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Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST)

Consumer Cyclical | Apparel Retail | Dublin, United States | NasdaqGS
227.82 USD +5.85 (2.635%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 228.34 +0.52 (0.230%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 7:48 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★★☆ | Dividends: ★★★☆☆
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 1:14 p.m. EDT

ROST appears to be in a consolidating phase with recent price movements showing a mix of support and resistance levels. The stock has shown resilience despite some insider selling and analyst activity, indicating a balanced market sentiment. The dividend yield is modest, but the consistent payout and low payout ratio suggest a sustainable dividend strategy. For short-term traders, the recent price action and options activity suggest a possible opportunity for momentum or a dip-buy strategy. For long-term investors, the strong fundamentals and positive analyst ratings make it a solid hold, especially given the recent dip and potential for growth. Overall, ROST presents a balanced opportunity for both short-term and long-term investors, with a focus on strategic entry points and long-term growth.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.050595
MSTL0.105660
AutoETS0.107530
AutoARIMA0.107531

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 44%
H-stat 10.58
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.217
Excess Kurtosis -1.05
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Ex Dividend Date 2026-03-12
Last Dividend Date 2026-03-12
Debt to Equity Ratio 84.241
Revenue per Share 70.606
Market Cap 73,687,228,416
Trailing P/E 34.47
Forward P/E 28.17
Beta 0.93
Profit Margins 9.43%
Website https://www.rossstores.com

