tjx cos tjx stock rose 27 in wednesday premarket trading after it reported fiscal firstquarter profit that beat expectations the offprice retailer posted net income totaling 5875 million or 49 cents per share up from 5339 million or 26 cents per share last year adjusted eps of 68 cents beat the factset consensus for 60 cents sales of 11406 billion were up from 10087 billion last year and below the factset consensus for 11586 billion the company reported flat us samestore sales with marmaxx up 3 and the homegoods division down 7 tjx banners include homegoods tj maxx and marshalls marmaxxs samestore sales increase was driven by customer traffic chief executive ernie herrman said in a statement for the second quarter tjx is guiding for a us samestore sales decline of 1 to 3 and eps of 65 cents to 69 cents the factset consensus is for eps of 75 cents for the full fiscal year the company is guiding for us samestore sales growth of 1 to 2 eps in the range of 294 to 301 and adjusted eps in the range of 313 to 320 the factset consensus is for eps of 316 tjx stock is down 26 for the year to date while the sp 500 index spx is down 142 for the period