ROST
Ross Stores, Inc. Consumer Discretionary Retail-Family Clothing Stores S&P 500Nasdaq-100Russell 3000
$228.28Close
$73.6BMarket cap
$156.77 – $254.7452-week range
Nov 19, 2026Next report
Highlights
Strengths
- Earnings growing EPS +70% year on year, faster than the quarter before (+32 pts)
Cautions
- Not in an uptrend 5 of 8 trend conditions
Price
Filing Results Screen pick 52-week high and low Adjusted prices
Key figures
Off 12-month high
10%
1wk
down 0.4%
price change
1mo
down 2.2%
price change
12-month return
up 46%
market up 11% ·
its own up 35%
F-score
6 / 9
Mixed
Altman Z″
4.04
Low risk
P/E
34.3×
price / earnings
PEG
7.34
P/E / EPS growth
P/B
11.9×
price / book
Earnings yield
up 3.9%
EBIT / enterprise value
Cheaper than
38%
of the market · expensive
Revenue growth
up 8%
year on year
EPS growth
up 70%
latest quarter · +32 pts
Sales growth
up 13%
latest quarter · -7 pts
ROE
up 37%
return on equity
Free cash margin
up 10%
$2.2B FCF
D/E
0.16
long-term debt / equity
Net debt / EBITDA
-1.1×
net cash
Interest cover
20.1×EBIT / interest
Piotroski tests
- profitability slipped from last year
- short-term liquidity weakened
- gross margin narrowed
- profitable on its assets
- generating cash from operations
- profits backed by cash
- reduced long-term debt
- no new shares issued
- assets working harder
Repair signals
- Long-term debt down 33% ($1.5B → $1.0B)
Trade setup
ATR%
2.5%
$5.72 a day · 2×ATR $216.85
RS
62 / 99
vs the universe
Trend
5 / 8
under the 150/200-day, under the 50-day, RS under 70
Relative volume
0.9×
vs 50-day average
Up/down volume
0.93
50 sessions
Implied move
7.9%
by Nov 20, 2026 · report Nov 19, 2026
Trend template · 5 of 8
- Price above the 150 and 200-day averages: fails
- 150-day average above the 200-day: passes
- 200-day average rising for a month: passes
- 50-day average above the 150 and 200-day: passes
- Price above the 50-day average: fails
- At least 30% above the 52-week low: passes
- Within 25% of the 52-week high: passes
- RS rank 70 or higher: fails
Screen verdict
Did not qualify for any screen.
Warning signs
- No restatement or impairment
- Equity positive
- Interest covered
- No material dilution
- Profits tracking cash
- Margins and revenue not shrinking
Last reported
Aug 20, 2026
Results reaction
Aug 20, 2026+2% vs market2 sessions after results
Options
$1.5M38.0% IV · activity
Financials
- Gross 28%
- Net 9%
- Free cash 10%
- Cash
- Long-term debt
| FY2021Jan 30, 2021 | FY2022Jan 29, 2022 | FY2023Jan 28, 2023 | FY2024Feb 3, 2024 | FY2025Feb 1, 2025 | FY2026Jan 31, 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $12.5B | $18.9B | $18.7B | $20.4B | $21.1B | $22.8B |
| Gross margin | 21% | 28% | 25% | 27% | 28% | 28% |
| Operating income | — | — | $2.0B | $2.3B | $2.6B | $2.7B |
| Net income | $85.4M | $1.7B | $1.5B | $1.9B | $2.1B | $2.1B |
| Net margin | 1% | 9% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 9% |
| Earnings per share | $0.24 | $4.87 | $4.38 | $5.56 | $6.32 | $6.61 |
| Free cash flow | $1.8B | $1.2B | $1.0B | $1.8B | $1.6B | $2.2B |
| Free cash margin | 15% | 6% | 6% | 9% | 8% | 10% |
| Cash | $4.8B | $4.9B | $4.6B | $4.9B | $4.7B | $4.6B |
| Long-term debt | $2.4B | $2.5B | $2.5B | $2.2B | $1.5B | $1.0B |
| Shareholders' equity | $3.3B | $4.1B | $4.3B | $4.9B | $5.5B | $6.2B |
| Shares outstanding | 356.50m | 351.72m | 342.75m | 335.17m | 328.81m | 322.33m |
Next report
Nov 19, 2026
Expected move The move, either way, the option market prices in through the next scheduled report: the at-the-money straddle for the first expiry that contains it, over the price. It includes the days around the report, so it slightly overstates the report alone. Methodology
±7.9%
$210 – $246 by Nov 20, 2026
Usual move The median, over the company's last four reports, of how far the stock moved either way from the close before the filing to the close of the session after it. Methodology
±6.7%
last 4: +1.9% · +7.8% · +5.5% · +8.4%
