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) Operating margin

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Ross Stores, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 13.8%, up 1.8 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (11.9%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.51% (fiscal 2021) to 14.5% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 33% of that period. That is above the Apparel Retail industry median of 2.50% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.57%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2026 11.9% (0.34)
FY2025 12.2% 0.92
FY2024 11.3% 0.67
FY2023 10.7% (1.68)
FY2022 12.3% 10.82
FY2021 1.51% (11.87)
FY2020 13.4% (0.24)
FY2019 13.6% (0.87)
FY2018 14.5% 0.48
FY2017 14.0% 0.41

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jul 2026 17.6% 4.24
Apr 2026 13.4% 1.11
Jan 2026 12.3% 0.69
Oct 2025 11.6% 0.04
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Against its own ten years

Low 1.51% High 14.5%
Ten-year median 12.9%
Current reading's percentile 79

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
LULU lululemon athletica inc. compare 17.8%
ROST Ross Stores, Inc. 13.8%
ANF Abercrombie & Fitch Company compare 13.7%
BOOT Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. compare 13.6%
TJX The TJX Companies, Inc. compare 12.7%
URBN Urban Outfitters, Inc. compare 11.3%
GAP The Gap, Inc. compare 11.0%
BURL Burlington Stores, Inc. compare 8.11%
VSXY Victoria's Secret & Co. compare 7.86%
Apparel Retail industry median 2.50%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.57%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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