TJX Companies (TJX) Getting Favorable Media Coverage, Report Shows

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In other news, CFO Scott Goldenberg sold 15,571 shares of TJX Companies stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, April 19th. (TJX) has a trading volume of 10.04 Million shares, with an average trading volume of 6630 shares - with shares dropping to a 52 week low of $70.85, and the company's shares hitting a 52 week high of $ 82.72. The company's market cap is $49.35 Billion.

Stock is now moving with a negative distance from the 200 day simple moving average of approximately -2.02%, and has a solid year to date (YTD) performance of 0.27% which means the stock is constantly adding to its value from the previous fiscal year end price.

In the next part, we'll analyze TJX Companies' fiscal 1Q18 earnings. Traders purchased 7,451 put options on the company. The TJX Companies, Inc. has far performed well this year, with the share price up 0.27% since January. The consensus mean EPS for the current quarter is at $0.85 derived from a total of 26 estimates from the analysts who have weighed in on projected earnings. The company had revenue of $7.78 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.88 billion. The difference between the expected and actual EPS was $0.03/share, which represents an Earnings surprise of 3%. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 11th will be paid a $0.3125 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, May 9th. (The) giving the company a "positive" rating. Wellington Management Group LLP raised its stake in TJX Companies by 19.2% in the first quarter.

TJX has been the topic of a number of recent research reports.

The target price for The TJX Companies, Inc. Its book value per share for the most recent quarter is $6.95 while its price to book ratio for the same period is 10.72, as for as the company's cash per share for the most recent quarter is $5.24, however its price to cash per share ratio for the same period is 14.21. The rating was maintained by RBC Capital Markets on Wednesday, November 16 with "Outperform". Finally, Cowen and Company set a $80.00 price target on shares of TJX Companies and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday. Goldman Sachs Group Inc raised shares of TJX Companies from a "buy" rating to a "conviction-buy" rating and set a $97.00 target price for the company in a research note on Thursday, March 16th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, sixteen have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of TJX Companies from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $88.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, April 25th.

Other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. If you are reading this report on another publication, it was illegally stolen and reposted in violation of USA & global trademark and copyright law. The legal version of this news story can be read at https://www.themarketsdaily.com/2017/05/18/tjx-companies-tjx-earning-favorable-press-coverage-report-shows-updated.html. Shares have risen 20.00% over the trailing 6 months. $84.48's average target is 13.03% above currents $74.74 stock price. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 148,820 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $11,682,370.

On 9/4/2013 Jerome R Rossi, EVP, sold 31,766 with an average share price of $53.85 per share and the total transaction amounting to $1,710,599.10. The shares were sold at an average price of $78.50, for a total value of $1,662,630.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 105,844 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $8,164,806.16. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. (NYSE:TJX) stock have an ABR of 1.69. 5,811,274 shares of the company's stock were exchanged. "Has $432,000 Position in TJX Companies Inc (TJX)" was originally posted by Sports Perspectives and is the sole property of of Sports Perspectives. The Company operates through four segments: Marmaxx, HomeGoods, TJX Canada and TJX International.