The Vanguard Group, Inc. recently announced the acquisition of new stake in The TJX Companies Inc. (NYSE:TJX). The institutional investor has increased its shareholding in the Consumer Cyclical company by 3.34% to 89.93 million shares with purchase of 2.91 million shares. This fresh investment now brings its stake to 7.83% valued currently at $7.78 billion. In addition, SSgA Funds Management, Inc. raised its holdings by 1.99 million to 46.54 million shares. And JPMorgan Investment Management, I has lifted its position by 15.40% or 3.42 million shares – to 25.64 million shares.
With over 3.68 million The TJX Companies Inc. (TJX) shares trading Tuesday and a closing price of $92.18 on the day, the dollar volume was approximately $339.06 million. The shares have shown a positive half year performance of 25.35% and its price on 09/12/23 gained nearly 0.66%. Currently, there are 1.15B common shares owned by the public and among those 1.14B shares have been available to trade.
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An analysis of what Wall Street brokers have to say about the expected price targets for this stock gives us this picture: 25 analysts who have offered their price forecasts for TJX have a consensus price objective of $99.83. The analysts have set the share’s price value over the next 12 months at a high of $110.00 and a low of $90.00. The average price target is 7.45% above its recent price level and a downside to the estimated low will see the stock lose -2.42% over that period. But an upside of 16.2% will see the stock hit the forecast high price target while median target price for the stock is $99.00.
Insiders at the company have transacted a total of 51 times over the past 12 months, according to data filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). 19 of these insider trades were purchases, accounting for 525,794 shares. Insider sales of the common stock occurred on 32 occasions, with total insider shares sold totaling 531,586 shares.
The top 3 mutual fund holders in The TJX Companies Inc. are Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF, Vanguard 500 Index Fund, and Vanguard Dividend Growth Fund. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF owns 35.84 million shares of the company’s stock, all valued at over $3.1 billion. The company sold 38320.0 shares recently to bring their total holdings to about 3.12% of the shares outstanding. Vanguard 500 Index Fund bought 0.16 million shares to see its total holdings expand to 27.58 million shares valued at over $2.39 billion and representing 2.40% of the shares outstanding. Vanguard Dividend Growth Fund sold -1.59 million shares to bring its total holdings to over 25.19 million shares at a value of $2.18 billion. Vanguard Dividend Growth Fund now owns shares totaling to 2.19% of the shares outstanding.
Shares of The TJX Companies Inc. (NYSE: TJX) opened at $91.46, down -$0.12 from a prior closing price of $91.58. However, the script later moved the day high at 92.32, up 0.66%. The company’s stock has a 5-day price change of 0.61% and 15.18% over the past three months. TJX shares are trading 15.80% year to date (YTD), with the 12-month market performance up to 38.37% higher. It has a 12-month low price of $59.78 and touched a high of $92.87 over the same period. TJX has an average intraday trading volume of 4.77 million shares. The stock is trading above its simple moving averages at the SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200, as the current price level is off by 2.40%, 5.56%, and 13.87% respectively.
Institutional ownership of The TJX Companies Inc. (NYSE: TJX) shares accounts for 94.80% of the company’s 1.15B shares outstanding. Mutual fund holders own 42.08%, while other institutional holders and individual stakeholders account for 50.46% and 0.92% respectively.
It has a market capitalization of $105.46B and a beta (3y monthly) value of 0.90. The stock’s trailing 12-month PE ratio is 27.04, while the earnings-per-share (ttm) stands at $3.41. The company has a PEG of 2.09 and a Quick Ratio of 0.60 with the debt-to-equity ratio at 0.43. Price movements for the stock have been influenced by the stock’s volatility, which stands at 0.99% over the week and 1.43% over the month.
Analysts forecast that The TJX Companies Inc. (TJX) will achieve an EPS of $0.98 for the current quarter, $1.13 for the next quarter and $4.08 for 2025. The lowest estimate earnings-per-share for the quarter is $0.86 while analysts give the company a high EPS estimate of $1.02. Comparatively, EPS for the current quarter was $0.86 a year ago. Earnings per share for the fiscal year are expected to increase by 10.00%, and 9.54% over the next financial year. EPS should grow at an annualized rate of 12.93% over the next five years, compared to 8.80% over the past 5-year period.
If you are looking to buy this stock, then you may note that the average analyst recommendation by 25 brokerage firm advisors rate The TJX Companies Inc. (TJX) as a “Strong Buy” at a consensus score of 1.80. Specifically, 16 Wall Street analysts polled rate the stock as a buy, while 5 of the 25 advise that investors “hold,” and 0 rated it as a “Sell.”
