TJX Companies Up 23% In A Year, Rising Traffic A Key Catalyst
Zacks Investment Research | Jan 29, 2019 09:21PM ET
The TJX Companies, Inc. (NYSE:TJX) is gaining from rising store traffic, which can be attributed to impressive merchandise assortments at reasonable prices as well as efficient marketing strategies. Such upsides have boosted investors’ optimism, evident from the stock‘s 23.4% rally in the past year compared with the the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
Casey's General Stores, Inc (NASDAQ:CASY) has a long-term earnings growth rate of 8.9% and a Zacks Rank #1.
Foot Locker, Inc (NYSE:FL) delivered average positive earnings surprise of 6.8% in the trailing four quarters. It has a long-term earnings growth rate of 7.5% and a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
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