American Eagle Outfitters vs TJX Companies
AEO and TJX side by side, both in family clothing stores. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How AEO and TJX compare
TJX Companies is the larger company, worth 47 times as much as American Eagle Outfitters ($154B against $3.3B).
On earnings, American Eagle Outfitters is cheaper: it trades at 10.0× trailing earnings, against 25.9× for TJX Companies.
American Eagle Outfitters grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (9.2% versus 7.7% for TJX Companies).
TJX Companies keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 9.7% compared with 5.9% at American Eagle Outfitters.
Both pay dividends: American Eagle Outfitters yields 2.5% and TJX Companies 1.3%.
American Eagle Outfitters scores higher on the StockData Score (20 against 19 for TJX Companies), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AEO | TJX |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $3.3B | $154B |
| Share price | $19.61 | $140.31 |
| Change, 1 year | 15.5% | −0.97% |
| Change, 5 years | −26.2% | 97.1% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.18 | 0.64 |
| Employees | 45K | 377K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 20 (better) | 19 |
| Valuation score | 6 (better) | 2 |
| Growth score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Performance score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 5 | 5 |
| Dividend score | 3 | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 10.0× (better) | 25.9× |
| P/S | 0.6× (better) | 2.5× |
| P/B | 1.9× (better) | 14.5× |
| EV/EBITDA | 4.8× (better) | 16.1× |
| P/FCF | 9.6× (better) | 26.3× |
| PEG | 0.52 (better) | 1.45 |
| FCF yield | 10.5% (better) | 3.8% |
| Fair value | $25.47 | $100.78 |
| Margin of safety | 23.0% (better) | −39.2% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 9.2% (better) | 7.7% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 8.1% | 13.4% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 70.9% (better) | 22.0% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 86.7% (better) | 23.2% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 134% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 40.5% (better) | 32.0% |
| Operating margin | 7.8% | – |
| Net margin | 5.9% | 9.7% (better) |
| FCF margin | 6.0% | 9.4% (better) |
| Return on equity | 20.4% | 62.2% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 20.5% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.03 (better) | 0.27 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.14 | −0.33 |
| Current ratio | 1.59 (better) | 1.15 |
| Altman Z-score | 3.49 | 5.62 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 8 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.5% (better) | 1.3% |
| Payout ratio | 25.0% | 32.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 29.5% | 45.6% (better) |
| Buyback yield | 2.4% (better) | 1.6% |
| Shareholder yield | 5.0% (better) | 2.9% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 100% | 92.6% |
| Held by insiders | 9.0% | 0.14% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$39.1M (better) | −$40.8M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 11.0% | 1.7% |
Go deeper
- AEO stock overview
- AEO income statement
- AEO valuation and score
- TJX stock overview
- TJX income statement
- TJX valuation and score
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