TJX Reports profit up; Buyback, Dividend Raise Planned

Stock Market Today|February 22, 2012 12:04 PM| By Larry Davidson

TJX Cos., parent company of T.J. Maxx and Marshalls, reported on Wednesday that its fiscal 4Q profit increased to $475.3 million, or 62 cents per share, from $334.4 million, or 42 cents, similar quarter previous year. Sales surged 6 percent to $6.71 billion. Comparable sales moved up 7 percent.

TJX estimate profit of 45 cents to 47 cents per share in the first quarter and $2.21 to $2.31 per share current fiscal year. Experts studied by FactSet anticipated profit of 62 cents per share in the 4Q, 46 cents in the first quarter and $2.27 for the new fiscal year.

TJX declared it aims to rebut up to $1.3 billion of stock current fiscal year. It’s also gaining its quarterly dividend to 11.5 cents per share.

The TJX Companies, Inc.(NYSE:TJX) stock reports on February 21, 2012 decreased -1.42% to the trading price of $34.72. Its fifty two week range was $23.92-$35.55. The total market capitalization remained $26.19 billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 26.19 billion shares.

TJX is ahead its 52 week low with 46.30% and lagging behind from its 52 week high price with -2.18%. TJX last month stock price volatility remained 1.38%.

The stock price of TJX is moving forward from its 20 days moving average with 0.91% and remote positively from 50 days moving average with 4.64%. In its share capital TJX has 754.28 million outstanding shares among them 750.21 million shares have been floated in market exchange. TJX stock institutional ownership remained 93.11% while insider ownership included 0.58%.

TJX current year earnings per share experienced an addition with 16.04% while its current quarter performance remained 19.35%. Company’s beta coefficient included 0.56. Beta factors measures the amount of market risk associated with market trade.

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