HD vs CMI vs TJX Stock Comparison

Home Depot, Cummins and Tjx Companies Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
HD Home Depot, Inc.
$319.64 +7.7% 1M -17.0% 1Y
Market cap
$317.76B
P/E
22.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$169.18B
Div. yield
0.03%
Home Improvement Retail Consumer Discretionary
3 wins
CMI Cummins Inc
$517.26 -1.5% 1M +23.8% 1Y
Market cap
$71.88B
P/E
26.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$34.71B
Div. yield
–
Heavy Equipment Industrials
3 wins
TJX Tjx Companies Inc /De/
$145.00 +10.1% 1M +1.8% 1Y
Market cap
$158.82B
P/E
26.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$62.36B
Div. yield
0.01%
Apparel Retail Consumer Discretionary
6 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Tjx Companies leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Tjx Companies 6, Home Depot 3, Cummins 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHDCMITJXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $317.76B $71.88B $158.82B HD
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 22.3x 26.5x 26.2x HD
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 22.9x 16.5x 26.9x CMI
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +2.5% +2.9% +7.7% TJX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 8.4% 7.8% 9.7% TJX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 23.3% 13.6% 44.6% TJX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.0x 0.7x -0.3x TJX
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.03% 0.00% 0.01% HD
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -17.0% +23.8% +1.8% CMI
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -2.7%/yr +16.5%/yr +17.7%/yr TJX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 26.9% 37.1% 21.1% TJX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 41/100 59/100 57/100 CMI

Percentile Scorecard

HDCMITJX

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisHDCMITJX
Valuation 23 #80 of 104 51 #101 of 203 12 #92 of 104
Growth 29 #71 of 99 54 #88 of 188 71 #29 of 99
Profitability 90 #11 of 99 70 #56 of 187 94 #7 of 99
Financial Health 32 #77 of 113 50 #111 of 222 64 #41 of 113
Shareholder Returns 31 #51 of 73 71 #45 of 153 46 #40 of 73
Overall 41 59 57
  • HD ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • CMI ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • TJX ranked among 115 companies in Retail

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodHDCMITJXSPY
1 month +7.7%-1.5%+10.1% -1.0%
3 months -4.0%-22.1%-5.9% +2.9%
6 months -4.8%-21.7%-7.7% +6.4%
Year to date -7.1%+1.3%-5.6% +11.4%
1 year -17.0%+23.8%+1.8% +13.1%
3 years +12.8%+136.0%+62.1% +79.4%
3 years, per year +4.1%+33.2%+17.5% +21.5%
5 years -12.7%+114.9%+126.0% +67.7%
5 years, per year -2.7%+16.5%+17.7% +10.9%
10 years +152.5%+308.4%+294.7% +255.2%
10 years, per year +9.7%+15.1%+14.7% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureHDCMITJXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 26.9%37.1%21.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 26.2%37.8%21.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.691.620.09 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.630.640.09 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -35.9%-30.8%-28.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -18.3%-28.9%-13.9% -2.5%
52-week high $391.05$727.59$168.41 $779.14
52-week low $281.12$414.30$125.99 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleHDCMITJX
P/E now vs peer median 22.3xmedian 16.7x 26.3xmedian 25.9x 26.4xmedian 16.7x
P/S now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 0.5x 2.1xmedian 1.9x 2.6xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 14.6xmedian 9.1x 14.9xmedian 13.7x 17.0xmedian 9.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 21.1xmedian 16.6x 21.1xmedian 21.1x 27.2xmedian 16.6x
P/B now vs peer median 19.2xmedian 1.7x 5.1xmedian 2.3x 15.0xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median -5.48median 0.73 8.19median 1.19 1.59median 0.73

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsHDCMITJX
Revenue $169.18B $34.71B $62.36B
Gross profit $56.18B $8.79B $19.96B
Operating income $21.02B $3.89B $7.92B
Net income $14.23B $2.83B $6.07B
Free cash flow $15.10B $3.37B $5.88B
R&D – $1.44B –
EPS (diluted) $14.28 $19.60 $5.43
Cash & equivalents $2.09B $3.18B $6.00B
Total debt $214.74B $29.22B $11.48B
Shares (diluted) 996.00M 138.50M 1.12B
Enterprise value $311.00B $67.96B $136.36B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricHDCMITJX
P/E 22.3x 26.3x 26.4x
P/FCF 21.1x 21.1x 27.2x
P/Operating cash flow 17.0x 15.3x 19.9x
P/S 1.9x 2.1x 2.6x
P/B 19.2x 5.1x 15.0x
P/Tangible book 52.0x 6.1x 15.0x
EV/EBITDA 14.6x 14.9x 17.0x
EV/EBIT 17.6x 19.2x 19.8x
EV/Revenue 2.2x 2.2x 2.5x
EV/FCF 24.5x 22.2x 26.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 19.7x 16.1x 19.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -5.48 8.19 1.59

