Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Apparel - Retail
The TJX Companies, Inc. TJX
$132.68 -0.68% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $146.63B
High qualityLow risk
Next earnings report: Nov 18, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 14 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +6.5%).
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- The shares trade at 24.5× trailing earnings, lower than 81% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth77Positive
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 34%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 32%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 33%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 28%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 41%
Quality85Strong
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 7%
- Gross marginBottom 42%
- Operating marginTop 25%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 30%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 47%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 24%
- Interest coverTop 8%
Value36Weak
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 49%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 38%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 31%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 23%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 29%
Momentum43Weak
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 41%
- 6-month returnBottom 24%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 50%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 38%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 47%
Revisions88Strong
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 44%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 3%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 9%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 49%
Stability98Exceptional
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 5%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 5%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 24%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 8.1% | 7.7% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 21.2% | 23.2% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 30.6% | 32.1% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 11.2% | 12.8% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 7.0% | 9.4% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 7.7% | 8.1% | ↓ | Top 34% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 23.2% | 21.2% | ↑ | Top 32% |
| Gross margin | 32.1% | 30.6% | ↑ | Bottom 42% |
| Operating margin | 12.8% | 11.2% | ↑ | Top 25% |
| Net margin | 9.7% | 8.6% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 9.4% | 7.0% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 22.8% | — | Top 7% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 6.5% | — | Top 28% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.32×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -5.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +99.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.92×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 142.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.33%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.67%
- Shareholder yield
- 3.00%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Aug 1, 2026 (filed Aug 28, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 14
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +6.5%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $174.15
- Target vs current price
- +31.3%
- Analysts with a rating
- 53
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 85%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2026 | +2.5% | -4.2% | -7.5% | -18.6% | — |
| May 20, 2026 | +16.7% | +5.7% | +4.2% | +8.9% | +0.9% |
| Feb 25, 2026 | +2.9% | -1.2% | +1.3% | +0.5% | +1.0% |
| Nov 19, 2025 | +4.1% | +0.2% | +4.7% | +6.9% | +7.8% |
| Aug 20, 2025 | +8.9% | +2.7% | +1.5% | +4.0% | +9.7% |
| May 21, 2025 | +0.5% | -2.9% | -6.5% | -9.2% | -1.7% |
| Feb 26, 2025 | +6.0% | +1.8% | -0.8% | -2.3% | +6.8% |
| Nov 20, 2024 | +3.6% | +0.2% | +5.6% | +1.4% | +3.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2026 | $1.22 | $1.19 | +2.5% | $15.18B |
| May 20, 2026 | $1.19 | $1.02 | +16.7% | $14.32B |
| Feb 25, 2026 | $1.43 | $1.39 | +2.9% | $17.74B |
| Nov 19, 2025 | $1.28 | $1.23 | +4.1% | $15.12B |
| Aug 20, 2025 | $1.10 | $1.01 | +8.9% | $14.40B |
| May 21, 2025 | $0.92 | $0.92 | +0.5% | $13.11B |
| Feb 26, 2025 | $1.23 | $1.16 | +6.0% | $16.35B |
| Nov 20, 2024 | $1.14 | $1.10 | +3.6% | $14.06B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 24.5× | 27.9× | 19th | Bottom 49% |
| P/E (forward) | 25.2× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 17.1× | — | — | Bottom 31% |
| EV / Sales | 2.48× | — | — | Bottom 23% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.01% | — | — | Bottom 38% |
| Earnings yield | 4.08% | — | — | Bottom 49% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 22.5× – 35.8× since Jul 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -8.1%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +23.2%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -19.7%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -6.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -5.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -13.0%
- RSI (14)
- 48.3
- Relative volume
- 0.75×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 22.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 63th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.36
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.28
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -21.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -27.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 2022 | May 11, 2022 | -28.3% | 88 days | 131 days (Nov 16, 2022) |
| Jun 12, 2026 | Sep 16, 2026 | -27.1% | 65 days | Not yet recovered |
| Aug 25, 2021 | Oct 12, 2021 | -16.9% | 33 days | 56 days (Dec 31, 2021) |
| May 7, 2021 | Jun 18, 2021 | -14.1% | 29 days | 44 days (Aug 20, 2021) |
| Oct 7, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | -13.0% | 17 days | 6 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $146.63B
- P/E (TTM)
- 24.5
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $5.41
- Revenue (TTM)
- $62.36B
- Dividend yield
- 1.73%
- 52-week range
- $122.78 – $170.00
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $48.55B | $49.94B | $54.22B | $56.36B | $60.37B |
| Gross profit | $13.84B | $13.79B | $16.27B | $17.25B | $18.69B |
| Operating income | $4.75B | $4.86B | $5.80B | $6.30B | $7.18B |
| Net income | $3.28B | $3.50B | $4.47B | $4.86B | $5.49B |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.70 | $2.97 | $3.86 | $4.26 | $4.88 |
| Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | Q2 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $14.06B | $16.35B | $13.11B | $14.40B | $15.12B | $17.74B | $14.32B | $15.18B |
| Net income | $1.30B | $1.40B | $1.04B | $1.24B | $1.44B | $1.77B | $1.33B | $1.52B |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.14 | $1.23 | $0.92 | $1.10 | $1.28 | $1.58 | $1.19 | $1.36 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $3.06B | $4.08B | $6.06B | $6.12B | $6.87B |
| Capital expenditure | -$1.04B | -$1.46B | -$1.72B | -$1.92B | -$1.96B |
| Free cash flow | $2.01B | $2.63B | $4.33B | $4.20B | $4.92B |
| Dividends paid | -$1.25B | -$1.34B | -$1.48B | -$1.65B | -$1.84B |
| Net share buybacks | -$1.95B | -$1.93B | -$2.20B | -$2.15B | -$2.21B |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $6.00B
- Total assets
- $37.12B
- Total liabilities
- $26.46B
- Total debt
- $14.32B
- Net debt
- $8.31B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $10.65B
As of Aug 1, 2026 (filed Aug 28, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 2026 | $0.48 | Dec 3, 2026 |
| Aug 13, 2026 | $0.48 | Sep 3, 2026 |
| May 14, 2026 | $0.48 | Jun 4, 2026 |
| Feb 12, 2026 | $0.43 | Mar 5, 2026 |
| Nov 13, 2025 | $0.43 | Dec 4, 2025 |
| Aug 14, 2025 | $0.43 | Sep 4, 2025 |
| May 15, 2025 | $0.43 | Jun 5, 2025 |
| Feb 13, 2025 | $0.38 | Mar 6, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 18,418,401
- Days to cover
- 2.31
- Change vs previous report
- -15.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Nov 7, 2018
- 2-for-1
- Feb 3, 2012
- 2-for-1
- May 9, 2002
- 2-for-1
- Jun 26, 1998
- 2-for-1
- Jun 27, 1997
- 2-for-1