Ross Stores vs TJX Companies
ROST 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 ROST and TJX compare
TJX Companies is the larger company, worth 2.1 times as much as Ross Stores ($154B against $72.9B).
On earnings, TJX Companies is cheaper: it trades at 25.9× trailing earnings, against 27.6× for Ross Stores.
Ross Stores grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (14.0% versus 7.7% for TJX Companies).
Ross Stores keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 10.8% compared with 9.7% at TJX Companies.
Both pay dividends: Ross Stores yields 0.76% and TJX Companies 1.3%.
TJX Companies scores higher on the StockData Score (19 against 18 for Ross Stores), 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 | ROST | TJX |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $72.9B | $154B |
| Share price | $228.28 | $140.31 |
| Change, 1 year | 44.2% | −0.97% |
| Change, 5 years | 90.8% | 97.1% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.90 | 0.64 |
| Employees | 111K | 377K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 18 | 19 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Growth score | 4 | 4 |
| Performance score | 6 (better) | 5 |
| Health score | 5 | 5 |
| Dividend score | 3 | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 27.6× | 25.9× (better) |
| P/S | 3.0× | 2.5× (better) |
| P/B | 10.8× (better) | 14.5× |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.8× | 16.1× (better) |
| P/FCF | 26.1× (better) | 26.3× |
| PEG | 1.88 | 1.45 (better) |
| FCF yield | 3.8% (better) | 3.8% |
| Fair value | $120.77 | $100.78 |
| Margin of safety | −89.0% | −39.2% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 14.0% (better) | 7.7% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 12.7% | 13.4% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 28.9% (better) | 22.0% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 31.3% (better) | 23.2% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 94.1% | 134% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 29.7% | 32.0% (better) |
| Operating margin | 13.7% | – |
| Net margin | 10.8% (better) | 9.7% |
| FCF margin | 11.4% (better) | 9.4% |
| Return on equity | 42.6% | 62.2% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 74.4% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.15 (better) | 0.27 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.84 | −0.33 |
| Current ratio | 1.61 (better) | 1.15 |
| Altman Z-score | 7.66 (better) | 5.62 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 8 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.76% | 1.3% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 20.6% | 32.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | 5 | 5 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 41.6% | 45.6% (better) |
| Buyback yield | 1.6% (better) | 1.6% |
| Shareholder yield | 2.4% | 2.9% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 94.0% | 92.6% |
| Held by insiders | 2.1% | 0.14% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$23.0M (better) | −$40.8M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.3% | 1.7% |
Go deeper
- ROST stock overview
- ROST income statement
- ROST valuation and score
- TJX stock overview
- TJX income statement
- TJX valuation and score
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