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TJX (TJX) Stock Sinks As Market Gains: What You Should Know

TJX (TJX) closed at $48.39 in the latest trading session, marking a -0.94% move from the prior day. This change lagged the S&P 500's 1.09% gain on the day. Meanwhile, the Dow gained 1.13%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, added 1.51%.

Heading into today, shares of the parent of T.J. Maxx, Marshalls and other stores had lost 11.29% over the past month, lagging the Retail-Wholesale sector's gain of 3.9% and the S&P 500's gain of 1.92% in that time.

Wall Street will be looking for positivity from TJX as it approaches its next earnings report date. This is expected to be February 27, 2019. The company is expected to report EPS of $0.68, down 1.45% from the prior-year quarter. Meanwhile, our latest consensus estimate is calling for revenue of $10.98 billion, up 0.2% from the prior-year quarter.

TJX's full-year Zacks Consensus Estimates are calling for earnings of $2.45 per share and revenue of $38.83 billion. These results would represent year-over-year changes of +21.29% and +8.26%, respectively.

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Investors should also note any recent changes to analyst estimates for TJX. These revisions typically reflect the latest short-term business trends, which can change frequently. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the company's business and profitability.

Research indicates that these estimate revisions are directly correlated with near-term share price momentum. To benefit from this, we have developed the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model which takes these estimate changes into account and provides an actionable rating system.

The Zacks Rank system ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell). It has a remarkable, outside-audited track record of success, with #1 stocks delivering an average annual return of +25% since 1988. The Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 0.53% lower within the past month. TJX is currently a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).

Digging into valuation, TJX currently has a Forward P/E ratio of 19.97. For comparison, its industry has an average Forward P/E of 19.97, which means TJX is trading at a no noticeable deviation to the group.

It is also worth noting that TJX currently has a PEG ratio of 1.83. The PEG ratio is similar to the widely-used P/E ratio, but this metric also takes the company's expected earnings growth rate into account. Retail - Discount Stores stocks are, on average, holding a PEG ratio of 1.59 based on yesterday's closing prices.

The Retail - Discount Stores industry is part of the Retail-Wholesale sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 164, putting it in the bottom 36% of all 250+ industries.

The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our 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.

You can find more information on all of these metrics, and much more, on Zacks.com.


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