Gap vs TJX Companies
GAP 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 GAP and TJX compare
TJX Companies is the larger company, worth 20 times as much as Gap ($148B against $7.4B).
On earnings, Gap is cheaper: it trades at 6.3× trailing earnings, against 24.8× for TJX Companies.
TJX Companies grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (7.7% versus 1.1% for Gap).
TJX Companies keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 9.7% compared with 8.1% at Gap.
Both pay dividends: Gap yields 3.3% and TJX Companies 1.0%.
TJX Companies scores higher on the StockData Score (19 against 17 for Gap), 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 | GAP | TJX |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $7.4B | $148B |
| Share price | $21.07 | $134.37 |
| Change, 1 year | −15.4% | −9.0% |
| Change, 5 years | −12.5% | 89.2% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.45 | 0.65 |
| Employees | 79K | 377K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 17 | 19 (better) |
| Valuation score | 6 (better) | 2 |
| Growth score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Performance score | 2 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 5 | 5 |
| Dividend score | 3 | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 6.3× (better) | 24.8× |
| P/S | 0.5× (better) | 2.4× |
| P/B | 1.9× (better) | 13.9× |
| EV/EBITDA | 2.9× (better) | 15.4× |
| P/FCF | 7.7× (better) | 25.2× |
| PEG | – | 1.39 |
| FCF yield | 12.9% (better) | 4.0% |
| Fair value | $37.73 | $99.22 |
| Margin of safety | 44.2% (better) | −35.4% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 1.1% | 7.7% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 2.2% | 13.4% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 40.3% (better) | 22.0% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 43.3% (better) | 23.2% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 134% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 43.3% (better) | 32.0% |
| Operating margin | 11.0% | – |
| Net margin | 8.1% | 9.7% (better) |
| FCF margin | 6.2% | 9.4% (better) |
| Return on equity | 33.8% | 62.2% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 45.2% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.38 | 0.27 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.45 | −0.33 |
| Interest coverage | 18.1× | – |
| Current ratio | 1.82 (better) | 1.15 |
| Altman Z-score | 2.79 | 5.47 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 8 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 3.3% (better) | 1.0% |
| Payout ratio | 20.0% | 32.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | 1 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 22.2% | 45.6% (better) |
| Buyback yield | 8.2% (better) | 1.7% |
| Shareholder yield | 11.4% (better) | 2.7% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 62.8% | 92.6% |
| Held by insiders | 40.9% | 0.14% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$75.6M | −$32.5M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 11.5% | 1.4% |
Go deeper
- GAP stock overview
- GAP income statement
- GAP valuation and score
- TJX stock overview
- TJX income statement
- TJX valuation and score
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