ROSS STORES, INC. ROST

Consumer discretionary SIC 5651 - Retail-Family Clothing Stores NAICS Retail Trade › Clothing, Clothing Accessories, Shoe, and Jewelry Retailers › Clothing and Clothing Accessories Retailers derived Nasdaq

Ross Stores, Inc. and its subsidiaries ("we", "our", or the "Company") operate two brands of off-price retail apparel and home fashion stores—Ross Dress for Less® ("Ross") and dd's DISCOUNTS®.

Ross is the largest off-price apparel and home fashion chain in the United States, with 1,904 locations in 44 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico as of January 31, 2026. Ross offers first-quality, in-season, brand name and designer apparel, accessories, footwear, and home fashions for the entire family at savings of 20% to 60% off department and specialty store regular prices every day. Ross' target customers are primarily from middle income households.

We also operate 363 dd's DISCOUNTS stores in 22 states as of January 31, 2026. dd's DISCOUNTS features more moderately-priced first-quality, in-season apparel, accessories, footwear, and home fashions for the entire family at savings of 20% to 70% off moderate department and discount store regular prices every day. The typical dd's DISCOUNTS store is located in an established shopping center in a densely populated urban or suburban neighborhood, and its target customers typically come from households with lower to more moderate incomes.

Last close 229.30 2026-10-23
Market cap $73.25B 2026-08-01 share count
52-week range 157.39 - 257.00

Valuation FY2025 figures against the last close

P/S3.2x
P/E34.7x
P/FCF33.2x
EV/EBITDA21.8x
Dividend yield0.7%
Diluted EPS6.61

Annual financial statements

Income statement

Fiscal year FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Revenue $22.75B$21.13B$20.38B$18.70B$18.92B$12.53B$16.04B$14.98B$14.13B$12.87B
Cost of revenue $16.45B$15.26B$14.80B$13.95B$13.71B$9.84B$11.54B$10.73B$10.04B$9.17B
Gross profit $6.30B$5.87B$5.58B$4.75B$5.21B$2.69B$4.50B$4.26B$4.09B$3.69B
SG&A $3.60B$3.28B$3.27B$2.76B$2.87B$2.50B$2.36B$2.22B$2.04B$1.89B
Total operating expenses ——$17.91B$16.71B$16.66B$12.43B$13.87B$12.93B$12.09B$11.08B
Operating income $2.71B$2.59B$2.31B$1.99B——————
Interest expense $134.8M$171.6M$164.1M$2.8M$74.3M$83.4M$18.1M$10.2M$7.7M$16.5M
Pre-tax income $2.84B$2.76B$2.47B$1.99B$2.26B$106.3M$2.16B$2.05B$2.04B$1.79B
Income tax $697.1M$666.4M$597.3M$475.4M$536.0M$20.9M$503.4M$463.4M$678.0M$668.5M
Net income $2.15B$2.09B$1.87B$1.51B$1.72B$85.4M$1.66B$1.59B$1.36B$1.12B
EPS, basic 6.666.365.594.404.900.244.634.303.582.85
EPS, diluted 6.616.325.564.384.870.244.604.263.552.83
Shares, diluted (wtd. avg.) 324.4M331.0M337.4M345.2M353.7M354.6M361.2M372.7M384.3M395.0M

Balance sheet

Fiscal year FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Cash and equivalents $4.59B$4.73B$4.87B$4.61B$4.98B$4.95B$1.41B$1.48B$1.35B$1.18B
Short-term investments ———————$0$512.0K$0
Receivables $181.3M$144.5M$130.8M$145.7M$119.2M$115.1M$102.2M$96.7M$87.9M$75.2M
Inventory $2.63B$2.44B$2.19B$2.02B$2.26B$1.51B$1.83B$1.75B$1.64B$1.51B
Total current assets $7.64B$7.54B$7.40B$6.90B$7.47B$6.69B$3.43B$3.40B$3.15B$2.81B
Property, plant and equipment $4.09B$3.79B$3.53B$3.18B$2.90B$2.71B$2.65B$2.48B$2.38B$2.33B
Total assets $15.55B$14.91B$14.30B$13.42B$13.64B$12.72B$9.35B$6.07B$5.72B$5.31B
Accounts payable $2.39B$2.13B$1.96B$2.01B$2.37B$2.26B$1.30B$1.18B$1.06B$1.02B
Short-term debt $499.7M$699.7M$249.7M$0$0$64.9M$0$0$85.0M$0
Total current liabilities $4.83B$4.66B$4.19B$3.64B$4.21B$3.97B$2.70B$2.01B$1.93B$1.75B
Long-term debt $1.02B$1.52B$2.21B$2.46B$2.45B$2.45B$312.9M$312.4M$312.0M$396.5M
Retained earnings $4.73B$4.13B$3.55B$3.05B$2.87B$2.19B$2.33B$2.30B$2.07B$1.80B
Total equity $6.19B$5.51B$4.87B$4.29B$4.06B$3.29B$3.36B$3.31B$3.05B$2.75B

