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ROSS STORES, INC. ROST

Retail-Family Clothing Stores · CIK 0000745732 · Fiscal year ends 0201

Revenue
$22.75B
Fiscal year ended 2026-01-31
Operating income
$2.71B
Fiscal year ended 2026-01-31
Free cash flow
$2.21B
Fiscal year ended 2026-01-31

Valuation, from the filing

Public float$43.69BMarket value of stock held by non-affiliates, as stated on the cover page for 2025-08-02
Float per share$135.52Float divided by shares outstanding in the same filing. A floor under the share price on that date, not the price itself.
Float / net income20.4×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.
Float / revenue1.9×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.
Float / equity7.1×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.

Every figure here is drawn from the 10-K cover page and the statements behind it, so each one traces to a filing. Public float counts only stock held by non-affiliates, which makes these floors rather than estimates: a high multiple is conclusive, a low one may mean cheap or may mean closely held. The float was measured on 2025-08-02, not today, and each multiple below it uses the figures for the fiscal year ending 2026-01-31 — the year that filing covered.

Valuation over time

20.4× earnings today, against a median of 21.0× across 10 years on record. In line with its own history.

Float measuredPublic floatFloat / net income
2025-08-02$43.69B20.4×
2024-08-03$45.63B21.8×
2023-07-29$38.09B20.3×
2022-07-30$27.70B18.3×
2021-07-31$42.84B24.9×
2020-08-01$31.31B366.7×
2019-08-03$36.75B22.1×
2018-08-04$32.58B20.5×
2017-07-29$20.71B15.2×
2016-07-30$24.02B21.5×

Each float is paired with the fiscal year the filing that stated it covers. Only years where the company reported positive net income appear, because a multiple against a loss is not a multiple.

How this compares in its industry

Percentile among the Retail-Family Clothing Stores filers on this site, highest value first. A high percentile means a large figure, which is good for a margin and not for leverage — the ranking says where the company sits, not whether that is where it should be.

MeasureReportedPercentile
Gross margin27.7%0th
FCF margin9.7%89th
Revenue YoY growth7.7%89th
SBC / revenue0.8%88th
Long-term debt / equity0.16x25th
Net margin9.4%75th
Operating margin11.9%75th
Effective tax rate24.5%29th
Current ratio1.58x67th
CapEx / revenue3.6%56th

ROSS STORES, INC. (ROST) reported revenue of $22.75B and net income of $2.15B for the fiscal year ended 2026-01-31. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from ROSS STORES, INC.’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from. It is classified by the SEC under Retail-Family Clothing Stores.

Income

ROSS STORES, INC. income by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-01-312025-02-012024-02-032023-01-282022-01-292021-01-302020-02-012019-02-022018-02-032017-01-28
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
Operating income$2.71B$2.59B$2.31B$1.99BUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Net income$2.15B$2.09B$1.87B$1.51B$1.72B$85.38M$1.66B$1.59B$1.36B$1.12B
Research & developmentUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Weighted-average diluted sharesshares 324.42Mshares 330.98Mshares 337.43Mshares 345.22Mshares 353.73Mshares 354.62Mshares 361.18Mshares 372.68Mshares 384.33Mshares 394.96M
Pretax income$2.84B$2.76B$2.47B$1.99B$2.26B$106.30M$2.16B$2.05B$2.04B$1.79B
Income tax expense$697.11M$666.42M$597.26M$475.45M$535.95M$20.92M$503.36M$463.42M$677.97M$668.50M
Diluted EPS$6.61$6.32$5.56$4.38$4.87$0.24$4.60$4.26$3.55$2.83
Selling, general & administrative$3.60B$3.28B$3.27B$2.76B$2.87B$2.50B$2.36B$2.22B$2.04B$1.89B
General & administrativeUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Selling & marketingUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Balance

