Jim Cramer - Mad MoneyTJX CompaniesTJXBUYSep 10, 2025
Up 15.7% this year, helped by buying goods where the tariff has already been paid by someone else. Key metric is same-store sales: +4% in 2025. Trades at 28x 2026 PE. PEG ratio is 2.7, pricey, but investors will pay up for quality. Has longed like TJX. Heavy share buybacks this year with more to come this year. Best among the discount apparel retailers.
He is shocked that it's moved down like this, never. He bought some last week. It's down 17% the last 6 months. The next move is $130. It missed its last quarter. It needs to buy back shares and improve its TJ Max division.
He sold a covered call and made a little money, not much. Earnings were pretty good, but not the Q3 guide, though the full-year guide was decent. This was a sell the news incident. A fun trade.
They have 5,200 stores worldwide, so have a runway to keep growing. It's a counter-cyclical play on the consumer. TJX sells great products, the best way for consumers to go downscale.
Retail stocks were hit the market rotation today. A quality name, down 5.85% in the past month, and a buying opportunity. They benefit from the consumer trading down and buying excess inventory from struggling retailers for pennies on the dollar. Is a key holding of his.
He sold Honeywell to buy more TJX. Black Friday numbers were up. Customers aren't only the discount shopper, but very income. Are untouched by tariffs.
Pretty cautious on consumer names, since we're about mid-late cycle economically. Interest rates coming down might help the consumer. In the consumer space, he'd prefer a name like this. Downshift in spending going on now.
Off-price retail is in the sweet spot now, and TJX is the best at it. They reported beats and raised full-year outlook. They can avoid tariffs. Are seeing margin expansion.
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%.
Up 15.7% this year, helped by buying goods where the tariff has already been paid by someone else. Key metric is same-store sales: +4% in 2025. Trades at 28x 2026 PE. PEG ratio is 2.7, pricey, but investors will pay up for quality. Has longed like TJX. Heavy share buybacks this year with more to come this year. Best among the discount apparel retailers.