Tjx Companies Inc /de/ (TJX) Earnings Report Preview For Wednesday's Release
Tjx Companies Inc (NYSE:TJX) will be releasing last fiscal quarter's results before the opening bell on February 22, 2012. We can review how Tjx Companies Inc has executed for investors recently.
Who They Are:
The TJX Companies, Inc. operates as an off-price apparel and home fashions retailer in the United States and internationally. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts. Tjx Cos Inc New trades an average of 3.8 million shares per day and has a marketcap of $26.3 Billion.
52 Week High: $35.30
52 Week Low: $24.13
Book Value: $4.22
Float Short: 0.73%
What To Expect:
Analysts are expecting an improvement of $0.09 in earnings per share compared to last quarter's results of $0.53. A surprise above $0.62 per share will top the estimated per share earnings.
Currently, $0.61 on the low end and $0.64 per share on the high side is what market participants are anticipating in the report.
Here is a look at the fiscal year revenue for Tjx Companies Inc. 
Recent Stock and Valuation Performance:
The current trailing twelve months P/E ratio is 18.4. The forward P/E ratio is 15.39.
The stock has moved higher in price 4.75% in the last month, and changing from last year at this time 41.75%.
When comparing to the S&P 500, the year to date difference is -0.18%.
The company has rising revenue year-over-year of $21.94 billion for 2011 vs. $20.29 billion for 2010. The bottom line has rising earnings year-over-year of $1.34 billion for 2011 vs. $1.21 billion for 2010.The company's earnings before interest and taxes are rising with an EBIT year-over-year of $2.20 billion for 2011 vs. $1.99 billion for 2010. Rising revenue along with rising earnings is a very good sign and what we want to see with our companies. Be sure to check the margins in the earnings release to make sure the bottom line is keeping up with the top line.
The short interest is relatively low at 0.73%.
Here is the last few quarters to get an idea how well they perform compared to estimates 
Reported earnings per share compared to the mean estimate. Differences are rounded.
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