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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.

Revenue
+13.3%
EPS
+70.7%
Free cash flow
+33.8%
Total debt
−32.8%

Quarter to July 2026, against a year earlier

234.81 10.93 −4.45%
Market cap
$75.1B
P/E
28.2×
Fwd P/E
26.0×
Dividend yield
0.74%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
6.58
Beneish M
−2.49
Dividend safety
93/100
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Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST) Gross margin

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Ross Stores, Inc.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 29.7%, up 2.0 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (27.7%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 21.5% (fiscal 2021) to 29.0% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 42% of that period. That is below the Apparel Retail industry median of 41.9% and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 34.3%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2026 27.7% (0.07)
FY2025 27.8% 0.42
FY2024 27.4% 1.96
FY2023 25.4% (2.13)
FY2022 27.5% 6.04
FY2021 21.5% (6.58)
FY2020 28.1% (0.34)
FY2019 28.4% (0.54)
FY2018 29.0% 0.25
FY2017 28.7% 0.53

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Jul 2026 33.8% 4.22
Apr 2026 29.6% 2.42
Jan 2026 27.2% (0.81)
Oct 2025 28.0% 0.38
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Against its own ten years

Low 21.5% High 29.0%
Ten-year median 27.9%
Current reading's percentile 100

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
ANF Abercrombie & Fitch Company compare 63.7%
LULU lululemon athletica inc. compare 56.1%
BURL Burlington Stores, Inc. compare 44.6%
GAP The Gap, Inc. compare 43.3%
VSXY Victoria's Secret & Co. compare 39.6%
BOOT Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. compare 38.6%
URBN Urban Outfitters, Inc. compare 37.5%
TJX The TJX Companies, Inc. compare 32.0%
ROST Ross Stores, Inc. 29.7%
Apparel Retail industry median 41.9%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 34.3%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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