TJX Companies Inc. reported an 8% increase in net sales to $12.8 billion for Q2 FY24. Overall comp store sales grew by 6%, driven by customer traffic. Diluted earnings per share increased by 23% to $0.85, and the company returned $932 million to shareholders through share repurchases and dividends. The company also raised its full-year outlook for comparable store sales, pretax profit margin and earnings per share.
Overall comp store sales increased 6%, driven entirely by customer traffic.
Marmaxx comp store sales increased 8%, with strong performance in both apparel and home businesses.
Pretax profit margin was 10.4%, up 1.2 percentage points versus last year.
Diluted earnings per share were $0.85, up 23% versus last year.
The company provided guidance for Q3 and full year Fiscal 2024. For Q3, the company expects comp store sales to increase 3-4% and EPS to be in the range of $0.95-$0.98. For the full year, the company expects comp store sales to increase 3-4% and EPS to be in the range of $3.66-$3.72.
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