Express (EXPR) Competitors

TJX Companies (NYSE:TJX) and Express (NYSE:EXPR) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TJX or EXPR?

91.1% of TJX Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.9% of Express shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of TJX Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Express shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, TJX or EXPR?

TJX Companies has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Express has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, TJX or EXPR?

TJX Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Express. Express 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	$54.22B	2.49	$4.47B	$4.14	28.92
Express	$1.79B	0.00	$293.83M	$54.98	N/A

Is TJX or EXPR more profitable?

Express has a net margin of 10.01% compared to TJX Companies' net margin of 8.56%. TJX Companies' return on equity of 63.19% beat Express' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TJX Companies	8.56%	63.19%	15.45%
Express	10.01%	-85.36%	-13.20%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TJX or EXPR?

TJX Companies received 440 more outperform votes than Express when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.12% of users gave TJX Companies an outperform vote while only 64.45% of users gave Express an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TJX Companies	Outperform Votes 1214 75.12%	Underperform Votes 402 24.88%
Express	Outperform Votes 774 64.45%	Underperform Votes 427 35.55%

Does the media refer more to TJX or EXPR?

In the previous week, TJX Companies had 56 more articles in the media than Express. MarketBeat recorded 77 mentions for TJX Companies and 21 mentions for Express. TJX Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Express' score of 0.27 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	49 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Express	4 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate TJX or EXPR?

TJX Companies currently has a consensus target price of $127.41, suggesting a potential upside of 6.41%. Given TJX Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe TJX Companies is more favorable than Express.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TJX Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81
Express	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

TJX Companies beats Express on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.