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Zain Akbari, CFA
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Narrow-moat TJX is poised to gain market share with its responsive merchandising.

Given narrow-moat TJX’s strong management team and flexible buying model, we were not surprised to see that the company righted merchandising issues from the third quarter and capitalized on a strong consumer with fourth-quarter comparable sales growth accelerating to 4% from flat in the third quarter.
Full-year fiscal 2018 sales growth of 8%, driven mostly by customer traffic (which we see implying market share gains), exceeded our 7% estimate and 5% U.S. retail sales growth, leading us to feel...
Underlying
TJX Companies Inc

TJX Companies is an off-price apparel and home fashions retailer. The company's segments comprised of: Marmaxx, which sells family apparel (including footwear and accessories), home fashions (including home basics, decorative accessories and giftware) and other merchandise; HomeGoods, which provides a range of home fashions, including home fashions, including furniture, rugs, lighting, soft home, decorative accessories, tabletop and cookware as well as pet, kids and gourmet food departments; TJX Canada, which operates the Winners, HomeSense and Marshalls chains in Canada; and TJX International, which operates the T.K. Maxx and HomeSense chains in Europe and the T.K. Maxx chain in Australia.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

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Zain Akbari, CFA

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