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Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST)

Consumer Cyclical | Apparel Retail | Dublin, United States | NasdaqGS
228.55 USD -1.32 (-0.574%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 229.00 +0.45 (0.197%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:35 p.m. EDT)
Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★★★★Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 1:15 a.m. EDT

Ross Stores represents a rare compounder in the retail sector, delivering exceptional returns on equity and robust revenue growth that justify its premium valuation. While the dividend yield is modest, the payout is highly sustainable and growing, reflecting management's confidence in cash flow. Technically, the stock has recovered from recent weakness and is trading above key moving averages, supported by bullish options flow targeting the 250 level. The recent annual decline is a minor blip in a nine-year trajectory of massive appreciation, making this a core holding for investors seeking quality over yield.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.048251
MSTL0.056602
AutoETS0.058501
AutoARIMA0.058855

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 50%
H-stat 0.41
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.232
Excess Kurtosis -1.19
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Ex Dividend Date 2026-09-07
Last Dividend Date 2026-06-08
Debt to Equity Ratio 70.281
Revenue per Share 76.74
Market Cap 73,314,516,992
Trailing P/E 27.60
Forward P/E 25.61
Beta 0.88
Profit Margins 10.85%
Website https://www.rossstores.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 1:15 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a range-bound outcome between 220 and 250, with significant option open interest walls at the 250 strike for calls and 220 strike for puts. Call volume is spiking at strikes above the money (245, 250), suggesting a bullish bias for the near term, while implied volatility remains elevated on the put side indicating lingering downside caution.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.19% 0.91% 1.01% 1.11%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-09 0.445000 0.193942
2026-03-13 0.445000 0.215726
2025-12-09 0.405000 0.228788
2025-09-09 0.405000 0.271739
2025-06-10 0.405000 0.289120
2025-03-18 0.405000 0.327379
2024-12-10 0.368000 0.236246
2024-09-10 0.368000 0.244048
2024-06-11 0.368000 0.254530
2024-03-14 0.368000 0.252020
2023-12-04 0.335000 0.252544
2023-09-01 0.335000 0.275267
2023-06-05 0.335000 0.324927
2023-03-13 0.335000 0.324016
2022-12-05 0.310000 0.264145
2022-09-02 0.310000 0.354732
2022-06-06 0.310000 0.381163
2022-03-14 0.310000 0.361474
2021-12-06 0.285000 0.252929
2021-09-03 0.285000 0.247010
2021-06-07 0.285000 0.239054
2021-03-15 0.285000 0.227509
2020-03-16 0.285000 0.385500
2019-12-05 0.255000 0.224689
2019-09-11 0.255000 0.235435
2019-06-10 0.255000 0.260204
2019-03-15 0.255000 0.283648
2018-12-06 0.225000 0.275803
2018-09-12 0.225000 0.231315
2018-06-11 0.225000 0.262973
2018-03-16 0.225000 0.293160
2017-11-30 0.160000 0.210443
2017-09-06 0.160000 0.270499
2017-06-02 0.160000 0.251020
2017-03-08 0.160000 0.239844
2016-12-05 0.135000 0.201042
2016-08-31 0.135000 0.216902
2016-06-03 0.135000 0.254285
2016-03-10 0.135000 0.235973
2015-12-07 0.118000 0.219249
2015-09-02 0.118000 0.243550
2015-06-05 0.117500 0.240779
2015-03-05 0.117500 0.223916
2014-12-08 0.100000 0.221705
2014-09-03 0.100000 0.262778
2014-06-06 0.100000 0.289519
2014-03-06 0.100000 0.278746
2013-12-09 0.085000 0.236505
2013-09-04 0.085000 0.246056
2013-06-07 0.085000 0.262063
2013-02-20 0.085000 0.289608
2012-12-03 0.070000 0.248359
2012-08-29 0.070000 0.200057
2012-06-01 0.070000 0.227310
2012-02-15 0.070000 0.273277
2011-11-25 0.055000 0.257521
2011-08-31 0.055000 0.287394
2011-06-03 0.055000 0.278094
2011-02-16 0.055000 0.309162
2010-12-03 0.040000 0.245663
2010-08-31 0.040000 0.322386
2010-06-03 0.040000 0.284748
2010-02-17 0.040000 0.339775
2009-12-04 0.027500 0.252120
2009-09-01 0.027500 0.243255
2009-06-04 0.027500 0.281114
2009-02-18 0.027500 0.364721
2008-12-08 0.023750 0.330320
2008-09-03 0.023750 0.236613
2008-06-12 0.023750 0.260274
2008-02-20 0.023750 0.335570
2007-12-10 0.018750 0.272826
2007-09-05 0.018750 0.278810
2007-06-14 0.018750 0.241235
2007-02-21 0.018750 0.217707
2006-12-04 0.015000 0.194238
2006-08-30 0.015000 0.250000
2006-06-08 0.015000 0.222635
2006-02-22 0.015000 0.212841
2005-12-05 0.015000 0.214209
2005-08-30 0.012500 0.203087
2005-06-09 0.012500 0.169319
2005-02-23 0.012500 0.183824
2004-12-06 0.010750 0.160030
2004-08-31 0.010750 0.203310
2004-06-10 0.010750 0.163934
2004-02-25 0.010750 0.134082
2003-11-28 0.007250 0.105878
2003-09-02 0.007250 0.112643
2003-06-12 0.007250 0.139222
2003-02-26 0.007250 0.171750
2002-12-09 0.006000 0.109714
2002-08-30 0.006000 0.132927
2002-06-13 0.006000 0.112202
2002-02-27 0.006000 0.131327
2001-12-10 0.005375 0.141030
2001-08-31 0.005375 0.146758
2001-06-14 0.005375 0.182513
2001-02-28 0.005375 0.204762
2000-11-29 0.004750 0.245161
2000-09-06 0.004750 0.238431
2000-06-15 0.004750 0.237500
2000-03-01 0.004750 0.260944
1999-12-01 0.004125 0.166561
1999-09-02 0.004063 0.159529
1999-06-09 0.004063 0.142288
1999-03-03 0.004063 0.141900
1998-12-02 0.003438 0.150707
1998-09-08 0.003438 0.156886
1998-06-10 0.003438 0.123613
1998-03-04 0.003438 0.143343
1997-12-03 0.002813 0.110111
1997-09-03 0.002813 0.146367
1997-06-11 0.002813 0.137429
1997-03-06 0.002813 0.164413
1996-12-04 0.002188 0.133682
1996-09-04 0.002188 0.186709
1996-06-12 0.002188 0.181271
1996-03-06 0.002188 0.269292
1995-12-06 0.001875 0.305733
1995-09-06 0.001875 0.372093
1995-06-06 0.001875 0.516129
1995-03-06 0.001875 0.494846
1994-12-05 0.001563 0.373951
1994-09-02 0.001563 0.317562
1994-06-14 0.001563 0.350989
1994-03-07 0.001563 0.320103
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.78
dividendYield 0.77
exDividendDate 2026-09-08
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.7
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.007395485
lastDividendValue 0.445
lastDividendDate 2026-06-09
dividendDate 2026-09-30

