ROST vs. TJX, ANF, URBN, AEO, BKE, FL, SCVL, GES, CAL, and GCO
Should you be buying Ross Stores stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ross Stores include TJX Companies (TJX), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Urban Outfitters (URBN), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Buckle (BKE), Foot Locker (FL), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Guess? (GES), Caleres (CAL), and Genesco (GCO). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.
Ross Stores vs.
Ross Stores (NASDAQ:ROST) and TJX Companies (NYSE:TJX) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Ross Stores has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TJX Companies has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 1.2%. 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.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of TJX Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Ross Stores presently has a consensus price target of $169.06, indicating a potential upside of 23.75%. TJX Companies has a consensus price target of $134.18, indicating a potential upside of 10.82%. Given Ross Stores' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Ross Stores is more favorable than TJX Companies.
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.
TJX Companies received 245 more outperform votes than Ross Stores when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.20% of users gave TJX Companies an outperform vote while only 63.97% of users gave Ross Stores an outperform vote.
In the previous week, TJX Companies had 22 more articles in the media than Ross Stores. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for TJX Companies and 31 mentions for Ross Stores. TJX Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Ross Stores' score of 1.01 indicating that TJX Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
TJX Companies beats Ross Stores on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ROST) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
