Factors Setting The Tone For TJX Companies' (TJX) Q3 Earnings

The TJX Companies, Inc. (NYSE:TJX) is scheduled to release third-quarter fiscal 2020 results on Nov 19. This renowned off-price retailer’s earnings were in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate in the last reported quarter.

The Zacks Consensus Estimate for third-quarter 2019 earnings has been stable in the past 30 days at 66 cents per share, which suggests an improvement of 4.8% from the year-ago quarter’s reported figure. The consensus mark for revenues is pegged at $10,309 million, which indicates a rise of 4.9% from the prior-year quarter’s level.

Factors to Note

TJX Companies has been gaining from robust comparable store sales (comps) trend. Comps have been steadily expanding on the back of high customer traffic, across most of the segments. This indicates that the company’s merchandising and brand growth initiatives have been yielding well.

Moreover, the company has been benefitting from solid store-opening strategies. This has enabled it to widen the business rapidly across the United States, Europe and Canada. Additionally, the company’s initiatives to boost e-commerce presence have been lucrative. Such efforts along with a strong inventory position, efficient marketing strategies and robust off-price fundamentals bode well.

In the last earnings call, management highlighted that fiscal third quarter had begun on a solid note. Alongside, it projected consolidated sales for the said quarter in the range of $10.2-$10.3 billion. This indicates growth from sales of $9.8 billion reported in the prior-year quarter.

However, elevated supply-chain expenses and adverse currency rate fluctuations are expected to have affected the company’s performance in fiscal third quarter.

The TJX Companies, Inc. Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise

What the Zacks Model Unveils

Our proven model does not conclusively predict an earnings beat for TJX Companies this season. The combination of a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) increases the odds of an earnings beat. But that’s not the case here. You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they’re reported with our Earnings ESP Filter.

TJX Companies carries a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell) and Earnings ESP of 0.00%. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.

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