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ROST

Ross Stores, Inc.

ROST

NASDAQ·Consumer Cyclical·Apparel - Retail·Mkt cap $68.0B

$213.43

+0.72%

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52-Week Range

$126.32 - $242.81

P/E

29.73

Fwd P/E

27.28

Beta

0.87

Div Yield

0.80%

Avg Vol

3.0M

Shares Out

323.4M

Mkt Cap

$68.0B

Price action

Price chart

Up 61.1% over the trailing year

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Total returns

Price performance

Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.

Why we rate it this way

The thesis at a glance

Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.

Bull Case

4 reasons

  • Extensive Supply Chain Network
  • Low-Cost Business Model
  • Strategic Store Location Selection
  • Opportunistic Inventory Purchasing

Bear Case

2 risks

  • Average volatility.
  • Premium valuation to Specialty Retail peers

Growth

Stable outlook

Continued Store Expansion

Value

Premium valuation to Specialty Retail peers

Momentum

Stable

-3.7% over 3m

Quality

Stable

Excellent business quality

Dividend

Modest

0.80% yield

Earnings track record

Latest print - beat on both lines

AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.

Next: Aug 20, 2026

Q2 26 RECAP

MAY 21, 2026

Reported EPS of $2.02 vs $1.73 consensus (+16.8% surprise). Revenue of $6.0B vs $5.6B expected (+6.5%). Beat on both top and bottom lines.

EPS beat +16.8%
Rev beat +6.5%
Double beat

EPS surprise · last 4Q

1 of 1 beats

Q2 26

+16.8%

Next: Aug 20, 2026

Revenue trend · last 8Q

-2%

+3%

+5%

+10%

+12%

+21%

Q2 24

Q3 24

Q4 25

Q1 25

Q2 25

Q3 25

Q4 26

Q1 26

$5.3B

$5.1B

$5.9B

$5.0B

$5.5B

$5.6B

$6.6B

$6.0B

Margins · last 8Q

Gross

Operating

Profit

10.8%

Wall Street consensus

10 analysts · 90% Buy

Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.

Buy

9

90%

Hold

1

10%

Sell

0%

Median Price Target

$260.00

+21.8% vs $213.43

Low $227.00
Median $260.00
High $290.00

Latest: Barclays · $260.00 · May 26, 2026

9 analysts covering

vs Industry

How ROST stacks vs Apparel - Retail

Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.

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