shares of tjx cos were up 11 to 5619 in early trading after the tj maxx operator reported doubledigit percentage growth in earnings and revenue for its first quarter the company behind brands like marshalls and homegoods posted quarterly net income of 5875 million up from 5339 million a year ago stripping out onetime items adjusted earnings were 68 cents a share analysts polled by factset had been expecting 60 cents a share sales for the quarter were 1141 billion up from 1009 billion in the first quarter of 2021 though below the wall street estimate of 116 billion according to factset the offprice apparel and home fashions retailers strong showing in early trading comes as other major retail stocks slid lower on wednesday target corp shares led the retail downturn with a 26 drop to a 52week low while shares of gap inc dropped 6