TJX Cos Up Over 8%, on Pace for Record High -- Data Talk

TJX Companies Inc (TJX) is currently at $64.66, up $4.94 or 8.27%

-- Would be new all-time high (Based on available data back to Jan. 21, 1972)

-- On pace for largest percent increase since Aug. 19, 2014, when it rose 8.65%

-- Earlier Wednesday, TJX Cos. reported fourth-quarter earnings of 81 cents a share on sales of $12.2 billion. Analysts had expected earnings of 77 cents a share on sales of $11.83 billion

-- The company raised its dividend by 13% to 26 cents a share

-- The company said it plans to repurchase $1.75 billion to $2.25 billion of its stock for the year ending Jan. 30, 2021, up from the $1.5 billion it bought back in the last fiscal year. The board approved a new $1.5 billion buyback authorization, adding to the $1.7 billion remaining on the old plan, the company said

-- Up 9.52% month-to-date

-- Up 5.9% year-to-date

-- Up 25.41% from 52 weeks ago (Feb. 27, 2019), when it closed at $51.56

-- Would be a new 52 week closing high

-- Up 30.02% from its 52 week closing low of $49.73 on May 29, 2019

-- Traded as high as $64.95; new all-time intraday high (Based on available data back to Jan. 21, 1972)

-- Up 8.76% at today's intraday high; largest intraday percent increase since Feb. 28, 2018, when it rose as much as 9.68%

-- Best performer in the S&P 500 today

All data as of 10:53:55 AM

Source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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February 26, 2020 11:19 ET (16:19 GMT)

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