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With a market cap of $171.1 billion, The TJX Companies, Inc. (TJX) is a global off-price retailer of apparel, footwear, accessories, and home fashions, operating through its Marmaxx, HomeGoods, TJX Canada, and TJX International segments. Headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts, TJX has established a strong international presence by providing quality branded products at value prices.
Companies worth more than $10 billion are generally labeled as “large-cap” stocks and TJX Companies fits this criterion perfectly. The company offers a wide range of merchandise, including clothing, beauty products, jewelry, furniture, home décor, pet products, and gourmet food through both retail stores and e-commerce platforms.
Shares of TJX Companies have declined 7.9% from its 52-week high of $165.82. TJX stock has fallen 5.5% over the past three months, underperforming the broader State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF’s (XLY) 1.1% rise over the same time frame.
Longer term, shares of TJX have returned 20.4% over the past 52 weeks, outpacing XLY’s 10.6% gain over the same time frame. In addition, the stock is down marginally on a YTD basis, compared to XLY's 1% decline.
Despite recent fluctuations, the stock has been trading above its 200-day moving average since August last year.
Shares of TJX rose 5.7% on May 20 after the company delivered a strong fiscal Q1 2027 performance, with comparable sales increasing 6%, pretax profit margin expanding 170 basis points to 12%, and EPS jumping 29% year-over-year to $1.19, all well above management’s expectations. The company also raised its full-year FY2027 outlook, increasing projected sales to $63.2 billion - $63.7 billion and EPS guidance to $5.08 - $5.15.
Additionally, management highlighted outstanding availability of branded merchandise, a strong start to Q2, and boosted share repurchase guidance to $2.75 billion - $3 billion.
In comparison, rival Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST) has outpaced TJX stock. ROST stock has climbed nearly 60% over the past 52 weeks and 24.4% on a YTD basis.
Despite the stock’s underperformance relative to its peers, analysts remain bullish on TJX Companies. The stock has a consensus rating of “Strong Buy” from 22 analysts in coverage, and the mean price target of $178.84 is a premium of 17.1% to current levels.