Expected against usual The move the options price through this report over the move the last four reports delivered. Above 1 the event is priced bigger than the company's own record; below 1, smaller. A price, not a forecast: it says what protection through the report costs, not which way the stock will go. Methodology
Bigger than usual
1.2× the usual move
What options price now
- Expected 1-month range The at-the-money straddle for the expiry nearest a month out, as a share of the price: the move, either way, the option market is pricing by then. The range is the price plus and minus that move; the stock ends inside it a little more often than not. Methodology
- $209 – $248 ±8.7% by Nov 27, 2026
- Swings expected vs recent The daily swings the options are priced for (implied volatility) against the swings the stock actually had over the last 20 sessions (realised volatility). Bigger means options charge for more movement than the stock has been delivering; smaller, less. On a contract row, that contract's own implied volatility over the stock's realised. Methodology
- Bigger 38.0% priced · 24.0% recent
- Next month vs later At-the-money implied volatility for 8-45 day expiries over 46-90 day ones: whether options price the coming month as choppier or calmer than the two after it. Ahead of a report it usually reads choppier, and the extra comes out once the report is out. Methodology
- Choppier
- Crash protection What options that pay off in a fall cost against options that pay off in a rise (the 25-delta skew), compared with this company's own normal - the median of its stored nightly readings, once there are 20 - and with five sessions ago. Protection costs a little more than upside on most shares. More than usual means readers of the chain are paying up to insure against a drop; it does not say which way the stock will go. Methodology
- past week: costs less
Positioning
- Premium traded
- $1.5M calls $276,206 · puts $1.3M · latest session
- 4.60× +3.65 over the week
- Open interest added The change over five sessions in option positions left open overnight, calls and puts. A rise means positions were added. It cannot say whether they were bought or sold, so more calls is not a vote for a rise: a call is as often sold against shares already held. Methodology
- calls -771 · puts +8.58k past week
For options traders: ATM IV 38.0% (+1.1% 1w) · 1m ÷ 3m IV 1.09 · 25Δ skew -2.3 pts · Net GEX -$7.0M
Most traded contracts
No contract passed the liquidity filters this week.
Filings
| Filed | Report | Period to | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Aug 1, 2026 | 31d |
| Jun 2, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | May 2, 2026 | 31d |
| Mar 31, 2026 | Annual ↗ | Jan 31, 2026 | 59d |
| Dec 10, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Nov 1, 2025 | 39d |
| Sep 10, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Aug 2, 2025 | 39d |
| Jun 11, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | May 3, 2025 | 39d |
| Apr 1, 2025 | Annual ↗ | Feb 1, 2025 | 59d |
| Dec 11, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Nov 2, 2024 | 39d |
| Sep 11, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Aug 3, 2024 | 39d |
| Jun 12, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | May 4, 2024 | 39d |
| Apr 2, 2024 | Annual ↗ | Feb 3, 2024 | 59d |
| Dec 6, 2023 | Quarterly ↗ | Oct 28, 2023 | 39d |
Current reports
| Filed | Disclosed |
|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2026 | Director or officer change · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Aug 20, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| May 27, 2026 | Shareholder vote ↗ |
| May 21, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Mar 3, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Nov 24, 2025 | Director or officer change · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Nov 20, 2025 | Results ↗ |
| Sep 2, 2025 | Director or officer change ↗ |
| Aug 21, 2025 | Results ↗ |
| Jun 30, 2025 | Material agreement · Agreement ended ↗ |
| May 28, 2025 | Shareholder vote ↗ |
| May 22, 2025 | Results ↗ |