As of April 11, 2026, 1:14 p.m. EDT: Options speculators are showing mixed signals. The calls and puts data indicate a concentration of open interest and volume around the ATM strike prices, suggesting potential for price stability or moderate movement. The puts show higher implied volatility at lower strikes, indicating some bearish sentiment, while calls show increased activity at higher strikes, hinting at potential bullish momentum. Overall, the market seems to be in a wait-and-see mode with a slight bias towards consolidation or a potential breakout.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.22% 1.01% 1.07% 1.15%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-03-13 0.445000 0.215726
2025-12-09 0.405000 0.229274
2025-09-09 0.405000 0.272937
2025-06-10 0.405000 0.291173
2025-03-18 0.405000 0.330645
2024-12-10 0.368000 0.239375
2024-09-10 0.368000 0.247864
2024-06-11 0.368000 0.259143
2024-03-14 0.368000 0.257241
2023-12-04 0.335000 0.258423
2023-09-01 0.335000 0.282390
2023-06-05 0.335000 0.334255
2023-03-13 0.335000 0.334402
2022-12-05 0.310000 0.273491
2022-09-02 0.310000 0.368243
2022-06-06 0.310000 0.397072
2022-03-14 0.310000 0.377977
2021-12-06 0.285000 0.265414
2021-09-03 0.285000 0.259875
2021-06-07 0.285000 0.252119
2021-03-15 0.285000 0.240516
2020-03-16 0.285000 0.408490
2019-12-05 0.255000 0.238823
2019-09-11 0.255000 0.250805
2019-06-10 0.255000 0.277845
2019-03-15 0.255000 0.303660
2018-12-06 0.225000 0.296107
2018-09-12 0.225000 0.249029
2018-06-11 0.225000 0.283761
2018-03-16 0.225000 0.317164
2017-11-30 0.160000 0.228344
2017-09-06 0.160000 0.294127
2017-06-02 0.160000 0.273689
2017-03-08 0.160000 0.262163
2016-12-05 0.135000 0.220278
2016-08-31 0.135000 0.238132
2016-06-03 0.135000 0.279780
2016-03-10 0.135000 0.260286
2015-12-07 0.118000 0.242418
2015-09-02 0.118000 0.269875
2015-06-05 0.117500 0.267469
2015-03-05 0.117500 0.249336
2014-12-08 0.100000 0.247427
2014-09-03 0.100000 0.293913
2014-06-06 0.100000 0.324680
2014-03-06 0.100000 0.313510
2013-12-09 0.085000 0.266744
2013-09-04 0.085000 0.278171
2013-06-07 0.085000 0.297007
2013-02-20 0.085000 0.329105
2012-12-03 0.070000 0.283033
2012-08-29 0.070000 0.228548
2012-06-01 0.070000 0.260205
2012-02-15 0.070000 0.313520
2011-11-25 0.055000 0.296242
2011-08-31 0.055000 0.331461
2011-06-03 0.055000 0.321661
2011-02-16 0.055000 0.358582
2010-12-03 0.040000 0.285821
2010-08-31 0.040000 0.376004
2010-06-03 0.040000 0.333165
2010-02-17 0.040000 0.398721
2009-12-04 0.027500 0.296878
2009-09-01 0.027500 0.287162
2009-06-04 0.027500 0.332639
2009-02-18 0.027500 0.432755
2008-12-08 0.023750 0.393365
2008-09-03 0.023750 0.282688
2008-06-12 0.023750 0.311692
2008-02-20 0.023750 0.402922
2007-12-10 0.018750 0.328730
2007-09-05 0.018750 0.336857
2007-06-14 0.018750 0.292261
2007-02-21 0.018750 0.264390
2006-12-04 0.015000 0.236402
2006-08-30 0.015000 0.304873
2006-06-08 0.015000 0.272188
2006-02-22 0.015000 0.260794
2005-12-05 0.015000 0.263061
2005-08-30 0.012500 0.249938
2005-06-09 0.012500 0.208801
2005-02-23 0.012500 0.227078
2004-12-06 0.010750 0.198050
2004-08-31 0.010750 0.252013
2004-06-10 0.010750 0.203616
2004-02-25 0.010750 0.166818
2003-11-28 0.007250 0.131908
2003-09-02 0.007250 0.140485
2003-06-12 0.007250 0.173834
2003-02-26 0.007250 0.214745
2002-12-09 0.006000 0.137409
2002-08-30 0.006000 0.166661
2002-06-13 0.006000 0.140864
2002-02-27 0.006000 0.165057
2001-12-10 0.005375 0.177489
2001-08-31 0.005375 0.184963
2001-06-14 0.005375 0.230356
2001-02-28 0.005375 0.258914
2000-11-29 0.004750 0.310603
2000-09-06 0.004750 0.302821
2000-06-15 0.004750 0.302362
2000-03-01 0.004750 0.333057
1999-12-01 0.004125 0.213150
1999-09-02 0.004063 0.204502
1999-06-09 0.004063 0.182687
1999-03-03 0.004063 0.182449
1998-12-02 0.003438 0.194055
1998-09-08 0.003438 0.202319
1998-06-10 0.003438 0.159674
1998-03-04 0.003438 0.185392
1997-12-03 0.002813 0.142615
1997-09-03 0.002813 0.189782
1997-06-11 0.002813 0.178459
1997-03-06 0.002813 0.213802
1996-12-04 0.002188 0.174152
1996-09-04 0.002188 0.243561
1996-06-12 0.002188 0.236907
1996-03-06 0.002188 0.352600
1995-12-06 0.001875 0.401394
1995-09-06 0.001875 0.490056
1995-06-06 0.001875 0.682275
1995-03-06 0.001875 0.657609
1994-12-05 0.001563 0.499474
1994-09-02 0.001563 0.425719
1994-06-14 0.001563 0.472054
1994-03-07 0.001563 0.432058
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.78
dividendYield 0.78
exDividendDate 2026-03-13
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.62
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0072982837
lastDividendValue 0.445
lastDividendDate 2026-03-13
dividendDate 2026-03-31

