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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Do analysts recommend ROST or TJX?

Ross Stores currently has a consensus price target of $155.11, suggesting a potential upside of 17.21%. TJX Companies has a consensus price target of $106.71, suggesting a potential upside of 6.40%. Given TJX Companies' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly 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)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

Which has more volatility and risk, ROST or TJX?

Ross Stores has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TJX Companies has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ROST or TJX more profitable?

Ross Stores has a net margin of 9.20% compared to Ross Stores' net margin of 8.25%. Ross Stores' return on equity of 64.18% beat TJX Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ross Stores	9.20%	41.15%	13.35%
TJX Companies	8.25%	64.18%	14.81%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ROST or TJX?

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 64.08% of users gave Ross Stores an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ross Stores	Outperform Votes 956 64.08%	Underperform Votes 536 35.92%
TJX Companies	Outperform Votes 1190 75.03%	Underperform Votes 396 24.97%

Which has better earnings & valuation, 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	$20.38B	2.19	$1.87B	$5.56	23.80
TJX Companies	$54.22B	2.10	$4.47B	$3.86	25.98

Does the media refer more to ROST or TJX?

In the previous week, TJX Companies had 9 more articles in the media than Ross Stores. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for TJX Companies and 11 mentions for Ross Stores. TJX Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Ross Stores' score of 0.79 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	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TJX Companies	11 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

86.9% of Ross Stores shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.1% of TJX Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Ross Stores 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, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ROST or TJX a better dividend stock?

Ross Stores pays an annual dividend of $1.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. TJX Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Ross Stores pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TJX Companies pays out 38.9% 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 increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and TJX Companies has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. TJX Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

TJX Companies beats Ross Stores on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.