TJX vs. ROST, GPS, ANF, AEO, URBN, FL, BKE, CAL, GES, and SCVL
Should you be buying TJX Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TJX Companies include Ross Stores (ROST), GAP (GPS), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Foot Locker (FL), Buckle (BKE), Caleres (CAL), Guess? (GES), and Shoe Carnival (SCVL). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.
Ross Stores (NASDAQ:ROST) and TJX Companies (NYSE:TJX) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and valuation.
TJX Companies received 233 more outperform votes than Ross Stores when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.02% of users gave TJX Companies an outperform vote while only 64.13% of users gave Ross Stores an outperform vote.
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.
Ross Stores currently has a consensus price target of $156.58, indicating a potential upside of 12.03%. TJX Companies has a consensus price target of $110.05, indicating a potential upside of 6.74%. Given TJX Companies' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Ross Stores is more favorable than TJX Companies.
Ross Stores pays an annual dividend of $1.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. TJX Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Ross Stores pays out 24.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TJX Companies pays out 37.2% 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. Ross Stores has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and TJX Companies has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Ross Stores had 5 more articles in the media than TJX Companies. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Ross Stores and 31 mentions for TJX Companies. TJX Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Ross Stores' score of 0.57 indicating that Ross Stores is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ross Stores has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TJX Companies has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ross Stores has a net margin of 9.60% compared to Ross Stores' net margin of 8.47%. Ross Stores' return on equity of 64.26% beat TJX Companies' return on equity.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of TJX Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
TJX Companies beats Ross Stores on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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