Ross Stores, Inc.

ROST Consumer Cyclical Apparel Retail

Ross Stores, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended January 2026) was $22.8 billion, up 7.67% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue grew 13.3%, EPS grew 70.7%, free cash flow grew 33.8% and total debt fell 32.8%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100; dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for three.

236.89 2.06 +0.88%
Market cap
$75.0B
P/E
28.4×
Fwd P/E
29.5×
Dividend yield
0.73%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
6.58
Beneish M
−2.49
Dividend safety
93/100

Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST) Debt to equity

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Ross Stores, Inc.'s debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 31 July 2026 was 0.2×, down 0.1× from fiscal 2026 (0.2×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.1× (fiscal 2019) to 0.8× (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 50% of that period. That is above the Apparel Retail industry median of 0.0× and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 0.2×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2026 0.2× (38.98%)
FY2025 0.4× (20.41%)
FY2024 0.5× (30.41%)
FY2023 0.7× (4.42%)
FY2022 0.8× (0.56%)
FY2021 0.8× 192.61%
FY2020 0.3× 176.19%
FY2019 0.1× (27.42%)
FY2018 0.1× (9.77%)
FY2017 0.1× (9.93%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Jul 2026 0.2× (6.50%)
Apr 2026 0.2× (34.16%)
Jan 2026 0.2× (4.85%)
Oct 2025 0.3× (2.53%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.1× High 0.8×
Ten-year median 0.3×
Current reading's percentile 50

Debt to equity against peers

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URBN Urban Outfitters, Inc. compare 0.0×
ROST Ross Stores, Inc. 0.2×
TJX The TJX Companies, Inc. compare 0.3×
GAP The Gap, Inc. compare 0.4×
VSXY Victoria's Secret & Co. compare 0.9×
BURL Burlington Stores, Inc. compare 1.0×
Apparel Retail industry median 0.0×
Consumer Cyclical sector median 0.2×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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