ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC. vs THE TJX COMPANIES, INC., two Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ABG and TJX diverge most: on ev/ebitda, ABG reads 7.8 and TJX reads 129.5; on p/b, ABG reads 1.02 and TJX reads 16.29. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What ABG's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What TJX's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ABG | TJX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $212.08 | $151.27 |
| Market cap | $4.0B | $169.4B |
| Sector | Retail | Retail |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 7.5 | 29.4 |
| P/B | 1.02 | 16.29 |
| P/S | 0.22 | 2.75 |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.8 | 129.5 |
| Revenue growth | +4.8% | +8.1% |
| Gross margin | 17.7% | — |
| Operating margin | 4.7% | — |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 9.4% |
| Return on equity | 13.9% | 55.7% |
| Return on assets | 4.8% | 16.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 8.8% | — |
| FCF yield | 19.2% | 3.2% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.78 | 0.28 |
| Current ratio | 0.94 | 1.14 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.08 | 8.14 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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