Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST) Stock

About Ross Stores, Inc.

Ross Stores, Inc. is led by CEO James G. Conroy, employs 107,000 people, headquartered in Dublin, US, publicly traded since 1985.

Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST) stock trades at $225.20 with a market capitalization of $72.24B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 28.35, price-to-book of 11.15, price-to-sales of 3.09. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $147.49 and $257.00, and currently trades 12.4% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 0.75%.

On profitability, Ross Stores, Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 42.34% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, return on capital employed of 30.37%, an operating margin of 11.90%, a net profit margin of 10.85%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Ross Stores, Inc. reported annual revenue of $22.8B, net profit of $2.1B, revenue has compounded at 12.7% a year over the last five years, profit at 90.7% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70, a current ratio of 1.58, total assets of $15.5B, $4.6B in cash and equivalents.

ROST has a beta of 0.86.