Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. TJX scored 56.1, ANF scored 73.6 — ANF leads.
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TJX
The TJX Companies, Inc.
Apparel Retail · Quality-Growth
56.1
$138.76 · $152.6B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
17.5
ANF leads
ANF
Abercrombie & Fitch Co.
Apparel Retail · Quality-Growth
73.6
$142.58 · $6.1B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestANF12.2x
Fastest growthTJX+7.7%
Strongest balance sheetANF0.94
Highest qualityANF84 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueANF-32%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
TJX
stronger →← stronger
ANF
80
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
84
68
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
67
33
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
71
ANF is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
TJX
ANF
$5.9bB+
FCF
$566mC+
+7.7%B
Rev
+6.4%C+
1.34C+
D/E
0.94B
25.7xC+
P/E
12.2xA-
2.46C
PEG
3.62D
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
TJX
ANF
0% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
32% below
~7%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-4%/yr
-8%
1-yr DCF upside
+41%
+0%
5-yr DCF upside
+46%
+14%
10-yr DCF upside
+54%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
TJX
Why this score
Raising its dividend
Durable high returns
ANF
Why this score
Buying back stock
Durable high returns
The companies
TJXThe TJX Companies, Inc.
Apparel Retail · $138.76 · beta 0.56
Why now
Apparel Retail · market cap $152.6b. 18% off the 52-week high of $170.00. 20 sell-side analysts publish a mean 1-yr target of $169.80 (implying +22% upside).
Moat
ROE 57% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 97% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash. $152.6b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
ANFAbercrombie & Fitch Co.
Apparel Retail · $142.58 · beta 1.01
Why now
Apparel Retail · market cap $6.1b. 8% off the 52-week high of $155.22. 11 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $163.55 (implying +15% upside).
Moat
ROE 41% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 106% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Value re-rating depends on a catalyst. Without one — analyst day, divestiture, margin recovery, capital return — the stock can stay cheap on these multiples for years.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where TJX and ANF diverge
On the headline score the gap is 17.5 points in favor of ANF. The widest single difference is Value, where ANF leads by 38.1 points.
ValueTJX 32.6 · ANF 70.7ANF +38.1
QualityTJX 79.7 · ANF 84.2ANF +4.5
GrowthTJX 67.8 · ANF 67.1level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is ANF or TJX the better stock?
ANF scores higher: ANF 73.6, TJX 56.1 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do ANF and TJX differ most?
The widest gap is value, where ANF leads by 38 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. ANF also leads quality, while growth is effectively level between them.
How are ANF and TJX scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.