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

ROST POWR Grades

• ROST scores best on the Quality dimension, with a Quality rank ahead of 88.68% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for ROST is in Growth, which has been heading down over the past 179 days.
• ROST ranks lowest in Growth; there it ranks in the 24th percentile.

ROST Stock Summary

• ROST's one year PEG ratio, measuring expected growth in earnings next year relative to current common stock price is 1.72 -- higher than just 8.13% 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 92.35% of US equities in our set.
• Over the past twelve months, ROST has reported earnings growth of 1,129.7%, putting it ahead of 98.02% of US stocks in our set.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Ross Stores Inc, a group of peers worth examining would be CBRE, DHI, GPN, MNST, and IT.
• Visit ROST's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.rossstores.com.

ROST Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Consumer Cyclical stock, ROST's price/earnings ratio is 152.06% higher, now standing at 48.9.
• Over the past 243 months, ROST's price/sales ratio has gone up 1.9.
• Over the past 243 months, ROST's EV/EBIT ratio has gone up 22.9.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for ROST.

ROST Growth Metrics

Its 4 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at -9.25%.
• Its 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 193.35%.
• The 3 year price growth rate now stands at 73.82%.

Over the past 52 months, ROST's revenue has gone up $4,810,389,000.

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
2021-09-30	18,145.27	1,966.463	1,593.747
2021-06-30	17,325.23	3,418.907	1,339.914
2021-03-31	15,204.97	4,057.195	867.703
2020-12-31	12,531.57	2,245.933	85.382
2020-09-30	12,695.34	2,543.739	303.535
2020-06-30	12,789.95	1,260.504	543.27

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.