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.5198016
Address1 5,130 Hacienda Drive
All Time High 257.0
All Time Low 0.113281
Ask 240.73
Ask Size 1
Audit Risk 9
Average Analyst Rating 1.8 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 3,504,040
Average Daily Volume3 Month 2,875,406
Average Volume 2,875,406
Average Volume10Days 3,504,040
Beta 0.877
Bid 226.0
Bid Size 4
Board Risk 2
Book Value 19.64
City Dublin
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 6
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 228.55
Current Ratio 1.612
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 232.67
Day Low 228.15
Debt To Equity 70.281
Display Name Ross Stores
Dividend Date 1,790,726,400
Dividend Rate 1.78
Dividend Yield 0.77
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,747,944,900
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,747,944,900
Earnings Growth 0.705
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.676
Earnings Timestamp 1,787,256,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,795,118,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,795,118,400
Ebitda 3,910,100,992
Ebitda Margins 0.15952
Enterprise To Ebitda 18.685
Enterprise To Revenue 2.981
Enterprise Value 73,058,394,112
Eps Current Year 8.34595
Eps Forward 8.92296
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 8.28
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,788,825,600
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 234.438
Fifty Day Average Change -5.8880005
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.025115384
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 51.980164
Fifty Two Week High 257.0
Fifty Two Week High Change -28.449997
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.11070038
Fifty Two Week Low 143.39
Fifty Two Week Low Change 85.16
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.59390473
Fifty Two Week Range 143.39 - 257.0
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 492,355,800,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.04
Float Shares 310,018,036
Forward Eps 8.92296
Forward P E 25.613697
Free Cashflow 2,156,282,880
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 111,000
Fullday Change -1.31999
Fullday Change Percent -0.574234
Fullday Price 229.0
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.34175
Gross Profits 8,376,950,784
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.02128
Held Percent Institutions 0.95194
Implied Shares Outstanding 320,781,076
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 1,780,963,200
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 73,314,516,992
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_33926
Most Recent Quarter 1,785,542,400
Net Income To Common 2,659,063,040
Next Fiscal Year End 1,801,353,600
Non Diluted Market Cap 73,737,945,940
Number Of Analyst Opinions 18
Open 231.86
Operating Cashflow 3,660,572,928
Operating Margins 0.17616
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.2056
Peg Ratio 2.81
Phone 925 965 4400
Post Market Change 0.44999695
Post Market Change Percent 0.19689213
Post Market Price 229.0
Post Market Time 1,787,960,157
Previous Close 229.87
Price Eps Current Year 27.38454
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 11.636966
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 2.990989
Profit Margins 0.10848
Quick Ratio 0.929
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.75
Region US
Regular Market Change -1.31999
Regular Market Change Percent -0.574234
Regular Market Day High 232.67
Regular Market Day Low 228.15
Regular Market Day Range 228.15 - 232.67
Regular Market Open 231.86
Regular Market Previous Close 229.87
Regular Market Price 228.55
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,201
Regular Market Volume 2,375,298
Return On Assets 0.13823
Return On Equity 0.42628
Revenue Growth 0.133
Revenue Per Share 76.74
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Sector Disp Consumer Cyclical
Sector Key consumer-cyclical
Share Holder Rights Risk 4
Shares Outstanding 320,781,076
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0291
Shares Short 9,342,522
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 10,265,464
Short Name Ross Stores, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0339
Short Ratio 4.46
Source Interval 15
State CA
Symbol ROST
Target High Price 310.0
Target Low Price 176.0
Target Mean Price 269.94443
Target Median Price 282.5
Total Cash 4,288,123,904
Total Cash Per Share 13.498
Total Debt 4,739,150,848
Total Revenue 24,511,797,248
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.7
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.007395485
Trailing Eps 8.28
Trailing P E 27.602657
Trailing Peg Ratio 2.6791
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 210.56645
Two Hundred Day Average Change 17.983551
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.08540559
Type Disp Equity
Volume 2,375,298
Website https://www.rossstores.com
Zip 94,568-7579