Express (EXPR) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of EXPR or TJX?

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

Which has more volatility and risk, EXPR or TJX?

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

Do analysts prefer EXPR or TJX?

TJX Companies has a consensus target price of $126.76, indicating a potential upside of 12.79%. Given TJX Companies' 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
Express	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
TJX Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81

Is EXPR or TJX 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
Express	10.01%	-85.36%	-13.20%
TJX Companies	8.56%	63.19%	15.45%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EXPR or TJX?

TJX Companies received 437 more outperform votes than Express when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.08% of users gave TJX Companies an outperform vote while only 64.55% of users gave Express an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Express	Outperform Votes 774 64.55%	Underperform Votes 425 35.45%
TJX Companies	Outperform Votes 1211 75.08%	Underperform Votes 402 24.92%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, EXPR or TJX?

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
Express	$1.79B	0.00	$293.83M	$54.98	0.00
TJX Companies	$54.22B	2.34	$4.47B	$4.14	27.15

Does the media refer more to EXPR or TJX?

In the previous week, Express had 10 more articles in the media than TJX Companies. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Express and 10 mentions for TJX Companies. TJX Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Express' score of -0.14 indicating that TJX Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Express	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	4 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
TJX Companies	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

TJX Companies beats Express on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.