Free Trial

TJX Companies (TJX) Competitors

TJX Companies logo
$132.10 +3.33 (+2.59%)
Closing price 08/6/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
Extended Trading
$132.79 +0.70 (+0.53%)
As of 06:15 AM Eastern
Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more.

TJX vs. COST, ROST, URBN, ANF, BURL, DG, HD, KR, LOW, and WMT

Should you be buying TJX Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TJX Companies include Costco Wholesale (COST), Ross Stores (ROST), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Burlington Stores (BURL), Dollar General (DG), Home Depot (HD), Kroger (KR), Lowe's Companies (LOW), and Walmart (WMT). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.

TJX Companies vs. Its Competitors

TJX Companies (NYSE:TJX) and Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

TJX Companies currently has a consensus target price of $141.06, indicating a potential upside of 6.78%. Costco Wholesale has a consensus target price of $1,037.48, indicating a potential upside of 7.12%. Given Costco Wholesale's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Costco Wholesale is more favorable than TJX Companies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
TJX Companies
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Costco Wholesale
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.66

TJX Companies has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Costco Wholesale has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

TJX Companies has a net margin of 8.47% compared to Costco Wholesale's net margin of 2.92%. TJX Companies' return on equity of 58.81% beat Costco Wholesale's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
TJX Companies8.47% 58.81% 15.26%
Costco Wholesale 2.92%30.48%10.52%

Costco Wholesale has higher revenue and earnings than TJX Companies. TJX Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Costco Wholesale, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
TJX Companies$56.36B2.62$4.86B$4.2531.08
Costco Wholesale$254.45B1.69$7.37B$17.6354.94

In the previous week, Costco Wholesale had 94 more articles in the media than TJX Companies. MarketBeat recorded 137 mentions for Costco Wholesale and 43 mentions for TJX Companies. TJX Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Costco Wholesale's score of 1.11 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
36 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Costco Wholesale
81 Very Positive mention(s)
19 Positive mention(s)
27 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

TJX Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Costco Wholesale pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. TJX Companies pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Costco Wholesale pays out 29.5% 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. TJX Companies has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Costco Wholesale has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years.

91.1% of TJX Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.5% of Costco Wholesale shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of TJX Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Costco Wholesale shares are held 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.

Summary

Costco Wholesale beats TJX Companies on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

Get TJX Companies News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for TJX and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding TJX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart

TJX vs. The Competition

MetricTJX CompaniesRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$143.85B$90.60B$26.37B$20.65B
Dividend Yield1.32%1.78%174.21%3.66%
P/E Ratio31.0825.0529.1929.27
Price / Sales2.621.428.7862.24
Price / Cash23.5319.3057.6723.31
Price / Book17.689.215.574.37
Net Income$4.86B$2.14B$877.46M$996.36M
7 Day Performance6.12%4.81%-0.17%0.59%
1 Month Performance5.53%5.73%-0.47%0.23%
1 Year Performance22.36%12.42%23.83%16.71%

TJX Companies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TJX
TJX Companies
4.5428 of 5 stars
$132.10
+2.6%
$141.06
+6.8%
+20.7%$143.85B$56.36B31.08364,000Trending News
COST
Costco Wholesale
4.5235 of 5 stars
$951.43
-0.1%
$1,037.48
+9.0%
+18.6%$421.47B$254.45B53.91333,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
ROST
Ross Stores
4.4639 of 5 stars
$141.52
+3.3%
$159.06
+12.4%
+7.0%$46.29B$21.13B22.36107,000Positive News
URBN
Urban Outfitters
3.8916 of 5 stars
$78.08
+2.5%
$75.00
-3.9%
+99.4%$6.99B$5.68B16.3129,000
ANF
Abercrombie & Fitch
2.841 of 5 stars
$98.53
+8.2%
$111.88
+13.5%
-25.2%$4.68B$5.03B9.6639,200Positive News
BURL
Burlington Stores
4.0804 of 5 stars
$280.27
+2.6%
$317.57
+13.3%
+13.3%$17.68B$10.63B34.3977,532Trending News
DG
Dollar General
4.3455 of 5 stars
$110.56
+1.9%
$108.40
-2.0%
-8.1%$24.30B$41.13B21.08194,200Positive News
HD
Home Depot
4.9278 of 5 stars
$380.75
+1.9%
$426.77
+12.1%
+9.4%$378.68B$159.51B25.82520,700Positive News
KR
Kroger
4.0331 of 5 stars
$71.81
+0.6%
$70.16
-2.3%
+36.2%$47.43B$146.97B19.55409,000Trending News
LOW
Lowe's Companies
4.8136 of 5 stars
$232.69
+2.8%
$270.68
+16.3%
-0.9%$130.37B$83.67B19.27270,000Positive News
WMT
Walmart
4.5322 of 5 stars
$99.45
+1.0%
$106.67
+7.3%
+52.5%$794.23B$685.09B42.532,100,000Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
Options Volume

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NYSE:TJX) was last updated on 8/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners