Ross Stores
ROST · Apparel Retail
$229.30
3.1%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 $22.8B for Ross Stores, about 2.7 times as much.
- Ross Stores grew revenue faster (7.7%, against 7.1%).
- Ross Stores turned more of its sales into free cash flow (9.7% FCF margin, against 8.1% FCF margin).
- TJX Companies earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (87.1%, against 67.0%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Ross Stores’s earnings: a P/E of 27.8x against 26.9x for TJX Companies.
| Latest fiscal year | ROST · FY25 | TJX · FY26 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $73.2B | $162.0B |
| Revenue | $22.8B | $60.4B |
| Free cash flow | $2.2B | $4.9B |
| Net income | $2.1B | $5.5B |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 7.7% | 7.1% |
| 5-year growth | 12.7% | 13.4% |
| Share count change | −2.0% | −1.2% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 27.7% | 31.0% |
| Operating margin | 11.9% | — |
| Net margin | 9.4% | 9.1% |
| FCF margin | 9.7% | 8.1% |
| Return on capital | 67.0% | 87.1% |
| Return on equity | 36.7% | 59.1% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | −$3.1B | −$3.4B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −1.0x | −0.4x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $1.6B | $4.4B |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 27.8x | 26.9x |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 8 |
FY17
ROST $14.1B
TJX $33.2B
FY18
ROST $15.0B
TJX $35.9B
FY19
ROST $16.0B
TJX $39.0B
FY20
ROST $12.5B
TJX $41.7B
FY21
ROST $18.9B
TJX $32.1B
FY22
ROST $18.7B
TJX $48.6B
FY23
ROST $20.4B
TJX $49.9B
FY24
ROST $21.1B
TJX $54.2B
FY25
ROST $22.8B
TJX $56.4B
FY26
ROST —
TJX $60.4B
ROST
TJX
FY17
ROST —
TJX 12.8%
FY18
ROST —
TJX 12.3%
FY19
ROST —
TJX 12.2%
FY20
ROST —
TJX —
FY21
ROST —
TJX —
FY22
ROST 10.7%
TJX —
FY23
ROST 11.3%
TJX —
FY24
ROST 12.2%
TJX —
FY25
ROST 11.9%
TJX —
FY26
ROST —
TJX —
ROST
TJX
FY17
ROST $1.3B
TJX $2.6B
FY18
ROST $1.7B
TJX $2.0B
FY19
ROST $1.6B
TJX $3.0B
FY20
ROST $1.8B
TJX $2.8B
FY21
ROST $1.2B
TJX $4.0B
FY22
ROST $1.0B
TJX $2.0B
FY23
ROST $1.8B
TJX $2.6B
FY24
ROST $1.6B
TJX $4.3B
FY25
ROST $2.2B
TJX $4.2B
FY26
ROST —
TJX $4.9B
ROST
TJX
FY17
ROST 65.7%
TJX 77.9%
FY18
ROST 73.4%
TJX 80.7%
FY19
ROST 73.8%
TJX 83.5%
FY20
ROST 8.7%
TJX 72.0%
FY21
ROST —
TJX 9.0%
FY22
ROST 80.1%
TJX —
FY23
ROST 75.2%
TJX 96.7%
FY24
ROST 71.9%
TJX 103.0%
FY25
ROST 67.0%
TJX 93.9%
FY26
ROST —
TJX 87.1%
ROST
TJX
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