profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Ross Stores
$231.68-2.34% today
+43.2% in 1 year
1-year low $159.411-year high $255.23
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2021 to 2026.
0%20% a year
You pay $34.50 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Ross Stores sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $18.7 billion in 2023 to $22.8 billion in 2026, with $2.15 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Ross Stores handed back 75% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $1.1B$528M
Free cash flow 2026$2.2B
Bought back its own shares$1.1B
Paid as dividends$528M
Cash vs. debt$4.6B vs. $5.2B
Ross Stores vs. similar companies
Ross Stores grows the slowest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Stores | 34.5× · Expensive | ||
 Fast Retailing | 58.2× · Expensive | ||
 The TJX Companies | 27.0× · Fair price | ||
 Trent | 98.1× · Very expensive | ||
 Aritzia | 46.1× · Expensive |
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AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Ross Stores's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12,532 | 18,916 | 18,696 | 20,377 | 21,129 | 22,751 | |
| 2,693 | 5,207 | 4,750 | 5,575 | 5,869 | 6,303 | |
| – | – | 1,990 | 2,308 | 2,586 | 2,707 | |
| – | – | 2,463 | 2,965 | 3,267 | 3,389 | |
| 85 | 1,723 | 1,512 | 1,875 | 2,091 | 2,145 | |
| 0.24 | 4.87 | 4.38 | 5.56 | 6.32 | 6.61 | |
| 21.5% | 27.5% | 25.4% | 27.4% | 27.8% | 27.7% | |
| – | – | 10.6% | 11.3% | 12.2% | 11.9% | |
| 0.7% | 9.1% | 8.1% | 9.2% | 9.9% | 9.4% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 12,718 | 13,640 | 13,416 | 14,300 | 14,905 | 15,549 |
| Cash | 4,819 | 4,922 | 4,552 | 4,872 | 4,731 | 4,594 |
| Total debt | 5,733 | 5,622 | 5,706 | 5,748 | 5,682 | 5,212 |
| Total liabilities | – | – | 9,128 | 9,429 | 9,396 | 9,361 |
| 3,291 | 4,060 | 4,289 | 4,871 | 5,509 | 6,187 | |
| 355 | 354 | 345 | 337 | 331 | 324 | |
| – | – | 16.3% | 18.9% | 19.9% | 20.0% | |
| 2.6% | 42.4% | 35.3% | 38.5% | 37.9% | 34.7% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,246 | 1,739 | 1,689 | 2,514 | 2,357 | 3,027 | |
| 405 | 558 | 654 | 763 | 720 | 819 | |
| 1,841 | 1,181 | 1,035 | 1,752 | 1,637 | 2,208 | |
| Dividends paid | 101 | 405 | 431 | 455 | 489 | 528 |
| – | – | 999 | 999 | 1,136 | 1,130 | |
| 102 | 134 | 122 | 145 | 156 | 175 |
Valuation
- 34.5×
- 31.4×
- 0.37
- 12.4×
- 3.3×
- 33.5×
- 22.0×
- 3.0%
- 2.9%
- 0.7%
Profitability
- 27.7%
- 11.9%
- 9.4%
- 15.5%
- 20.5%
- 19.3%
- 38.4%
- 14.9%
- 27.3%
- –
Growth
- +12.7%
- +94.1%
- +34.9%
- +41.6%
- −2.1%
Financial health
- 0.2×
- 0.84
- 30.4%
- 75.9×
- 1.58
- 0.94
- 1.53
How it ranks in Consumer Discretionary
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 10%of 976
Top 32%of 992
Bottom 26%of 852
Top 32%of 992
Bottom 37%of 979
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $213.80
- Range
- $195.00 – $290.00
- 6 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 2026 | 2.00 | 1.90 | +5.3% |
| Nov 20, 2025 | 1.58 | 1.42 | +11.3% |
| Aug 21, 2025 | 1.56 | 1.53 | +2.0% |
| May 22, 2025 | 1.47 | 1.44 | +2.1% |
| Mar 4, 2025 | 1.79 | 1.66 | +7.8% |
| Nov 21, 2024 | 1.48 | 1.41 | +5.0% |
| Aug 22, 2024 | 1.59 | 1.50 | +6.0% |
| May 23, 2024 | 1.46 | 1.35 | +8.1% |
0.7%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$7a year at today's yield, before tax
+41.6%2020 to 2025
Raised5 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.47 in 2015 → $1.62 in 2025
How safe it looks
24.6% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 23.9%
News
Roughly 1,220 More Stores? Here’s What Cantor’s John Kernan Sees in Ross Stores (ROST)Yahoo Finance · Nov 11, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
5/7Passes 5 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
66Pass
Benjamin Graham
42No pass
Philip Fisher
70Pass
Peter Lynch
90Pass
Joel Greenblatt
28No pass
Charlie Munger
63Pass
Terry Smith
64Pass
Questions about Ross Stores
Is Ross Stores a good stock to buy?
A solid business, but the price is high. 5 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Ross Stores AI analysis
What does Ross Stores do?
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. It is in Apparel Retail, based in Dublin, CA, United States, with 111,000 employees.
Does Ross Stores pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 0.7% a year, about 25% of its yearly profit. In 2026 it paid out $528 million in dividends.
Is Ross Stores stock halal?
Yes. Ross Stores passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 7% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Ross Stores stock done over the past year?
Up 43.2% over the past twelve months, to $231.68. It traded between $159.41 and $255.23 and is 9.2% below its high.
Who are Ross Stores's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Fast Retailing, The TJX Companies, Trent and Aritzia. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Ross Stores's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.