TJX Quick Ratio Analysis

The quick ratio measures whether a company can pay its short-term bills using only its most liquid assets—cash, marketable securities, and receivables—without selling inventory.

At 0.50x, TJX holds $0.50 of these liquid assets for every $1.00 of current liabilities, which is below the sector median of 0.71x and places it at the 30th percentile among peers, indicating a thinner liquidity cushion than most comparable companies. The metric improved from 0.48x to 0.50x on a quarter-over-quarter basis, a +4.2% increase, though no year-over-year figure or longer trend is available. A below-median level combined with

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