ROST
Ross Stores
Consumer Discretionary · Apparel Retail · US
$230.37
Data: 2026-01-31
✗ ETHICAL FAIL

NARROW MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$73.0B
Total market value of the company
Trailing P/E
34.10
Premium valuation
Forward P/E
27.70
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+12.2%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
0.0%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
ROE
36.7%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$236.69
+3% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
BUY
Consensus view from 16 analysts covering this stock
About Ross Stores

Ross Stores, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates off-price retail apparel and home fashion stores under the Ross Dress for Less and dd's DISCOUNTS brands in the United States. The company offers designer apparel, accessories, footwear, and home-fashioned products for the entire family. It sells its products to middle income households and households with lower to more moderate incomes. Ross Stores, Inc. was incorporated in 1957 and is headquartered in Dublin, California.

https://www.rossstores.com

Country: United States Employees: 111,000 Industry: Apparel Retail
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
33.5% FAIL
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
0.0% PASS
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
30.7% PASS
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.8% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Valuation
Fair Value Est.
$163.00
What our model estimates this business is worth per share
Margin of Safety
-41.3%
Trading above fair value — no margin of safety
Rating
AVOID
Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality
Percentile
30.9th
Ranks in the top 69% of our 13,571 screened universe
Ethical Score
10.0
Valuation Score
44.5
Quality Score
62.0
Combined
33.4

Trading at $226, 39% above fair value of $163. Fails ethical screen (Debt ratio). Ranks better than 14% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

Regime
MARKUP
Price trending up with increasing momentum
Sharpe Ratio
1.245
Excellent risk-adjusted returns
Kelly Fraction
0.1012
Suggested allocation is meaningful — the edge justifies a position
Calmar Ratio
1.528
Returns exceed worst-case losses — strong risk profile
Annual Return
32.2%
Historical annualised return based on price data
Max Drawdown
-21.1%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
HMM State
BEAR
Statistical model detects bearish conditions
Days in State
1
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

Beta
0.88
Less volatile than the market — more defensive
52W High
$231.16
0% below the year high
52W Low
$124.49
85% above the year low
Avg Volume
2,581,704
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
Short Ratio
3.4
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
2.5%
Low short interest — limited bearish positioning
Div Yield
79.0%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
EPS (TTM)
$6.62
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

Debt/Equity
0.84
Moderate leverage — manageable
Current Ratio
1.58
Healthy liquidity position
Quick Ratio
0.99
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
32.6%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
12.3%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
Free Cash Flow
$1.6B
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$22.8B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$2.1B
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
16
Target High
$290.00
Target Median
$236.69
Target Low
$158.00
Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

45
NEUTRAL
Mixed insider activity. 0 purchases and 0 sales in the last 90 days — no clear directional signal. Political selling noted.
Date Insider Title Type Shares Value
2026-03-27 BURRILL JEFFREY P Officer 565 —
2026-03-26 SHEEHAN WILLIAM W II Chief Financial Officer 4,883 $1,059,367
2026-03-25 HARTSHORN MICHAEL J. Chief Operating Officer 21,874 $4,698,514
2026-03-25 SYKES-DICK KAREN Officer 5,506 $1,174,984
2026-03-24 BRINKLEY STEPHEN C Officer 4,154 $884,429
2026-03-24 FLEMING KAREN Officer 7,000 $1,489,285
2026-03-20 CONROY JAMES GRANT Chief Executive Officer 54,901 —
2026-03-20 HARTSHORN MICHAEL J. Chief Operating Officer 23,163 —
2026-03-20 BURRILL JEFFREY P Officer 1,716 —
2026-03-20 BRINKLEY STEPHEN C Officer 8,579 —
Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at
Insider Intelligence
Political Trading Activity

Congressional trading disclosures involving this instrument

Date Politician Party Type Amount
2026-04-13 Ro Khanna Democrat Sale 1K–15K
Source: Congressional disclosure filings. View all political trades at
Insider Intelligence
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-01-31

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