Yahoo Finance TJX Companies' (NYSE:TJX) five-year earnings growth trails the strong shareholder returns
The worst result, after buying shares in a company (assuming no leverage), would be if you lose all the money you put in. But on a lighter note, a good company can see its share price rise well over 100%. For instance, the price of The TJX Companies, Inc. (NYSE:TJX) stock is up an impressive 113% over the last five years. Also pleasing for shareholders was the 28% gain in the last three months. This could be related to the recent financial results, released recently - you can catch up on the most recent data by reading our company report.
Since it's been a strong week for TJX Companies shareholders, let's have a look at trend of the longer term fundamentals.
Check out our latest analysis for TJX Companies
While markets are a powerful pricing mechanism, share prices reflect investor sentiment, not just underlying business performance. One imperfect but simple way to consider how the market perception of a company has shifted is to compare the change in the earnings per share (EPS) with the share price movement.
Over half a decade, TJX Companies managed to grow its earnings per share at 9.3% a year. This EPS growth is slower than the share price growth of 16% per year, over the same period. So it's fair to assume the market has a higher opinion of the business than it did five years ago. And that's hardly shocking given the track record of growth.
You can see below how EPS has changed over time (discover the exact values by clicking on the image).
We like that insiders have been buying shares in the last twelve months. Even so, future earnings will be far more important to whether current shareholders make money. Dive deeper into the earnings by checking this interactive graph of TJX Companies' earnings, revenue and cash flow.
What About Dividends?
As well as measuring the share price return, investors should also consider the total shareholder return (TSR). The TSR incorporates the value of any spin-offs or discounted capital raisings, along with any dividends, based on the assumption that the dividends are reinvested. It's fair to say that the TSR gives a more complete picture for stocks that pay a dividend. As it happens, TJX Companies' TSR for the last 5 years was 128%, which exceeds the share price return mentioned earlier. The dividends paid by the company have thusly boosted the total shareholder return.
A Different Perspective
It's good to see that TJX Companies has rewarded shareholders with a total shareholder return of 15% in the last twelve months. Of course, that includes the dividend. However, the TSR over five years, coming in at 18% per year, is even more impressive. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand TJX Companies better, we need to consider many other factors. For example, we've discovered 2 warning signs for TJX Companies (1 is significant!) that you should be aware of before investing here.
TJX Companies is not the only stock that insiders are buying. For those who like to find winning investments this free list of growing companies with recent insider purchasing, could be just the ticket.
Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on US exchanges.
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