About TJX Companies, Inc. (The)
TJX Companies, Inc. (The) (TJX) is a Consumer Cyclical company in the Retail-Family Clothing Stores industry with a market capitalisation of $140.8B. The stock trades at 23.29x trailing earnings and yields 1.44%.
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Retail-Family Clothing Stores
- Market cap
- $140.8B
- P/E ratio
- 23.29
- EPS (TTM)
- $2.02
- Revenue (TTM)
- $35.9B
- Free cash flow
- $4.9B
- Profit margin
- 7.3%
- Dividend yield
- 1.44%
- Shares outstanding
- 1.1B
Financial health: Strong7.5/10
5 strengths, 0 concerns. No red flags against these benchmarks.
- Debt to equity: 0.28 (Strong, benchmark < 0.5) — Debt of 0.28x equity is conservative against the 0.5x benchmark. It has improved over the last 4 years.
- Net debt vs cash flow: 0.0y (Strong, benchmark < 4 years) — Holds more cash than debt ($3.4B net cash).
- Current ratio: 1.14 (Watch, benchmark > 1.5) — Short-term assets cover 1.14x short-term liabilities, against Graham's 1.5x floor. It has been broadly flat over the last 4 years.
- Return on equity: 25.6% (Strong, benchmark > 15%) — Earns 25.6% on shareholder equity, comfortably past the > 15% mark.
- Gross margin: 32.0% (Watch, benchmark > 40%) — Keeps 32.0% of revenue after the direct cost of sales, short of the > 40% mark.
- Net margin: 7.3% (Watch, benchmark > 10%) — Turns 7.3% of revenue into profit, short of the > 10% mark.
- Free cash flow: $4.9B (Strong, benchmark positive) — Generated $4.9B of free cash flow after capital spending. It has improved over the last 4 years.
- Revenue growth: 8.1% (Watch, benchmark > 10%) — Revenue changed 8.1% year on year, short of the > 10% mark.
- Earnings growth: 13.5% (Strong, benchmark > 10%) — Earnings changed 13.5% year on year, comfortably past the > 10% mark.
- Payout ratio: 70.6% (Watch, benchmark < 60%) — Pays out 70.6% of earnings as dividends — above the level usually considered sustainable.