Ross Stores Inc vs TJX Companies Inc

Ross Stores Inc (ROST) is overvalued and TJX Companies Inc (TJX) is overvalued.

Both trade above our estimate of their intrinsic value. TJX is the closer of the two: -56%, against -73% for ROST.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Ross Stores Inc (ROST)

Discounting its cash flows at 9.4% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $134.75; the price of $232.51 is 73% above that value, and 75% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 76/100 on 9 of 12 signals

TJX Companies Inc (TJX)

Discounting its cash flows at 8.4% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $83.94; the price of $130.79 is 56% above that value, and 78% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 62/100 on 10 of 12 signals

MetricROSTTJX
VerdictOvervaluedOvervalued
Price$232.51$130.79
Intrinsic value$134.75$83.94
Margin of safety-73%-56%
Leak Score76/100 (9/12)62/100 (10/12)
Market cap$74.3B$143.9B
Revenue growth, 5 years12.7%13.4%
Operating margin12.7%12.4%
Net margin10.8%9.7%
Return on equity42.6%62.2%
Debt to equity0.701.34
P/E28.1x24.2x
Forward P/E25.7x22.6x
P/B11.0x13.5x
Dividend yield0.8%1.4%

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