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.63827586
Address1 5,130 Hacienda Drive
All Time High 228.71
All Time Low 0.113281
Ask 238.17
Ask Size 1
Audit Risk 8
Average Analyst Rating 1.6 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 2,137,610
Average Daily Volume3 Month 2,610,260
Average Volume 2,610,260
Average Volume10Days 2,137,610
Beta 0.927
Bid 216.83
Bid Size 1
Board Risk 2
Book Value 19.196
City Dublin
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 6
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 227.82
Current Ratio 1.583
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 228.71
Day Low 223.03
Debt To Equity 84.241
Display Name Ross Stores
Dividend Date 1,774,915,200
Dividend Rate 1.78
Dividend Yield 0.78
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,747,944,900
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,747,944,900
Earnings Growth 0.118
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.101
Earnings Timestamp 1,772,571,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,779,393,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,779,393,600
Ebitda 3,216,748,032
Ebitda Margins 0.14139
Enterprise To Ebitda 23.022
Enterprise To Revenue 3.255
Enterprise Value 74,057,269,248
Eps Current Year 7.32976
Eps Forward 8.08747
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 6.61
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,773,360,000
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 208.5714
Fifty Day Average Change 19.248611
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.092287876
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 63.827587
Fifty Two Week High 228.71
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.8899994
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.003891388
Fifty Two Week Low 124.49
Fifty Two Week Low Change 103.33001
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.8300266
Fifty Two Week Range 124.49 - 228.71
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 492,355,800,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.01
Float Shares 314,620,232
Forward Eps 8.08747
Forward P E 28.169502
Free Cashflow 1,636,926,336
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 111,000
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.32562
Gross Profits 7,407,983,104
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.021370001
Held Percent Institutions 0.94185996
Implied Shares Outstanding 323,444,928
Industry Apparel Retail
Industry Disp Apparel Retail
Industry Key apparel-retail
Ir Website http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=64847&p=irol-IRHome
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,773,360,000
Last Dividend Value 0.445
Last Fiscal Year End 1,769,817,600
Last Split Date 1,434,067,200
Last Split Factor 2:1
Long Business Summary 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.
Long Name Ross Stores, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 73,687,228,416
Market State POSTPOST
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_33926
Most Recent Quarter 1,769,817,600
Net Income To Common 2,145,043,968
Next Fiscal Year End 1,801,353,600
Non Diluted Market Cap 71,507,224,411
Number Of Analyst Opinions 16
Open 223.98
Operating Cashflow 3,026,883,072
Operating Margins 0.12269
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.2451
Peg Ratio 3.23
Phone 925 965 4400
Post Market Change 0.5246887
Post Market Change Percent 0.23030844
Post Market Price 228.3447
Post Market Time 1,776,469,707
Previous Close 221.97
Price Eps Current Year 31.081509
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 11.868098
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 3.2389195
Profit Margins 0.094289996
Quick Ratio 0.992
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.63158
Region US
Regular Market Change 5.85001
Regular Market Change Percent 2.63549
Regular Market Day High 228.71
Regular Market Day Low 223.03
Regular Market Day Range 223.03 - 228.71
Regular Market Open 223.98
Regular Market Previous Close 221.97
Regular Market Price 227.82
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,000
Regular Market Volume 2,425,577
Return On Assets 0.11112001
Return On Equity 0.36678
Revenue Growth 0.122
Revenue Per Share 70.606
Sand P52 Week Change 0.36506534
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Sector Disp Consumer Cyclical
Sector Key consumer-cyclical
Share Holder Rights Risk 4
Shares Outstanding 322,148,148
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.025999999
Shares Short 8,363,879
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 7,045,752
Short Name Ross Stores, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.030199999
Short Ratio 2.88
Source Interval 15
State CA
Symbol ROST
Target High Price 250.0
Target Low Price 148.0
Target Mean Price 229.8125
Target Median Price 240.0
Total Cash 4,594,392,064
Total Cash Per Share 14.253
Total Debt 5,212,338,176
Total Revenue 22,750,558,208
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.62
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0072982837
Trailing Eps 6.61
Trailing P E 34.46596
Trailing Peg Ratio 3.2295
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 172.04185
Two Hundred Day Average Change 55.778152
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.3242127
Type Disp Equity
Volume 2,425,577
Website https://www.rossstores.com
Zip 94,568-7579