---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-22-001130"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TJX"
cik: "0000109198"
company_name: "TJX COMPANIES INC /DE/"
filed_at: "2022-08-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T23:01:31.077580+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# TJX Q2 EPS $0.69 meets high end; guides FY23 EPS down to $2.87-$2.95

## Summary
- Q2 net sales $11.8B (-2% YoY); U.S. comp store sales -5% vs +21% open-only comp last year.
- Pretax profit margin 9.2% (above plan); EPS $0.69 at high end of guidance.
- Raises FY23 pretax profit margin outlook to 9.3%-9.5%; cuts EPS outlook to $2.87-$2.95 from $2.94-$3.01.
- U.S. comp store sales FY23 guidance revised to -2% to -3% from +1% to +2%.
- Returned $1.0B to shareholders in Q2 via $700M buybacks and $346M dividends.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-22-001130
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TJX
- cik: 0000109198
- company_name: TJX COMPANIES INC /DE/
- filed_at: 2022-08-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/109198/000115752322001130/0001157523-22-001130-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/109198/000115752322001130/a52816231.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-22-001130
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-22-001130.txt

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