Ross Stores (ROST) Competitors

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 companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	2.39	$4.47B	$4.26	28.08
Ross Stores	$21.13B	2.02	$1.87B	$6.32	20.44

Is TJX or ROST more profitable?

Ross Stores has a net margin of 9.95% compared to TJX Companies' net margin of 8.63%. TJX Companies' return on equity of 61.82% beat Ross Stores' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TJX Companies	8.63%	61.82%	15.53%
Ross Stores	9.95%	41.83%	14.48%

Is TJX or ROST a better dividend stock?

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 $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. TJX Companies pays out 35.2% 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. Ross Stores is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals & insiders 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 insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Ross Stores shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate TJX or ROST?

TJX Companies presently has a consensus price target of $135.06, indicating a potential upside of 12.89%. Ross Stores has a consensus price target of $161.40, indicating a potential upside of 24.94%. Given Ross Stores' higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
Ross Stores	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Does the media prefer TJX or ROST?

In the previous week, TJX Companies had 12 more articles in the media than Ross Stores. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for TJX Companies and 36 mentions for Ross Stores. TJX Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Ross Stores' score of 0.79 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)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ross Stores	21 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, TJX or ROST?

TJX Companies has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ross Stores has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TJX or ROST?

TJX Companies received 245 more outperform votes than Ross Stores when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.21% of users gave TJX Companies an outperform vote while only 63.73% of users gave Ross Stores an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TJX Companies	Outperform Votes 1229 75.21%	Underperform Votes 405 24.79%
Ross Stores	Outperform Votes 984 63.73%	Underperform Votes 560 36.27%

Summary

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