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They recently reported top and bottom line beats along with light guidance, the latter of which triggered weakness in shares. Those sellers jumped the gun, though. The CEO notes that the supply of discounted merchandise will continue, and in fact the closure of 150 Macy's stores will be a bonanza for them. TJX will be fine.
The US consumer remains a risk despite Target's strong performance today and their quarter. The lower-end consumer is challenged by inflation and are looking for discount sellers like TJX. Their margin guidance is 31%, which is phenomenal for retail. Target's number is encouraging though. He will look at them. TJX beat earnings and raised guidance.
He sold a March covered all, $125 strike, expiring March 14. He loved their blow out quarter with 5% same store sales growth and raised the dividend by 13%.