Framingham-based off-price clothing and home fashions retailer TJX Corp. ended its 2013 fiscal year with an additional $2.7 billion in sales, an increase of 11.6 percent compared to last year.
Sales for the year were $25.9 billion. Profits rose more than 27 percent to $1.9 billion.
The fourth quarter helped drive the annual revenue gains. Sales were up over $1 billion, or 15 percent, to $7.7 billion for the quarter, while profits climbed 27 percent to $129.5 million.
TJX opened a net of 145 new stores during the year, ending the year with 3,050.
The company expects diluted earnings per share for fiscal 2014 to be in the range of $2.66 to $2.78 compared to $2.55 for fiscal 2013.
TJX said it would increase its dividend to 14.5 cents per share and that it would also discontinue its monthly earnings releases in the year ahead.
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