TJX vs ROST vs BURL Stock Comparison

Tjx Companies, Ross Stores and Burlington Stores Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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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
5 wins
ROST Ross Stores, Inc.
$229.30 -2.0% 1M +46.4% 1Y
Market cap
$74.35B
P/E
28.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$24.51B
Div. yield
0.01%
Apparel Retail Consumer Discretionary
5 wins
BURL Burlington Stores, Inc.
$247.52 -3.8% 1M -7.7% 1Y
Market cap
$15.14B
P/E
21.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$12.22B
Div. yield
–
Apparel Retail Consumer Discretionary
2 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

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

QuestionTJXROSTBURLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $158.82B $74.35B $15.14B TJX
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 26.2x 28.0x 21.2x BURL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 26.9x 28.4x 21.9x BURL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +7.7% +14.0% +10.9% ROST
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 9.7% 10.8% 5.8% ROST
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 44.6% 33.9% -115.4% TJX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.3x -0.8x -0.2x ROST
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% TJX
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +1.8% +46.4% -7.7% ROST
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +17.7%/yr +15.8%/yr -2.3%/yr TJX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 21.1% 26.0% 40.4% TJX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 57/100 66/100 44/100 ROST

Percentile Scorecard

TJXROSTBURL

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

AxisTJXROSTBURL
Valuation 12 #92 of 104 13 #91 of 104 18 #85 of 104
Growth 71 #29 of 99 87 #14 of 99 86 #15 of 99
Profitability 94 #7 of 99 91 #10 of 99 41 #59 of 99
Financial Health 64 #41 of 113 87 #16 of 113 30 #79 of 113
Shareholder Returns 46 #40 of 73 51 #36 of 73 43 #42 of 73
Overall 57 66 44
  • TJX ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • ROST ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • BURL ranked among 115 companies in Retail

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodTJXROSTBURLSPY
1 month +10.1%-2.0%-3.8% -1.0%
3 months -5.9%-4.0%-29.3% +2.9%
6 months -7.7%+1.3%-25.4% +6.4%
Year to date -5.6%+27.3%-14.3% +11.4%
1 year +1.8%+46.4%-7.7% +13.1%
3 years +62.1%+98.0%+106.0% +79.4%
3 years, per year +17.5%+25.6%+27.3% +21.5%
5 years +126.0%+107.7%-11.1% +67.7%
5 years, per year +17.7%+15.8%-2.3% +10.9%
10 years +294.7%+261.7%+227.3% +255.2%
10 years, per year +14.7%+13.7%+12.6% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureTJXROSTBURLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 21.1%26.0%40.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 21.3%24.4%43.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.090.520.76 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.091.78-0.19 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -28.3%-41.3%-63.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -13.9%-10.2%-33.5% -2.5%
52-week high $168.41$255.23$372.18 $779.14
52-week low $125.99$156.66$232.24 $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.

MultipleTJXROSTBURL
P/E now vs peer median 26.4xmedian 16.7x 27.4xmedian 16.7x 21.8xmedian 16.7x
P/S now vs peer median 2.6xmedian 0.5x 3.0xmedian 0.5x 1.3xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.0xmedian 9.1x 17.9xmedian 9.1x -3.1xmedian 9.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 27.2xmedian 16.6x 26.3xmedian 16.6x 37.7xmedian 16.6x
P/B now vs peer median 15.0xmedian 1.7x 10.9xmedian 1.7x 7.8xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median 1.59median 0.73 1.33median 0.73 0.55median 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 monthsTJXROSTBURL
Revenue $62.36B $24.51B $12.22B
Gross profit $19.96B $7.27B $5.45B
Operating income $7.92B $3.37B -$5.83B
Net income $6.07B $2.66B $714.18M
Free cash flow $5.88B $2.79B $412.54M
EPS (diluted) $5.43 $8.32 $11.18
Cash & equivalents $6.00B $4.29B $703.69M
Total debt $11.48B $1.02B $7.95B
Shares (diluted) 1.12B 319.45M 63.90M
Enterprise value $136.36B $57.27B $11.87B

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
MetricTJXROSTBURL
P/E 26.4x 27.4x 21.8x
P/FCF 27.2x 26.3x 37.7x
P/Operating cash flow 19.9x 20.0x 11.0x
P/S 2.6x 3.0x 1.3x
P/B 15.0x 10.9x 7.8x
P/Tangible book 15.0x 10.9x 8.8x
EV/EBITDA 17.0x 17.9x -3.1x
EV/EBIT 19.8x 20.8x -2.9x
EV/Revenue 2.5x 2.9x 1.4x
EV/FCF 26.6x 25.1x 40.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 19.5x 19.1x 11.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.59 1.33 0.55

