TJX Cos. (TJX) shares jumped over 5% in premarket trading Wednesday after off-price department store chain operator beat analyst expectations for Q2 results and raised guidance for the fiscal 2025.
In the fiscal Q2, TJX delivered earnings per share (EPS) of $0.96, beating consensus expectations of $0.92. Revenue came in at $13.47 billion, also ahead of the estimated $13.31 billion.
Comparable sales rose by 4%, compared to a 6% increase in the same quarter last year, and exceeded the estimated growth of 2.73%.
TJX also reported a pretax profit margin of 10.9% for the quarter, a 0.5 percentage point improvement from the previous year.
Looking ahead, TJX has raised its guidance for both pretax profit margin and EPS.
For the third quarter of fiscal 2025, the company expects consolidated comparable store sales to increase by 2% to 3%, with a pretax profit margin ranging between 11.8% and 11.9%, and diluted earnings per share projected to be between $1.06 and $1.08.
For the full fiscal 2025, TJX is now forecasting consolidated comparable store sales to rise approximately 3%.
The company has also increased its outlook for pretax profit margin to about 11.2% and expects diluted earnings per share to fall within the range of $4.09 to $4.13.
“The third quarter is off to a strong start,” said Ernie Herrman, Chief Executive and President of The TJX Companies (NYSE:TJX).
“Longer term, we are excited about our potential to capture additional market share in all of our geographies and to continue our global growth, while delivering great value to more consumers around the world and driving the profitability of TJX.”