Cash flow

Fiscal year FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Operating cash flow $3.03B$2.36B$2.51B$1.69B$1.74B$2.25B$2.17B$2.07B$1.68B$1.56B
Depreciation and amortisation $509.4M$446.8M$419.4M$394.7M$360.7M$364.2M$350.9M$330.4M$313.2M$302.5M
Stock-based compensation $175.4M$156.3M$145.5M$121.9M$134.2M$101.6M$95.4M$95.6M$87.4M$74.6M
Capital expenditure $819.3M$720.1M$762.8M$654.1M$557.8M$405.4M$555.5M$413.9M$371.4M$297.9M
Investing cash flow -$819.3M-$637.5M-$762.8M-$654.1M-$557.8M-$405.4M-$555.0M-$410.4M-$354.8M-$296.2M
Financing cash flow -$2.34B-$1.86B-$1.43B-$1.41B-$1.15B$1.70B-$1.68B-$1.53B-$1.15B-$916.1M
Dividends paid $528.1M$488.7M$454.8M$431.3M$405.1M$101.4M$369.8M$337.2M$247.5M$214.6M
Buybacks $1.05B$1.05B$950.0M$950.0M$650.0M$132.5M$1.27B$1.07B$875.0M$700.0M

Figures as tagged in each year's own filing, in US dollars. A year restated by a later filing shows the restated figure. Capital expenditure, dividends and buybacks are cash out, shown positive. A line the filer does not report is not listed. Latest from accession 0000745732-26-000013.

Plot the figures US dollars

Income statement Revenue Cost of revenue Gross profit R&D SG&A Total operating expenses Operating income Interest expense Pre-tax income Income tax Net income EPS, basic EPS, diluted Shares, diluted (wtd. avg.)
Balance sheet Cash and equivalents Short-term investments Receivables Inventory Total current assets Property, plant and equipment Goodwill Other intangibles Total assets Accounts payable Short-term debt Total current liabilities Long-term debt Total liabilities Retained earnings Total equity
Cash flow Operating cash flow Depreciation and amortisation Stock-based compensation Capital expenditure Investing cash flow Financing cash flow Dividends paid Buybacks
  • Revenue
  • Gross profit
  • Net income
Revenue, Gross profit, Net income by fiscal year, in US dollars The same figures are in the table below this chart. 0 10B 20B 30B Revenue, FY2016: 12.9B Gross profit, FY2016: 3.7B Net income, FY2016: 1.1B Revenue, FY2017: 14.1B Gross profit, FY2017: 4.1B Net income, FY2017: 1.4B Revenue, FY2018: 15B Gross profit, FY2018: 4.3B Net income, FY2018: 1.6B Revenue, FY2019: 16B Gross profit, FY2019: 4.5B Net income, FY2019: 1.7B Revenue, FY2020: 12.5B Gross profit, FY2020: 2.7B Net income, FY2020: 85.4M Revenue, FY2021: 18.9B Gross profit, FY2021: 5.2B Net income, FY2021: 1.7B Revenue, FY2022: 18.7B Gross profit, FY2022: 4.7B Net income, FY2022: 1.5B Revenue, FY2023: 20.4B Gross profit, FY2023: 5.6B Net income, FY2023: 1.9B Revenue, FY2024: 21.1B Gross profit, FY2024: 5.9B Net income, FY2024: 2.1B Revenue, FY2025: 22.8B Gross profit, FY2025: 6.3B Net income, FY2025: 2.1B FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Fiscal year FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue $12.87B $14.13B $14.98B $16.04B $12.53B $18.92B $18.70B $20.38B $21.13B $22.75B
Gross profit $3.69B $4.09B $4.26B $4.50B $2.69B $5.21B $4.75B $5.58B $5.87B $6.30B
Net income $1.12B $1.36B $1.59B $1.66B $85.4M $1.72B $1.51B $1.87B $2.09B $2.15B

Recent filings and events

  • Results announced The quarterly or annual earnings release. Arrives four times a year from almost every company here. Item 2.02
  • Shareholder vote The results of the annual meeting or a special vote. Item 5.07
  • Results announced Item 2.02
  • Annual report filed A new 10-K. The figures and the business description on this site come from it. Form 10-K
  • Results announced Item 2.02
  • Officer or director change Someone at the top arrived or left. The item covers everything from a board retirement to a chief executive being removed, and only the filing itself says which. Item 5.02
  • Regulation FD disclosure Something the company told the market and had to tell everyone at once - usually a slide deck or a press release. Item 7.01
  • Results announced Item 2.02
  • Officer or director change Item 5.02
  • Results announced Item 2.02
  • Material agreement signed The company entered an agreement outside the ordinary course of business - a large contract, a credit facility, a merger agreement. Item 1.01
  • Material agreement terminated An agreement that mattered has ended. Often the other half of a deal that fell through. Item 1.02

Item numbers are Form 8-K's own, and a filing date is up to four business days after the thing it reports. The same feed across the whole market.

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