NKE vs ROST vs TJX Stock Comparison

Nike, Ross Stores and Tjx Companies Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
NKE NIKE, Inc.
$38.42 +7.2% 1M -41.2% 1Y
Market cap
$57.05B
P/E
18.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$45.89B
Div. yield
4.27%
Footwear Consumer Discretionary
2 wins
ROST Ross Stores, Inc.
$232.30 -0.9% 1M +46.7% 1Y
Market cap
$74.26B
P/E
27.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$24.51B
Div. yield
0.76%
Apparel Retail Consumer Discretionary
5 wins
TJX Tjx Companies Inc /De/
$141.41 +5.7% 1M -0.2% 1Y
Market cap
$155.72B
P/E
25.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$62.36B
Div. yield
1.28%
Apparel Retail Consumer Discretionary
5 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Tjx Companies leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Tjx Companies 5, Ross Stores 5, Nike 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNKEROSTTJXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $57.05B $74.26B $155.72B TJX
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 18.4x 27.8x 25.7x NKE
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 31.5x 28.8x 26.2x TJX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -1.2% +14.0% +7.7% ROST
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 6.7% 10.8% 9.7% ROST
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 13.0% 33.9% 44.6% TJX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.1x -0.8x -0.3x ROST
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 4.27% 0.76% 1.28% NKE
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -41.2% +46.7% -0.2% ROST
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -25.5%/yr +15.5%/yr +16.7%/yr TJX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 36.6% 26.1% 21.3% TJX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 43/100 65/100 59/100 ROST

Percentile Scorecard

NKEROSTTJX

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

AxisNKEROSTTJX
Valuation 39 #28 of 45 12 #92 of 104 16 #88 of 104
Growth 12 #38 of 43 79 #21 of 98 71 #29 of 98
Profitability 50 #21 of 41 92 #9 of 97 96 #5 of 97
Financial Health 61 #21 of 52 86 #16 of 110 62 #42 of 110
Shareholder Returns 55 #16 of 34 54 #33 of 70 52 #34 of 70
Overall 43 65 59
  • NKE ranked among 52 companies in Apparel and Luxury
  • ROST ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • TJX ranked among 115 companies in Retail

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodNKEROSTTJXSPY
1 month +7.2%-0.9%+5.7% +0.7%
3 months -9.1%-8.0%-11.2% +3.7%
6 months -13.4%+2.0%-9.8% +7.1%
Year to date -39.7%+29.0%-7.9% +12.8%
1 year -41.2%+46.7%-0.2% +11.9%
3 years -62.3%+102.5%+60.2% +85.2%
3 years, per year -27.7%+26.5%+17.0% +22.8%
5 years -77.0%+105.2%+115.9% +67.6%
5 years, per year -25.5%+15.5%+16.7% +10.9%
10 years -26.1%+273.0%+284.9% +262.0%
10 years, per year -3.0%+14.1%+14.4% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureNKEROSTTJXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 36.6%26.1%21.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 38.5%24.5%21.5% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.580.500.06 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -1.121.79-0.01 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -80.9%-41.3%-28.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -43.3%-9.0%-16.0% -1.2%
52-week high $67.78$255.23$168.41 $779.14
52-week low $33.90$158.07$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.

MultipleNKEROSTTJX
P/E now vs peer median 18.4xmedian 16.4x 27.8xmedian 17.0x 25.7xmedian 17.0x
P/S now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 0.7x 3.0xmedian 0.5x 2.5xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 12.6xmedian 10.6x 18.2xmedian 9.2x 16.5xmedian 9.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 27.1xmedian 12.3x 26.6xmedian 15.6x 26.5xmedian 15.6x
P/B now vs peer median 3.7xmedian 2.3x 11.0xmedian 1.7x 14.6xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median -1.32median 0.56 1.35median 0.77 1.55median 0.77

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 monthsNKEROSTTJX
Revenue $45.89B $24.51B $62.36B
Gross profit $19.77B $7.27B $19.96B
Operating income $3.76B $3.37B $7.92B
Net income $3.09B $2.66B $6.07B
Free cash flow $2.11B $2.79B $5.88B
EPS (diluted) $2.08 $8.32 $5.43
Cash & equivalents $6.90B $4.29B $6.00B
Total debt $7.89B $1.02B $2.87B
Shares (diluted) 1.48B 319.45M 1.12B
Enterprise value $23.25B $57.18B $133.26B

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
MetricNKEROSTTJX
P/E 18.4x 27.8x 25.7x
P/FCF 27.1x 26.6x 26.5x
P/Operating cash flow 20.5x 20.3x 19.4x
P/S 1.2x 3.0x 2.5x
P/B 3.7x 11.0x 14.6x
P/Tangible book 3.8x 11.0x 14.6x
EV/EBITDA 12.6x 18.2x 16.5x
EV/EBIT 15.1x 21.1x 19.3x
EV/Revenue 1.2x 2.9x 2.4x
EV/FCF 26.9x 25.4x 26.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 20.3x 19.4x 19.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -1.32 1.35 1.55

