Ross Stores Inc. (ROST)

NASDAQ: ROST · USD

$251

+7.69 (+3.2%)· Recorded snapshot

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StockMarketAgent Research · Analyzed 2026-05-20

Our latest published analysis: ROST rated Sell

ROST is rated Sell at $217.71 versus the reconciled fair value midpoint of $158.93, implying -27.00% upside/downside. Confidence is separately disclosed at 82/100.

Fair value (mid)

$159 / share

$121 – $197

Upside to FV

-27.0%

from $251

Confidence

82/100

Moat

6.5/10

Market cap	$70.4B
Revenue (ttm)	23.8B
Net income (ttm)	2.3B
EPS (ttm)	$7.16
Shares out	320.8M
P/E (trailing)	35.1x
P/E (forward)	26.5x
Dividend	$1.78 (0.71%)
Volume	3,193,347
Beta	0.88
Price target	$256	+2.0%

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 23.8B
Net income (ttm): 2.3B
EPS (ttm): $7.16
P/E (trailing): 35.1x
P/E (forward): 26.5x
Market cap: $70.4B

Item	P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	Trend
Period	2022-01-31	2023-01-31	2024-01-31	2025-01-31	2026-01-31	Trend
Revenue	$18.92B	$18.70B	$20.38B	$21.13B	$22.75B	+4.7%
Gross profit	$5.21B	$4.75B	$5.58B	$5.87B	$6.30B	+4.9%
Operating income	$2.33B	$1.99B	$2.31B	$2.59B	$2.71B	+3.8%
Net income	$1.72B	$1.51B	$1.87B	$2.09B	$2.15B	+5.6%
EPS (diluted)	$4.87	$4.38	$5.56	$6.32	$6.61	+7.9%
EBITDA	$2.69B	$2.46B	$2.97B	$3.27B	$3.39B	+5.9%
R&D	—	—	—	—	—	—
SG&A	$2.87B	$2.76B	$3.27B	$3.28B	$3.60B	+5.8%

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0000745732
Company name	Ross Stores, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	778296103
Employees	111,000
Employees Change	4,000%
Employees Change Percent	3.74
Enterprise value	$81.1B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
In Index	SP500, NASDAQ100
Industry	Apparel Retail
Industry PE	24.97
Industry PE Fwd	24.24
Isin	US7782961038
Last refreshed	2026-07-29
Market cap	$80.5B
Market cap category	Large-Cap
Price	$251
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	214,198.77x
Sector	Consumer Discretionary
Sector PE	36.13
Sector PE Fwd	24.59
Sic	5651
Symbol	ROST
Website	https://www.rossstores.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	2.88%
EV Earnings	35.03x
EV Sales Forward	3.19x
EV/EBIT	27.93x
EV/EBITDA	23.64x
EV/FCF	30.82x
EV/Sales	3.41x
FCF yield	3.27%
Forward P/E	31.85x
P/B ratio	12.78x
P/E ratio	35.06x
P/S ratio	3.39x
PE Ratio10 Y	38.24x
PE Ratio3 Y	24.31x
PE Ratio5 Y	24.23x
PEG ratio	2.77x
PS Forward	3.16x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	12.22%
EBITDA Margin	14.43%
FCF margin	11.07%
Gross margin	32.74%
Gross Profit	$7.8B
Gross Profit Growth	17.2%
Gross Profit Growth Q	26.81%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	10.67%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	9.7%
Net Income	$2.3B
Net Income Growth	11.23%
Net Income Growth Q	35.62%
Net Income Growth Quarters	3%
Net Income Growth Years	3%
Net Income Growth3 Y	14.45%
Net Income Growth5 Y	21.69%
Pretax Margin	12.78%
Profit Margin	9.74%
Profit Per Employee	$20,863
Profitable Quarters	$24
Profitable Years	35
ROA	12.16
Roa5y	10.57
ROCE	27.3
ROE	38.98
Roe5y	40.2
ROIC	32.31
Roic5y	32.72

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	16.25%
Cagr15y	20.02%
Cagr1y	83.19%
Cagr20y	21.63%
Cagr3y	31.61%
Cagr5y	16.88%
Div CAGR10	12.91%
Div CAGR3	9.64%
Div CAGR5	24.43%
EPS Growth	13.07
EPS Growth Q	37.42
EPS Growth Quarters	3
EPS Growth Years	3
EPS Growth3 Y	16.73
EPS Growth5 Y	24.01
FCF Growth	63.85%
FCF Growth Q	209.91%
FCF Growth3 Y	13.35%
FCF Growth5 Y	-6.35%
OCF Growth	44.02%
OCF Growth Q	104.05%
OCF Growth10 Y	9.6%
OCF Growth3 Y	11.09%
OCF Growth5 Y	-3.17%
Revenue Growth	11.86x
Revenue Growth Q	20.57x
Revenue Growth Quarters	5x
Revenue Growth Years	3x
Revenue Growth3 Y	8.03x
Revenue Growth5 Y	9.35x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$1.59
Assets	$15.6B
Cash	$4.1B
Current Assets	$7.6B
Current Liabilities	$4.9B
Debt	$4.7B
Debt EBITDA	$1.38
Debt Equity	$0.75
Debt FCF	$1.79
Equity	$6.3B
Interest Coverage	87.8
Liabilities	$9.2B
Long Term Assets	$8B
Long Term Liabilities	$4.3B
Net Cash	$-592.2M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-0.74
Net Debt EBITDA	$0.17
Net Debt Equity	$0.09
Net Debt FCF	$0.22
Tangible Book Value	$6.3B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$19.64
WACC	8.61

