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TJX (TJX) Rises As Market Takes a Dip: Key Facts

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TJX (TJX - Free Report) ended the recent trading session at $142.05, demonstrating a +1.17% change from the preceding day's closing price. The stock's performance was ahead of the S&P 500's daily loss of 1.17%. At the same time, the Dow lost 0.53%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 2.04%.

Heading into today, shares of the parent of T.J. Maxx, Marshalls and other stores had lost 1.89% over the past month, lagging the Retail-Wholesale sector's gain of 2.39% and the S&P 500's gain of 2.12%.

The upcoming earnings release of TJX will be of great interest to investors. The company is expected to report EPS of $1.22, up 7.02% from the prior-year quarter. In the meantime, our current consensus estimate forecasts the revenue to be $14.85 billion, indicating a 5.6% growth compared to the corresponding quarter of the prior year.

For the full year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates are projecting earnings of $4.64 per share and revenue of $60.33 billion, which would represent changes of +8.92% and +6.93%, respectively, from the prior year.

Any recent changes to analyst estimates for TJX should also be noted by investors. These revisions help to show the ever-changing nature of near-term business trends. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the business and profitability.

Based on our research, we believe these estimate revisions are directly related to near-term stock moves. To capitalize on this, we've crafted the Zacks Rank, a unique model that incorporates these estimate changes and offers a practical rating system.

The Zacks Rank system, ranging from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), possesses a remarkable history of outdoing, externally audited, with #1 stocks returning an average annual gain of +25% since 1988. The Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 0.13% higher within the past month. Right now, TJX possesses a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).

Investors should also note TJX's current valuation metrics, including its Forward P/E ratio of 30.25. This denotes a premium relative to the industry average Forward P/E of 26.03.

Investors should also note that TJX has a PEG ratio of 3.11 right now. Comparable to the widely accepted P/E ratio, the PEG ratio also accounts for the company's projected earnings growth. As of the close of trade yesterday, the Retail - Discount Stores industry held an average PEG ratio of 2.66.

The Retail - Discount Stores industry is part of the Retail-Wholesale sector. Currently, this industry holds a Zacks Industry Rank of 96, positioning it in the top 39% of all 250+ industries.

The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our individual industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.

Be sure to use Zacks.com to monitor all these stock-influencing metrics, and more, throughout the forthcoming trading sessions.


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