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

Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST) Price to free cash flow

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As of 5 November 2026, Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST) trades at a price to free cash flow of 26.7×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (October 2022) to 7,982× (June 2020); the current reading is higher than 69% of that period. That is above the Apparel Retail industry median of 11.8× and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 12.9×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2026 27.7× (3.56%)
FY2025 28.8× 7.18%
FY2024 26.8× (31.54%)
FY2023 39.2× 34.77%
FY2022 29.1× 35.17%
FY2021 21.5× (13.51%)
FY2020 24.9× 20.82%
FY2019 20.6× (13.04%)
FY2018 23.7× 15.22%
FY2017 20.6× (13.79%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Jul 2026 28.6× 3.57%
Apr 2026 27.6× (0.53%)
Jan 2026 27.7× 11.20%
Oct 2025 25.0× (0.35%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 7,982×
Ten-year median 23.1×
Current reading's percentile 69

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
GAP The Gap, Inc. compare 8.3×
LULU lululemon athletica inc. compare 9.3×
ANF Abercrombie & Fitch Company compare 12.3×
VSXY Victoria's Secret & Co. compare 15.4×
URBN Urban Outfitters, Inc. compare 25.4×
TJX The TJX Companies, Inc. compare 26.1×
ROST Ross Stores, Inc. 26.7×
BOOT Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. compare 32.9×
BURL Burlington Stores, Inc. compare 38.3×
Apparel Retail industry median 11.8×
Consumer Cyclical sector median 12.9×
Market median 14.1×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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