TJX Companies, Inc (NYSE:TJX) does about 4.77M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 6396801 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 138.95B USD. Its current market price is $121.47, marking an increase of 1.42% compared to the previous close of $119.77. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $122.10 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $87.44. The script in recent trading has seen the stock touch a high of $136 and a low of $65.
TJX Companies, Inc (TJX) has a 20-day trading average at $117.13 and the current price is -0.52% off the 52-week high compared with 38.92% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $116.52 and its 200-day simple moving average is $107.79. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 2.05%, which decreases to 1.68% over 1 month. It is also key to look at other market indicators of price movement for the stock, where we see that the relative strength index (RSI) is at 69.66 to suggest the stock is neutral.
15 analysts observing the TJX Companies, Inc (TJX) stock have set the 12-month price targets for the company’s shares at between $65 and $136. The consensus objective for the share price is $131.90, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 7.91% over the period. The median price target is -27.86% away from the current levels at $95.
FactSet Research has provided data showing that 15 brokerages have issued ratings for the stock. 0 analysts have rated it as a sell, while 0 advise that it is a overweight. 13 analysts have rated it as a buy and 2 have advised that investors hold their positions. The consensus recommendation rating is Buy and Wall Street’s advice is for investors to Strong Buy the stock.
The company shares received a number of brokerage firm price updates over the past month, with the latest being on August 22, 2024 when Telsey Advisory Group reiterated the stock to “Outperform” and issued a price target of between $128 and $134. Citigroup downgraded the stock to “Neutral” from Buy on August 22, 2024 at a price target of $110-$128. Telsey Advisory Group reiterated its price target at $115-$128.
The current price level is 3.71%, 4.25%, and 12.69% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the TJX price moving above the 50-day SMA on current market day. TJX Companies, Inc (TJX) stock is up 1.25% over the week and 6.37% over the past month. Its price is 29.49% year-to-date and 35.04% over the past year.
Its 12-month price target is $95. To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 7.91 percent from here. Of course, the average price target is just what the average analysts believe a stock will be worth in the next 52 weeks, and is only one metric. There are analysts with lower targets than the average, including one bearish Wall Street research firm advocating investors to wait for the price to pull back to $65, given the recent momentum. And then, on the bullish side of things, one analyst is expecting the stock to peak at $136.
Outstanding shares total 1.13B with insiders holding 0.07% of the shares and institutional holders owning 91.49% of the company’s common stock. The company has a return on investment of 25.30% and return on equity of 64.89%. The price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 28.59 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 26.49. The beta has a value of 0.89. Price to book ratio is 17.61 and price to sales ratio is 2.46.
