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How TJX Companies Stock Reacted to Its Q2 2026 Earnings, Measured Minute by Minute

Every earnings headline that crossed for TJX Companies on 19 August 2026, with the price reaction measured from the instant each line printed.

Published in ET: Feed time in ET: Earnings TJX -3.91% (15m)
  • Measured from the print at 11:30 UTC on 19 August 2026: $151.62 to $145.69 in fifteen minutes, -3.91%.
  • Every headline row is measured from its own instant, so the lines can be compared directly.
  • One-minute versus fifteen-minute readings show how fast the report was actually priced.

TJX Companies beat, and the stock fell anyway. Measured from the moment the numbers crossed at 11:30 UTC, it went from $151.62 to $145.69 in fifteen minutes: -3.91%. A print like that says the market was grading something other than the headline.

This page is the measured anatomy of that print on 19 August 2026: every earnings-related headline that crossed for TJX Companies, in order, each with the price reaction measured from its own instant.

The print, row by row

CrossedHeadline as recorded15-min move from that instantVolume vs normal
11:30 UTCTJX Companies Q2 Adj. EPS $1.22 Beats $1.19 Estimate, Sales $15.180B Beat $15.167B Estimate-3.91%
11:30 UTCCORRECTION: TJX Companies Raises FY2027 GAAP EPS Guidance from $5.08-$5.15 to $5.31-$5.36 vs $5.21 Est-3.91%
11:31 UTCUpdate: TJX Companies Inc (TJX) Q2 2027 (USD): Adj. EPS 1.22 (exp. 1.19), Revenue 15.18bln (exp. 15.18bln). FY EPS view 5.31-5.36 (exp. 5.23)-4.55%
15:12 UTCUpdate: TJX Companies (TJX) says Q3 is off to a strong start, merchandise availability remains outstanding, management believes planned sales and traf-0.64%

Which line actually moved it

Each row above is measured from its own instant — the price immediately before that specific headline crossed — so the rows can be compared directly. The largest single reaction, -4.55%, belongs to the 11:31 UTC line. By the time the 15:12 UTC line arrived, the measured response was -0.64% — the marginal information in each successive headline decays fast, and the decay is measurable.

Did the first read hold?

It did. By the close of that session, TJX Companies stood at -4.21% against the prior close — the same direction the first fifteen minutes priced. The instant read and the considered read agreed.

A beat that gets marked down is the market saying the whisper sat above the estimate, or that something inside the release — guidance, margin, a segment line — mattered more than the headline. The measured sequence above shows where that judgement landed first.

How these numbers were measured

We record the price of the instrument immediately before each headline crosses our tape, then again one minute and fifteen minutes later, together with traded volume against that instrument's own normal. Every figure on this page comes from those recordings — the timestamps are the actual instants the lines crossed. Nothing here is an estimate, a close-to-close change, or a model's guess. The method, the gates every page must pass, and how we correct errors are documented in our editorial standards.

How did TJX Companies stock react to its Q2 2026 earnings?

Measured from the instant the first headline crossed on 19 August 2026 at 11:30 UTC, TJX Companies moved from $151.62 to $145.69 over the following fifteen minutes — -3.91%. The measurement starts at the print itself, not at the open, so it isolates the report's own effect.

How fast was the report priced in?

One minute after the print the measured move was -2.72%; at fifteen minutes it was -3.91%. The gap between those two figures is the pricing-in window — how long the market took to finish reading.

Which headline moved TJX Companies the most?

The 11:31 UTC line carried the largest measured reaction of the sequence at -4.55%. Later lines measured progressively less — repeat information decays within minutes.

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