Growth

14 metrics
MetricTJXROSTBURL
Revenue growth (1Y) 7.7% 14.0% 10.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.8% 8.5% 10.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 12.7% 22.5% 13.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 11.0% 13.3% 13.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) 22.2% 30.6% -6.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 15.5% 31.6% -5.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 22.0% 28.9% 30.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 15.1% 18.3% 39.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 23.2% 31.1% 30.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 16.6% 20.5% 39.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 35.4% 48.0% 76.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 9.2% 8.6% 22.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 45.4% 66.2% 235.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 8.7% 10.2% 5.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricTJXROSTBURL
Gross margin 32.0% 29.7% 44.6%
EBITDA margin 14.8% 16.0% -44.0%
Operating margin 12.7% 13.7% -47.7%
Pretax margin 12.9% 14.3% 7.7%
Net margin 9.7% 10.8% 5.8%
FCF margin 9.4% 11.4% 3.4%
Operating cash flow margin 12.9% 14.9% 11.6%
Return on equity 57.6% 40.8% 37.2%
Return on assets 16.6% 16.9% 7.2%
Return on invested capital 44.6% 33.9% -115.4%
Return on capital employed 34.0% 31.0% -75.7%
Asset turnover 1.7x 1.6x 1.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 1.4x 2.0x
Stock comp / revenue 0.4% 0.8% 1.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricTJXROSTBURL
Debt / assets 7.7% 6.4% 19.1%
Debt / equity 0.3x 0.2x 1.0x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.3x -0.8x -0.2x
Debt / FCF 0.5x 0.4x 4.6x
Liabilities / assets 71.3% 57.8% 80.1%
Equity / assets 28.7% 42.2% 19.9%
Interest coverage – – -78.8x
Current ratio 1.1x 1.6x 1.2x
Quick ratio 0.5x 0.9x 0.4x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.9x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 6.44 7.68 0.84

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricTJXROSTBURL
Dividend yield 1.2% 0.8% –
Net buyback yield 1.5% 1.6% 1.9%
Shareholder yield 2.8% 2.3% 1.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) 32.1% 20.6% –
Payout ratio (FCF) 33.2% 19.7% –
Dividend growth (1Y) 11.8% 7.9% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 11.4% 7.4% –

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.

ConsensusTJXROSTBURL
Forward P/E 26.9xFY2026 28.4xFY2026 21.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $5.40FY2026 $8.06FY2026 $11.29FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +14.2%FY2026 +21.9%FY2026 +15.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +9.4% +18.6% +26.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $61.61BFY2026 $23.93BFY2026 $12.23BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +2.1%FY2026 +5.2%FY2026 +5.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3.6% +7.3% +18.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersTJXROSTBURL
Held by institutions 91.9% 93.4% 100.0%
Institutions holding 2,752 1,420 653
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.0% +4.7% 0.0%
Institutions buying 1,398 763 367
Institutions selling 1,026 440 215
Buyers to sellers 1.36 1.73 1.71

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.

TJXROSTBURL
TJX 1.00 0.58 0.44
ROST 0.58 1.00 0.49
BURL 0.44 0.49 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, TJX, ROST and BURL?

Tjx Companies (TJX) is the largest by market capitalisation: Tjx Companies (TJX) $158.82B, Ross Stores (ROST) $74.35B, Burlington Stores (BURL) $15.14B.

Which stock is cheaper, TJX, ROST and BURL?

Burlington Stores (BURL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Tjx Companies (TJX) 26.2x, Ross Stores (ROST) 28.0x, Burlington Stores (BURL) 21.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Burlington Stores (BURL) is cheapest (Tjx Companies (TJX) 26.9x, Ross Stores (ROST) 28.4x, Burlington Stores (BURL) 21.9x). 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: Tjx Companies (TJX) +7.7%, Ross Stores (ROST) +14.0%, Burlington Stores (BURL) +10.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ross Stores (ROST) has the highest net margin (Tjx Companies (TJX) 9.7%, Ross Stores (ROST) 10.8%, Burlington Stores (BURL) 5.8%). On return on invested capital, Tjx Companies (TJX) leads (Tjx Companies (TJX) 44.6%, Ross Stores (ROST) 33.9%, Burlington Stores (BURL) -115.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ross Stores (ROST) returned the most: Tjx Companies (TJX) +1.8%, Ross Stores (ROST) +46.4%, Burlington Stores (BURL) -7.7%. Over five years, Tjx Companies (TJX) compounded fastest (Tjx Companies (TJX) +17.7%/yr, Ross Stores (ROST) +15.8%/yr, Burlington Stores (BURL) -2.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Tjx Companies (TJX) has the highest dividend yield: Tjx Companies (TJX) 0.01%, Ross Stores (ROST) 0.01%, Burlington Stores (BURL) 0.00%. Burlington Stores (BURL) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Tjx Companies (TJX) has been the steadiest (Tjx Companies (TJX) 21.1%, Ross Stores (ROST) 26.0%, Burlington Stores (BURL) 40.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, TJX, ROST and BURL?

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.