Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST): Price and Financial Metrics

ROST POWR Grades

• ROST scores best on the Sentiment dimension, with a Sentiment rank ahead of 94.72% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for ROST is in Stability, which has been heading up over the past 177 days.
• ROST's current lowest rank is in the Value metric (where it is better than 35.82% of US stocks).

ROST Stock Summary

• ROST has a higher market value than 94.04% of US stocks; more precisely, its current market capitalization is $37,811,668,326.
• ROST's one year PEG ratio, measuring expected growth in earnings next year relative to current common stock price is 2,064.72 -- higher than 98.4% of US-listed equities with positive expected earnings growth.
• ROSS STORES INC's stock had its IPO on July 9, 1986, making it an older stock than 92.71% of US equities in our set.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to ROSS STORES INC are WSO, ODFL, MIDD, LULU, and LDOS.
• ROST's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit ROSS STORES INC's official web site, go to www.rossstores.com.

ROST Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Consumer Cyclical stock, ROST's EV/EBIT ratio is 42.76% higher, now standing at 20.2.
• Over the past 243 months, ROST's EV/EBIT ratio has gone up 9.5.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for ROST.

ROST Growth Metrics

The 3 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at -0.36%.
• The 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at 50.42%.
• The 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at 114.56%.

ROST's revenue has moved up $1,177,013,000 over the prior 15 months.

The table below shows ROST's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-09-30	18,502.25	707.863	1,431.82
2022-06-30	18,511.3	337.189	1,474.814
2022-03-31	18,733.26	569.762	1,584.555
2021-12-31	18,916.24	1,738.849	1,722.589
2021-09-30	18,145.27	1,966.463	1,593.747
2021-06-30	17,325.23	3,418.907	1,339.914

ROST's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• ROST has a Quality Grade of A, ranking ahead of 95.71% of graded US stocks.
• ROST's asset turnover comes in at 1.324 -- ranking 97th of 165 Retail stocks.
• TJX, BURL, and JWN are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with ROST.

The table below shows ROST's key quality metrics over time.