Ross Stores (ROST) Competitors

Ross Stores (NASDAQ:ROST) and TJX Companies (NYSE:TJX) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability and dividends.

Do institutionals and 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, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate ROST or TJX?

Ross Stores currently has a consensus price target of $171.29, indicating a potential upside of 14.96%. TJX Companies has a consensus price target of $131.33, indicating a potential upside of 8.17%. Given Ross Stores' higher probable 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)	6 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.72
TJX Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ROST or TJX?

TJX Companies received 244 more outperform votes than Ross Stores when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.17% of users gave TJX Companies an outperform vote while only 63.99% of users gave Ross Stores an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ross Stores	Outperform Votes 979 63.99%	Underperform Votes 551 36.01%
TJX Companies	Outperform Votes 1223 75.17%	Underperform Votes 404 24.83%

Which has more volatility & risk, ROST or TJX?

Ross Stores has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TJX Companies has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 1.0%. TJX Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Ross Stores pays out 23.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TJX Companies pays out 35.3% 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.

Which has better earnings and 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	2.41	$1.87B	$6.35	23.46
TJX Companies	$54.22B	2.52	$4.47B	$4.25	28.57

Does the media prefer ROST or TJX?

In the previous week, TJX Companies had 11 more articles in the media than Ross Stores. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for TJX Companies and 18 mentions for Ross Stores. TJX Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Ross Stores' score of 0.72 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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TJX Companies	20 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ROST or TJX 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
Ross Stores	9.95%	41.83%	14.48%
TJX Companies	8.63%	61.82%	15.53%

Summary

TJX Companies beats Ross Stores on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.