Burlington Stores
BURL · Apparel Retail
$247.63
2.0%TJX Companies
TJX · Apparel Retail
$145.06
1.6%The short version
- TJX Companies is the larger business, with $60.4B of revenue in fiscal 2026 against $11.6B for Burlington Stores, about 5.2 times as much.
- Burlington Stores grew revenue faster (8.8%, against 7.1%).
- TJX Companies turned more of its sales into free cash flow (8.1% FCF margin, against 1.5% FCF margin).
- TJX Companies earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (87.1%, against 28.1%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of TJX Companies’s earnings: a P/E of 26.9x against 22.3x for Burlington Stores.
| Latest fiscal year | BURL · FY25 | TJX · FY26 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $15.8B | $162.0B |
| Revenue | $11.6B | $60.4B |
| Free cash flow | $172M | $4.9B |
| Net income | $610M | $5.5B |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 8.8% | 7.1% |
| 5-year growth | 15.0% | 13.4% |
| Share count change | −0.7% | −1.2% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 43.9% | 31.0% |
| Operating margin | — | — |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 9.1% |
| FCF margin | 1.5% | 8.1% |
| Return on capital | 28.1% | 87.1% |
| Return on equity | 38.4% | 59.1% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $818M | −$3.4B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.6x | −0.4x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $278M | $4.4B |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 22.3x | 26.9x |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 8 |
FY17
BURL $6.1B
TJX $33.2B
FY18
BURL $6.7B
TJX $35.9B
FY19
BURL $7.3B
TJX $39.0B
FY20
BURL $5.8B
TJX $41.7B
FY21
BURL $9.3B
TJX $32.1B
FY22
BURL $8.7B
TJX $48.6B
FY23
BURL $9.7B
TJX $49.9B
FY24
BURL $10.6B
TJX $54.2B
FY25
BURL $11.6B
TJX $56.4B
FY26
BURL —
TJX $60.4B
BURL
TJX
FY17
BURL —
TJX 12.8%
FY18
BURL —
TJX 12.3%
FY19
BURL —
TJX 12.2%
FY20
BURL —
TJX —
FY21
BURL —
TJX —
FY22
BURL —
TJX —
FY23
BURL —
TJX —
FY24
BURL —
TJX —
FY25
BURL —
TJX —
FY26
BURL —
TJX —
BURL
TJX
FY17
BURL $339M
TJX $2.6B
FY18
BURL $344M
TJX $2.0B
FY19
BURL $563M
TJX $3.0B
FY20
BURL −$54.1M
TJX $2.8B
FY21
BURL $481M
TJX $4.0B
FY22
BURL $149M
TJX $2.0B
FY23
BURL $376M
TJX $2.6B
FY24
BURL −$17.0M
TJX $4.3B
FY25
BURL $172M
TJX $4.2B
FY26
BURL —
TJX $4.9B
BURL
TJX
FY17
BURL 41.3%
TJX 77.9%
FY18
BURL 40.2%
TJX 80.7%
FY19
BURL 43.1%
TJX 83.5%
FY20
BURL −26.3%
TJX 72.0%
FY21
BURL 36.7%
TJX 9.0%
FY22
BURL 20.0%
TJX —
FY23
BURL 27.0%
TJX 96.7%
FY24
BURL 30.9%
TJX 103.0%
FY25
BURL 28.1%
TJX 93.9%
FY26
BURL —
TJX 87.1%
BURL
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