ROSS STORES, INC. balance by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-01-312025-02-012024-02-032023-01-282022-01-292021-01-302020-02-012019-02-022018-02-032017-01-28
Cash & equivalents$4.59B$4.73B$4.87B$4.55B$4.92B$4.82B$1.35B$1.41B$1.29B$1.11B
Total assets$15.55B$14.91B$14.30B$13.42B$13.64B$12.72B$9.35B$6.07B$5.72B$5.31B
Current assets$7.64B$7.54B$7.40B$6.90B$7.47B$6.69B$3.43B$3.40B$3.15B$2.81B
Total liabilitiesUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Current liabilities$4.83B$4.66B$4.19B$3.64B$4.21B$3.97B$2.70B$2.01B$1.93B$1.75B
Total equity incl. NCI$6.19B$5.51B$4.87B$4.29B$4.06B$3.29B$3.36B$3.31B$3.05B$2.75B
Temporary (mezzanine) equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Inventory$2.63B$2.44B$2.19B$2.02B$2.26B$1.51B$1.83B$1.75B$1.64B$1.51B
Accounts receivable$181.30M$144.48M$130.77M$145.69M$119.25M$115.07M$102.24M$96.71M$87.87M$75.15M
GoodwillUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Long-term debt$1.02B$1.52B$2.21B$2.46B$2.45B$2.45B$312.89M$312.44M$311.99M$396.49M
Accounts payable$2.39B$2.13B$1.96B$2.01B$2.37B$2.26B$1.30B$1.18B$1.06B$1.02B

Cash flow

ROSS STORES, INC. cash flow by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-01-312025-02-012024-02-032023-01-282022-01-292021-01-302020-02-012019-02-022018-02-032017-01-28
Operating cash flow$3.03B$2.36B$2.51B$1.69B$1.74B$2.25B$2.17B$2.07B$1.68B$1.56B
Capital expenditures$819.28M$720.10M$762.81M$654.07M$557.84M$405.43M$555.48M$413.90M$371.42M$297.88M
Investing cash flow-$819.28M-$637.46M-$762.81M-$654.07M-$557.84M-$405.43M-$554.97M-$410.41M-$354.76M-$296.18M
Financing cash flow-$2.34B-$1.86B-$1.43B-$1.41B-$1.15B$1.70B-$1.68B-$1.53B-$1.15B-$916.09M
Net change in cash-$134.49M-$138.98M$323.20M-$370.14M$28.61M$3.54B-$66.67M$124.81M$177.09M$346.63M
Stock-based compensation$175.35M$156.30M$145.49M$121.94M$134.22M$101.57M$95.44M$95.58M$87.42M$74.55M
Common dividends paid$528.08M$488.72M$454.81M$431.30M$405.12M$101.40M$369.79M$337.19M$247.53M$214.64M
Common share repurchases$1.05B$1.05B$950.00M$950.00M$650.00M$132.47M$1.28B$1.08B$875.00M$700.00M
Depreciation & amortization$509.39M$446.79M$419.43M$394.66M$360.66M$364.24M$350.89M$330.36M$313.16M$302.52M

Derived

ROSS STORES, INC. derived by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-01-312025-02-012024-02-032023-01-282022-01-292021-01-302020-02-012019-02-022018-02-032017-01-28
Free cash flow$2.21B$1.64B$1.75B$1.04B$1.18B$1.84B$1.62B$1.65B$1.31B$1.26B
Gross margin27.7%27.8%27.4%25.4%27.5%21.5%28.1%28.4%29.0%28.7%
Operating margin11.9%12.2%11.3%10.6%UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
FCF margin9.7%7.7%8.6%5.5%6.2%14.7%10.1%11.0%9.3%9.8%
SBC / revenue0.8%0.7%0.7%0.7%0.7%0.8%0.6%0.6%0.6%0.6%
Current ratio1.58x1.62x1.77x1.90x1.77x1.69x1.27x1.69x1.64x1.61x
Revenue YoY growth7.7%3.7%9.0%-1.2%50.9%-21.9%7.0%6.0%9.9%Unavailable
Net margin9.4%9.9%9.2%8.1%9.1%0.7%10.4%10.6%9.6%8.7%
R&D / revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
CapEx / revenue3.6%3.4%3.7%3.5%2.9%3.2%3.5%2.8%2.6%2.3%
Long-term debt / equity0.16xUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Effective tax rate24.5%24.2%24.2%23.9%23.7%19.7%23.3%22.6%33.2%37.4%

Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open ROST in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.

Source filings

10-Q · Filed 2026-09-01View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-06-02View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2026-03-31View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-12-10View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-09-10View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-06-11View SEC filing

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