Capital Stock and (Loss) Earnings Per Share

3 Months Ended

May 02, 2020

Capital Stock and (Loss) Earnings Per Share

Capital Stock

In March 2020, in connection with the actions taken related to the COVID-19 pandemic as described in Note B—Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Company suspended its share repurchase program.

Prior to the suspension of the program, TJX repurchased and retired 3.2 million shares of its common stock at a cost of $190.1 million during the quarter ended May 2, 2020, on a “trade date” basis. TJX reflects stock repurchases in its financial statements on a “settlement date” or cash basis. TJX had cash expenditures under repurchase programs of $201.5 million for the three months ended May 2, 2020, and $397.3 million for the three months ended May 4, 2019. These expenditures were funded by cash generated from operations.

In February 2020, the Company announced that its Board of Directors had approved, in January 2020, a new stock repurchase program that authorizes the repurchase of up to an additional $1.5 billion of TJX common stock from time to time. In February 2019, TJX announced that its Board of Directors had approved an additional stock repurchase program that authorized the repurchase of up to $1.5 billion of TJX common stock from time to time.

As of May 2, 2020, TJX had approximately $3.0 billion available under these previously announced stock repurchase programs.

All shares repurchased under the stock repurchase programs have been retired.

(Loss) Earnings Per Share

The following table presents the calculation of basic and diluted (loss) earnings per share for net (loss) income:


	Thirteen Weeks Ended
Amounts in thousands, expect per share amounts	May 2, 2020		May 4, 2019
Basic (loss) earnings per share:
Net (loss) income	$	(887,489)	$	700,178
Weighted average common shares outstanding for basic (loss) earnings per share calculation	1,197,809		1,214,531
Basic (loss) earnings per share	$	(0.74)	$	0.58
Diluted (loss) earnings per share:
Net (loss) income	$	(887,489)	$	700,178

Weighted average common shares outstanding for basic (loss) earnings per share calculations	1,197,809		1,214,531
Assumed exercise / vesting of:
Stock options and awards	—		18,876
Weighted average common shares outstanding for diluted (loss) earnings per share calculation	1,197,809		1,233,407
Diluted (loss) earnings per share	$	(0.74)	$	0.57
Cash dividends declared per share	$	—	$	0.230

For the period ended May 2, 2020, as a result of the net loss for the quarter, all options have been excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share and therefore there was no difference in the weighted average number of common shares for basic and diluted loss per share as the effect of all potentially dilutive shares outstanding was anti-dilutive. When there is net income the weighted average common shares for the diluted earnings per share calculation excludes the impact of outstanding stock options if the assumed proceeds per share of the option is in excess of the average price of TJX’s common stock for the related fiscal period. Such options are excluded because they would have an antidilutive effect. There were 6.0 million such options excluded for thirteen weeks ended May 4, 2019.