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.
TJX Companies (NYSE:TJX) and Ross Stores (NASDAQ:ROST) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.
TJX Companies currently has a consensus price target of $110.05, indicating a potential upside of 6.74%. Ross Stores has a consensus price target of $156.58, indicating a potential upside of 12.03%. Given Ross Stores' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ross Stores is more favorable than TJX Companies.
TJX Companies has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ross Stores has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Ross Stores had 2 more articles in the media than TJX Companies. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Ross Stores and 28 mentions for TJX Companies. TJX Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Ross Stores' score of 0.64 indicating that TJX Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TJX Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Ross Stores pays an annual dividend of $1.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. TJX Companies pays out 37.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ross Stores pays out 24.8% 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 a net margin of 9.60% compared to TJX Companies' net margin of 8.47%. TJX Companies' return on equity of 64.26% beat Ross Stores' return on equity.
91.1% of TJX Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of Ross Stores shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of TJX Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Ross Stores shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Summary
TJX Companies beats Ross Stores on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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