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHDCMITJX
Revenue growth (1Y) 2.5% 2.9% 7.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 3.0% 2.5% 6.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 2.1% 1.7% 12.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 2.7% 4.8% 11.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) -2.7% -6.0% 22.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -3.0% 4.1% 15.5%
Net income growth (1Y) -2.7% -7.8% 22.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -4.3% 2.9% 15.1%
EPS growth (1Y) -2.9% -7.7% 23.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -4.1% 3.2% 16.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 5.1% 63.4% 35.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -1.5% 28.8% 9.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 6.1% 103.8% 45.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -2.5% 45.3% 8.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHDCMITJX
Gross margin 33.2% 25.3% 32.0%
EBITDA margin 15.0% 14.4% 14.8%
Operating margin 12.4% 11.2% 12.7%
Pretax margin 11.1% 11.1% 12.9%
Net margin 8.4% 7.8% 9.7%
FCF margin 8.9% 9.7% 9.4%
Operating cash flow margin 11.1% 13.4% 12.9%
Return on equity 93.3% 20.7% 57.6%
Return on assets 13.1% 8.1% 16.6%
Return on invested capital 23.3% 13.6% 44.6%
Return on capital employed 28.5% 16.0% 34.0%
Asset turnover 1.6x 1.0x 1.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 1.6x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.3% – 0.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHDCMITJX
Debt / assets 48.4% 20.6% 7.7%
Debt / equity 3.2x 0.5x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.0x 0.7x -0.3x
Debt / FCF 3.5x 2.2x 0.5x
Liabilities / assets 84.8% 61.0% 71.3%
Equity / assets 15.2% 39.0% 28.7%
Interest coverage 8.7x 12.1x –
Current ratio 1.1x 1.7x 1.1x
Quick ratio 0.3x 1.0x 0.5x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.4x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 5.53 4.49 6.44

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHDCMITJX
Dividend yield 2.9% 1.6% 1.2%
Net buyback yield -0.1% 0.7% 1.5%
Shareholder yield 2.8% 2.2% 2.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) 64.8% – 32.1%
Payout ratio (FCF) 61.1% – 33.2%
Dividend growth (1Y) 2.0% – 11.8%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 4.4% – 11.4%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusHDCMITJX
Forward P/E 22.9xFY2026 16.5xFY2026 26.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $13.98FY2026 $31.40FY2026 $5.40FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -4.8%FY2026 +31.9%FY2026 +14.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +10.6% +14.7% +9.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $163.27BFY2026 $35.36BFY2026 $61.61BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -0.9%FY2026 +5.0%FY2026 +2.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +14.2% +11.2% +3.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHDCMITJX
Held by institutions 75.0% 85.4% 91.9%
Institutions holding 4,107 2,105 2,752
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.1% +1.0% +2.0%
Institutions buying 1,917 1,048 1,398
Institutions selling 1,766 728 1,026
Buyers to sellers 1.09 1.44 1.36

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

HDCMITJX
HD 1.00 0.17 0.38
CMI 0.17 1.00 -0.02
TJX 0.38 -0.02 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HD, CMI and TJX?

Home Depot (HD) is the largest by market capitalisation: Home Depot (HD) $317.76B, Cummins (CMI) $71.88B, Tjx Companies (TJX) $158.82B.

Which stock is cheaper, HD, CMI and TJX?

Home Depot (HD) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Home Depot (HD) 22.3x, Cummins (CMI) 26.5x, Tjx Companies (TJX) 26.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Cummins (CMI) is cheapest (Home Depot (HD) 22.9x, Cummins (CMI) 16.5x, Tjx Companies (TJX) 26.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Tjx Companies (TJX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Home Depot (HD) +2.5%, Cummins (CMI) +2.9%, Tjx Companies (TJX) +7.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Tjx Companies (TJX) has the highest net margin (Home Depot (HD) 8.4%, Cummins (CMI) 7.8%, Tjx Companies (TJX) 9.7%). On return on invested capital, Tjx Companies (TJX) leads (Home Depot (HD) 23.3%, Cummins (CMI) 13.6%, Tjx Companies (TJX) 44.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Cummins (CMI) returned the most: Home Depot (HD) -17.0%, Cummins (CMI) +23.8%, Tjx Companies (TJX) +1.8%. Over five years, Tjx Companies (TJX) compounded fastest (Home Depot (HD) -2.7%/yr, Cummins (CMI) +16.5%/yr, Tjx Companies (TJX) +17.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Home Depot (HD) has the highest dividend yield: Home Depot (HD) 0.03%, Cummins (CMI) 0.00%, Tjx Companies (TJX) 0.01%. Cummins (CMI) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Tjx Companies (TJX) has been the steadiest (Home Depot (HD) 26.9%, Cummins (CMI) 37.1%, Tjx Companies (TJX) 21.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HD, CMI and TJX?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Tjx Companies (TJX) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.