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TJX Companies, Inc. (The) — Earnings Quality Grade F

TJX · Consumer Cyclical

Major red flags

Revenue
$60.4B
2026
Net Income
$5.5B
2026
Gross Margin
31.0%
Free Cash Flow
$4.9B
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Screening Summary

16
Passed
0
Watch
1
Failed
-2.57
M-Score

Management Signals

No recent CEO, CFO, board, or accounting leadership signals found in SEC 8-K filings.
02

Financial Trends

Revenue & Net Income ($B)

Margins (%)

03

18-Point Screening

01

Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

DSO 4 days, change +0 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR growth 9.7% vs revenue growth 7.1%

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue 7.1%, CFFO 12.4%. Cash follows revenue

02

Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

Inventory 13.6% vs COGS 6.6%. Normal

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth 2.0% vs revenue 7.1%. Normal

B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 61.6%. Normal

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 31.0%, change +0.4pp. Stable

03

Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 1.25. Profits backed by cash

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $4.9B, FCF/NI = 0.89

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -3.9%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $6.2B covers only 46% of debt $13.5B

04

Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.1B = 1% of equity. Manageable

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 1.6x. Healthy

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets 15.9% vs revenue 7.1%. Normal

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

05

Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles change 2% YoY. Normal

06

Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -2.57 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator

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04

Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-2.57
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
1.024
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
0.988
GMI
Gross margin declining?
1.01
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
1.071
SGI
Revenue growth rate
0.969
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
0.982
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
-0.0386
TATA
Accruals level
0.974
LVGI
Leverage increasing?
05

Altman Z-Score

3
Safe Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.0515
Liquidity
0.2638
Cumulative profit
0.2061
Operating efficiency
0.3984
Leverage

Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25

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TJX is sitting near the watch threshold across the last 5–6 quarters.

  • Q5 · Inv > RevInv YoY +13.6% vs Rev YoY +8.5%

Updated 2026-05-19