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNKEROSTTJX
Revenue growth (1Y) -1.2% 14.0% 7.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -3.8% 8.5% 6.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 1.5% 22.5% 12.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -4.1% 13.3% 11.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) 9.9% 30.6% 22.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -13.6% 16.8% 15.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 6.8% 28.9% 22.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -15.1% 18.3% 15.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 6.5% 31.1% 23.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -14.0% 20.5% 16.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -21.1% 48.0% 35.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -19.9% 8.6% 9.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -30.0% 66.2% 45.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -22.1% 10.2% 8.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNKEROSTTJX
Gross margin 43.1% 29.7% 32.0%
EBITDA margin 9.8% 16.0% 14.8%
Operating margin 8.2% 13.7% 12.7%
Pretax margin 8.5% 14.3% 12.9%
Net margin 6.7% 10.8% 9.7%
FCF margin 4.6% 11.4% 9.4%
Operating cash flow margin 6.1% 14.9% 12.9%
Return on equity 20.6% 40.8% 57.6%
Return on assets 8.1% 16.9% 16.6%
Return on invested capital 13.0% 33.9% 44.6%
Return on capital employed 14.1% 31.0% 34.0%
Asset turnover 1.2x 1.6x 1.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.9x 1.4x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 1.5% 0.8% 0.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNKEROSTTJX
Debt / assets 20.9% 6.4% 7.7%
Debt / equity 0.5x 0.2x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.1x -0.8x -0.3x
Debt / FCF 3.7x 0.4x 0.5x
Liabilities / assets 59.7% 57.8% 71.3%
Equity / assets 40.3% 42.2% 28.7%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 2.1x 1.6x 1.1x
Quick ratio 1.2x 0.9x 0.5x
Cash ratio 0.7x 0.9x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 3.45 7.74 6.35

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNKEROSTTJX
Dividend yield 4.3% 0.8% 1.3%
Net buyback yield -0.4% 1.5% 1.6%
Shareholder yield 3.9% 2.3% 2.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) 78.4% 20.6% 32.1%
Payout ratio (FCF) 115.2% 19.7% 33.2%
Dividend growth (1Y) 4.0% 7.9% 11.8%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 5.7% 7.4% 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.

ConsensusNKEROSTTJX
Forward P/E 31.5xFY2026 28.8xFY2026 26.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.22FY2026 $8.06FY2026 $5.39FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -41.9%FY2026 +21.9%FY2026 +14.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +18.0% +18.6% +9.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $40.47BFY2026 $23.94BFY2026 $61.59BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -12.8%FY2026 +5.2%FY2026 +2.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +11.9% +7.5% +3.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNKEROSTTJX
Held by institutions 80.0% 93.4% 91.9%
Institutions holding 1,736 1,421 2,756
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.9% +4.7% +2.0%
Institutions buying 799 763 1,401
Institutions selling 754 441 1,027
Buyers to sellers 1.06 1.73 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.

NKEROSTTJX
NKE 1.00 0.26 0.26
ROST 0.26 1.00 0.58
TJX 0.26 0.58 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NKE, ROST and TJX?

Tjx Companies (TJX) is the largest by market capitalisation: Nike (NKE) $57.05B, Ross Stores (ROST) $74.26B, Tjx Companies (TJX) $155.72B.

Which stock is cheaper, NKE, ROST and TJX?

Nike (NKE) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Nike (NKE) 18.4x, Ross Stores (ROST) 27.8x, Tjx Companies (TJX) 25.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Tjx Companies (TJX) is cheapest (Nike (NKE) 31.5x, Ross Stores (ROST) 28.8x, Tjx Companies (TJX) 26.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Ross Stores (ROST) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Nike (NKE) -1.2%, Ross Stores (ROST) +14.0%, Tjx Companies (TJX) +7.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ross Stores (ROST) has the highest net margin (Nike (NKE) 6.7%, Ross Stores (ROST) 10.8%, Tjx Companies (TJX) 9.7%). On return on invested capital, Tjx Companies (TJX) leads (Nike (NKE) 13.0%, Ross Stores (ROST) 33.9%, Tjx Companies (TJX) 44.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ross Stores (ROST) returned the most: Nike (NKE) -41.2%, Ross Stores (ROST) +46.7%, Tjx Companies (TJX) -0.2%. Over five years, Tjx Companies (TJX) compounded fastest (Nike (NKE) -25.5%/yr, Ross Stores (ROST) +15.5%/yr, Tjx Companies (TJX) +16.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Nike (NKE) has the highest dividend yield: Nike (NKE) 4.27%, Ross Stores (ROST) 0.76%, Tjx Companies (TJX) 1.28%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Tjx Companies (TJX) has been the steadiest (Nike (NKE) 36.6%, Ross Stores (ROST) 26.1%, Tjx Companies (TJX) 21.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, NKE, ROST 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 5. 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.