TJX Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TJX) Drops -5.16% Over A Month, But Analysts Still See Upside Potential

TJX Companies, Inc. (NYSE:TJX) currently has a daily average trading volume of 5.82M but it saw 6398100 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 123.28B USD, the company’s current market price of $109.08 came falling about -1.77 while comparing to the previous closing price of $111.04. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $115.35 and as low as $85.44. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $107.71 while lowest mark touched by it was $110.31.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of TJX Companies, Inc. (TJX) gives us an average price of $111.49, while its current price level is -5.43% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 27.67% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $110.84 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $99.01. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 1.57% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 1.64%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 43.00 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Telsey Advisory Group which reiterated the stock as “Outperform” in its note to investors issued on August 14, 2024, recommending a price target of between $115 and $128 for it. UBS upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Buy” from “Neutral” on May 02, 2024 while assigning a price target range of $104-$132. Goldman issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $100 and $110.

Over the week, TJX’s stock price is moving 1.07% up while it is -5.16% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 16.28% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 26.53%.

The latest quarterly earnings report issued by the company reported quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of 0.85 beat the consensus estimate of 0.77 for the same. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $13.87B as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $56.03B and seeing the company making $59.21B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $13.31B for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, TJX Companies, Inc.’s total number of outstanding shares is 1.13B with 0.08% of that held by the insiders while 94.00% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 25.11% and return on equity (ROE) at 66.83%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 27.05 while having a 24.00 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.89. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 16.44 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 2.24. Its return on asset (ROA) is 15.95% on average.