TJX vs. ROST, URBN, ANF, BKE, AEO, FL, CAL, SCVL, GES, and ZUMZ
Should you be buying TJX Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TJX Companies include Ross Stores (ROST), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Buckle (BKE), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Foot Locker (FL), Caleres (CAL), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Guess? (GES), and Zumiez (ZUMZ). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.
TJX Companies vs.
TJX Companies (NYSE:TJX) and Ross Stores (NASDAQ:ROST) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.
TJX Companies presently has a consensus target price of $135.76, indicating a potential upside of 3.93%. Ross Stores has a consensus target price of $160.87, indicating a potential upside of 11.98%. Given Ross Stores' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ross Stores is more favorable than TJX Companies.
TJX Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Ross Stores pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. TJX Companies pays out 39.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ross Stores pays out 25.6% 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 received 244 more outperform votes than Ross Stores when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.20% of users gave TJX Companies an outperform vote while only 63.80% of users gave Ross Stores an outperform vote.
91.1% of TJX Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of Ross Stores shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of TJX Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Ross Stores shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, TJX Companies had 14 more articles in the media than Ross Stores. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for TJX Companies and 32 mentions for Ross Stores. TJX Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Ross Stores' score of 1.23 indicating that TJX Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
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 has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ross Stores has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
TJX Companies beats Ross Stores on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TJX) was last updated on 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
