.98% | 2.10% | 10.44% |
TJX Companies Competitors List
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| Company | MarketRank | Share Price | Analysts' Price Target | 1Y Price Performance | Market Cap | Revenue | P/E Ratio | Employee Count | Indicator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROSTRoss Stores | 4.3674 of 5 stars | $148.69 -1.1% | $156.58 +5.3% | +37.4% | $49.60B | $20.38B | 25.07 | 108,000 | Analyst Downgrade Positive News |
| GPSGAP | 4.133 of 5 stars | $25.83 -0.7% | $25.86 +0.1% | +185.4% | $9.69B | $14.89B | 14.35 | 85,000 | Positive News |
| 2.4596 of 5 stars | $185.28 -0.3% | $174.14 -6.0% | +360.5% | $9.47B | $4.28B | 23.04 | 31,700 | Positive News | |
| URBNUrban Outfitters | 3.6759 of 5 stars | $45.11 +1.4% | $43.18 -4.3% | +43.7% | $4.21B | $5.15B | 14.41 | 28,000 | |
| AEOAmerican Eagle Outfitters | 4.3806 of 5 stars | $20.70 -0.8% | $25.00 +20.8% | +80.2% | $4.07B | $5.26B | 18.65 | 43,100 | Positive News |
| FLFoot Locker | 2.8693 of 5 stars | $25.11 +3.2% | $24.81 -1.2% | +2.8% | $2.38B | $8.12B | -6.63 | 46,846 | |
| BKEBuckle | 1.6295 of 5 stars | $36.95 +2.0% | $32.00 -13.4% | +10.1% | $1.88B | $1.26B | 8.71 | 8,000 | Analyst Upgrade |
| CALCaleres | 3.9274 of 5 stars | $33.92 -0.1% | $40.00 +17.9% | +43.0% | $1.19B | $2.82B | 7.19 | 9,200 | Gap Up |
| GESGuess? | 3.799 of 5 stars | $20.61 -3.5% | $31.25 +51.6% | +4.7% | $1.10B | $2.78B | 6.15 | 12,000 | Positive News |
| SCVLShoe Carnival | 2.9561 of 5 stars | $37.42 +1.3% | $36.50 -2.5% | +70.5% | $1.02B | $1.18B | 13.81 | 5,300 | Positive News |
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