National Pension Service Cuts Position in The TJX Companies, Inc. $TJX

National Pension Service cut its holdings in The TJX Companies, Inc. (NYSE:TJX) by 14.1% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 2,454,452 shares of the apparel and home fashions retailer’s stock after selling 404,162 shares during the period. National Pension Service owned about 0.22% of TJX Companies worth $303,100,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the business. Pioneer Trust Bank N A OR grew its position in TJX Companies by 0.3% during the second quarter. Pioneer Trust Bank N A OR now owns 43,653 shares of the apparel and home fashions retailer’s stock valued at $5,391,000 after buying an additional 130 shares during the period. Advyzon Investment Management LLC boosted its stake in TJX Companies by 570.5% in the second quarter. Advyzon Investment Management LLC now owns 12,941 shares of the apparel and home fashions retailer’s stock valued at $1,598,000 after acquiring an additional 11,011 shares during the last quarter. IMA Advisory Services Inc. grew its position in shares of TJX Companies by 1.8% during the 2nd quarter. IMA Advisory Services Inc. now owns 21,697 shares of the apparel and home fashions retailer’s stock valued at $2,679,000 after acquiring an additional 378 shares during the period. CENTRAL TRUST Co grew its position in shares of TJX Companies by 0.9% during the 2nd quarter. CENTRAL TRUST Co now owns 45,741 shares of the apparel and home fashions retailer’s stock valued at $5,649,000 after acquiring an additional 416 shares during the period. Finally, Blackston Financial Advisory Group LLC increased its stake in shares of TJX Companies by 3.8% during the 2nd quarter. Blackston Financial Advisory Group LLC now owns 3,709 shares of the apparel and home fashions retailer’s stock worth $458,000 after purchasing an additional 136 shares during the last quarter. 91.09% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts recently commented on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on TJX Companies from $148.00 to $149.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, October 6th. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b+)” rating on shares of TJX Companies in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Macquarie reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of TJX Companies in a research note on Monday, August 11th. Citigroup boosted their price objective on TJX Companies from $140.00 to $160.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 21st. Finally, UBS Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $172.00 price objective on shares of TJX Companies in a report on Tuesday, November 4th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-three have issued a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, TJX Companies has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $151.75.

TJX Companies Trading Down 0.5%

Shares of TJX opened at $146.04 on Wednesday. The TJX Companies, Inc. has a twelve month low of $112.10 and a twelve month high of $147.59. The stock has a market cap of $162.53 billion, a PE ratio of 33.27, a P/E/G ratio of 3.14 and a beta of 0.90. The company has a quick ratio of 0.52, a current ratio of 1.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.32. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $141.93 and its 200-day moving average price is $133.12.

TJX Companies (NYSE:TJX) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, August 20th. The apparel and home fashions retailer reported $1.10 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.01 by $0.09. TJX Companies had a net margin of 8.59% and a return on equity of 58.63%. The business had revenue of $14.40 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $14.12 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.96 EPS. TJX Companies’s revenue was up 6.9% on a year-over-year basis. TJX Companies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.520-4.570 EPS. Q3 2026 guidance at 1.170-1.190 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that The TJX Companies, Inc. will post 4.18 EPS for the current fiscal year.

TJX Companies Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 4th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 13th will be paid a $0.425 dividend. This represents a $1.70 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 13th. TJX Companies’s dividend payout ratio is currently 38.72%.

About TJX Companies

The TJX Companies, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an off-price apparel and home fashions retailer in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia. It operates through four segments: Marmaxx, HomeGoods, TJX Canada, and TJX International. The company sells family apparel, including footwear and accessories; home fashions, such as home basics, furniture, rugs, lighting products, giftware, soft home products, decorative accessories, tabletop, and cookware, as well as expanded pet, and gourmet food departments; jewelry and accessories; and other merchandise.