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	1.54
Inventory Turnover	5.66
Net Working Capital	$-495.5M
Quick ratio	0.88
Working Capital	$2.7B
Working Capital Turnover	$9.33

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	1.92%
Dividend Growth	10.03%
Dividend Growth Years	5%
Dividend per share	$1.78
Dividend Years	33
Dividend Yield	0.71%
Ex Div Date	2026-06-09
Last Dividend	$0.45
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	23.74%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	350.78%
1Y total return	83.12%
200-day SMA	200.9
3Y total return	128%
50-day SMA	227
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	118.09%
All Time High	252.1
All Time High Change	-0.42%
All Time High Date	2026-07-28
All Time Low	0.11
All Time Low Change	221,462.22%
All Time Low Date	1987-10-26
ATR	6.08
Beta	0.88
Beta1y	0.31
Beta2y	0.54
Ch YTD	39.35
High	252.1
High52	252.1
High52 Date	2026-07-28
High52ch	-0.42%
Low	245
Low52	134.4
Low52 Date	2025-08-01
Low52ch	86.82%
Ma50ch	10.61%
Premarket Change Percent	1.04
Premarket Price	$246
Premarket Volume	868
Price vs 200-day SMA	24.93%
RSI	71.15
RSI Monthly	75.68
RSI Weekly	67.53
Sharpe ratio	2.3x
Sortino ratio	4.41
Total Return	2.63%
Tr YTD	39.92
Tr15y	1,444.56%
Tr1m	17.71%
Tr1w	6.45%
Tr3m	11.21%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	19
Analyst Count Top	7
Analyst Price Target Top	$250
Analyst Ratings	Buy
Analyst Ratings Top	Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$1.81
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	16.03
Earnings Revenue Estimate	5,974,806,168x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	8.06x
Operating Income	$2.9B
Operating Income Growth	11.69
Operating Income Growth Q	32.57
Operating Income Growth3 Y	13.65
Operating Income Growth5 Y	13.61
Operating margin	12.22
Price target	$256
Price Target Change	$1.98
Price Target Change Top	$-0.33

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	313,125,287%
Float Percent	97.61%
Net Borrowing	-500,000,000
Shares Insiders	2.25%
Shares Institutions	94.08%
Shares Out	320,781,076
Shares Qo Q	-0.31%
Shares Yo Y	-1.92%
Short Float	3.28%
Short Ratio	3.15
Short Shares	3.2

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$2.4B
Adjusted OCF	3,257,999,000
Average Volume	2,354,670.9x
Bv Per Share	19.64
CAPEX	$-820.9M
Ch10y	308.9
Ch15y	1,232.8
Ch1m	17.71
Ch1w	6.45
Ch1y	81.47
Ch20y	3,998.4
Ch3m	10.99
Ch3y	121.2
Ch5y	106.4
Ch6m	34.96
Change	3.16%
Change From Open	2.4
Close	243.4
Days Gap	0.74
Depreciation Amortization	526,052,000
Dollar Volume	801,625,897.4
Earnings Date	2026-08-20
Earnings Time	amc
EBIT	$2.9B
EBITDA	$3.4B
EPS	$7.16
F Score	7
FCF	$2.6B
FCF EV Yield	3.24x
FCF Per Share	$8.21
Financing CF	-2,282,152,000
Fiscal Year End	January
Founded	1,982
Graham Number	56.25009
Graham Upside	-77.59
Income Tax	$723M
Investing CF	-820,851,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-05-21
Last Report Date	2026-05-02
Last Split Date	2015-06-12
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2026-03-31
Lynch Fair Value	$155
Lynch Upside	-38.13
Ma150	212.5
Ma150ch	18.15%
Ma20	226.7
Ma20ch	10.75%
Net CF	350,174,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-08-20
Open	245.2
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	30.59
P FCF Ratio SBC	33.04
P OCF Ratio	23.32
P OCF Ratio SBC	24.72
Payment Date	2026-06-30
Position In Range	84.99
Post Close	251
Postmarket Change Percent	0.92
Postmarket Price	$253
Ppne	7,679,611,000
Pre Close	243.4
Price Date	2026-07-28
Price EBITDA	$23.47
Ptbv Ratio	12.77
Relative Volume	1.37x
Revenue	23,776,064,000x
SBC By Revenue	0.82x
Share Based Comp	195,178,000
Tax By Revenue	3.04x
Tax Rate	23.79%
Tr20y	4,920.32%
Tr6m	35.51%
Us State	California
Volume	3,193,347
Z Score	6.36

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What is the latest published ROST stock rating?

Ross Stores Inc. is shown with sell in the latest published report, analyzed 2026-05-20. The hub links directly to the full analysis surface where the dated rating, fair-value bridge, risks, and scorecard are documented together.

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What fair-value range is used for ROST?

The latest published report analyzed 2026-05-20 frames ROST around USD 121 to USD 197. This is a dated valuation range, not a live market price; check the valuation, sensitivity, and bear-case tabs before making a decision.

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