secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     TJX COMPANIES INC /DE/ (TJX)
CIK:        0000109198
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-11-17T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001157523-21-001427
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

TJX Q3 FY22 EPS $0.84 (+24% vs FY20); raises FY22 buyback to $1.75-2.0B
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- Net sales of $12.5B, +20% vs Q3 FY20; overall open-only comp store sales +14% vs Q3 FY20.
- Diluted EPS $0.84, up 24% from $0.68 in Q3 FY20; pretax profit margin 11.0%, up 0.3pp.
- Returned $1.1B to shareholders in Q3; increased FY22 buyback plan to $1.75-2.0B (up $500M).
- Q4 start: overall open-only comp sales up mid-teens vs Q4 FY20; no formal guidance provided.
- Inventory $6.6B, positioned for holiday; incremental freight expense of 1.6pp weighed on margins.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/109198/000115752321001427/0001157523-21-001427-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/109198/000115752321001427/a52532735.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-21-001427

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