Stock · ROST · Consumer Cyclical
United States · Large Cap · listed since 1986 · Revenue 12 mo. $24.5B
Price as of 11/06/2026
Ross Stores, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates off-price retail apparel and home fashion stores under the Ross Dress for Less and dd's DISCOUNTS brands in the United States.
Ross Stores, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates off-price retail apparel and home fashion stores under the Ross Dress for Less and dd's DISCOUNTS brands in the United States. The company offers designer apparel, accessories, footwear, and home-fashioned products for the entire family. It sells its products to middle income households and households with lower to more moderate incomes. Ross Stores, Inc. was incorporated in 1957 and is headquartered in Dublin, California.
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Summary
56.6 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €2B (2026), it supports €22B. The remaining €43.8B of the market value assume it grows 15.3% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
15.3%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 20.2×, within its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 18.2× to 21.2×, median 20.2×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q2 → Q3 2026
3 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., FCF margin, Shares outstanding
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 34.67% | 11.07% | Rank 87 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 25.98% | 17.91% | Rank 64 |
| EBIT margin | 11.90% | 10.89% | Rank 55 |
| FCF margin | 9.70% | 8.07% | Rank 62 |
| Gross margin | 27.95% | 34.00% | Rank 36 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 7.67% | 5.10% | Rank 62 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | 14.89% | 8.34% | Rank 64 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | 94.15% | 15.10% | Rank 97 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 3.60% | 4.34% | Rank 43 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 2.87% | 4.32% | Rank 31 |
| FCF yield | 3.01% | 4.17% | Rank 32 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 3.25 | 1.95 | Rank 28 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 27.33 | 16.88 | Rank 20 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | 34.62% | −4.35% | Rank 92 |
| Share price, 6 months | 2.82% | 3.63% | Rank 49 |
| Share price, 3 months | −4.33% | 2.92% | Rank 31 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −9.46% | −15.83% | Rank 66 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | −0.41% | 0.39% | Rank 57 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −2.43% | −0.37% | Rank 71 |
| Dividend streak in years | 5 | 4 | Rank 64 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | 3.79% | 0.16% | Rank 78 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 39.79% | 40.59% | Rank 47 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 0.18 | 0.99 | Rank 64 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 0.84 | 0.49 | Rank 38 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 26.41% | 33.42% | Rank 81 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF, $B | Shares | Net debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 12.9 | 14.0% | 1.3 | 395M | −$715.1M |
| 2018 | 14.1 | 14.5% | 1.3 | 384M | −$893.3M |
| 2019 | 15.0 | 13.6% | 1.7 | 373M | −$1.1B |
| 2020 | 16.0 | 13.4% | 1.6 | 361M | $2.1B |
| 2021 | 12.5 | 3.4% | 1.8 | 355M | $913.5M |
| 2022 | 18.9 | 12.3% | 1.2 | 354M | $699.8M |
| 2023 | 18.7 | 10.7% | 1.0 | 345M | $1.2B |
| 2024 | 20.4 | 11.3% | 1.8 | 337M | $875.3M |
| 2025 | 21.1 | 12.2% | 1.6 | 331M | $951.7M |
| 2026 | 22.8 | 11.9% | 2.2 | 323M | $617.9M |
5 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Ross Stores Inc mainly meets criteria in the Profitability category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Ross Stores Inc is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
5 of 7 rules met
7 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for Ross Stores Inc.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 34.8 | 21.6 |
| P/B ratio | 12.1 | 2.4 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 34.7% | 11.1% |
| Equity ratio | 39.8% | 40.6% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 0.84 | 0.49 |
| Dividend yield | 0.8% | 2.2% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| ROST | Ross Stores Incthis page | |
| TJX | The TJX Companies Inc | Medium5.5 |
| NXT.L | Next PLC | locked |
| 9983.T | Fast Retailing Co. Ltd. | locked |
| ITX.MC | Industria de Diseno Textil SA | locked |
| TRENT.NS | Trent Limited | locked |
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