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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000109198-24-000044"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TJX"
cik: "0000109198"
company_name: "TJX COMPANIES INC /DE/"
filed_at: "2024-08-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T08:12:01.930672+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# TJX Q2 EPS $0.96 beats plan; comps +4%; raises full-year outlook; invests $360M in Brands For Less

## Summary
- Q2 diluted EPS $0.96 (vs $0.85 last year, +13%), pretax profit margin 10.9% (+0.5pp), comp store sales +4%.
- Net sales $13.5B, up 6% YoY; Marmaxx division comp sales +5%.
- FY25 EPS guidance raised to $4.09-$4.13; pretax profit margin ~11.2%.
- Signed agreement to invest ~$360M for 35% stake in Brands For Less, an off-price retailer in Dubai; expected close later FY25.
- Returned $982M to shareholders in Q2: $559M share repurchases and $423M dividends.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000109198-24-000044
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TJX
- cik: 0000109198
- company_name: TJX COMPANIES INC /DE/
- filed_at: 2024-08-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/109198/000010919824000044/0000109198-24-000044-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/109198/000010919824000044/tjx-20240821.htm

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