TJX Companies (TJX) Competitors

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

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

86.9% of Ross Stores shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.1% of TJX Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Ross Stores shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of TJX Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ROST or TJX?

TJX Companies received 243 more outperform votes than Ross Stores when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.20% of users gave TJX Companies an outperform vote while only 64.07% of users gave Ross Stores an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ross Stores	Outperform Votes 979 64.07%	Underperform Votes 549 35.93%
TJX Companies	Outperform Votes 1222 75.20%	Underperform Votes 403 24.80%

Does the media prefer ROST or TJX?

In the previous week, TJX Companies had 5 more articles in the media than Ross Stores. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for TJX Companies and 4 mentions for Ross Stores. Ross Stores' average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat TJX Companies' score of 0.94 indicating that Ross Stores is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ross Stores	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TJX Companies	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate ROST or TJX?

Ross Stores presently has a consensus price target of $171.69, indicating a potential upside of 15.11%. TJX Companies has a consensus price target of $130.89, indicating a potential upside of 7.29%. Given Ross Stores' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly 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)	4 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82
TJX Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

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%

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 higher 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	$21.24B	2.32	$1.87B	$6.35	23.49
TJX Companies	$56.42B	2.43	$4.47B	$4.25	28.71

Which has more volatility & risk, ROST or TJX?

Ross Stores has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TJX Companies has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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