Ross Stores

ROST

Apparel - Retail · Consumer Cyclical

Price

$233.46

+0.74 (+0.32%)

Market Cap

$74.89B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is curious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

−8.7% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 353.7M (2022) → 322.9M (2026)

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 brand names. Its stores primarily offer apparel, accessories, footwear, and home fashions. The company's Ross Dress for Less stores sell its products at department and specialty stores primarily to middle income households; and dd's DISCOUNTS stores sell its products at department and discount stores for households with moderate income. As

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+12.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+12.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

2.2%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$4.6B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

Ross Stores is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 12%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

28.0%

Modest — 28.0% gross margin

Operating Margin

12.3%

Healthy — 12.3% operating margin

ROCE

9.7%

Below par — 9.7% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+10.8%

Steady sales growth (10.8% YoY)

EPS YoY

+9.2%

Earnings growing (9.2% YoY)

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

EPS Consistency

4/8 quarters

Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

155%

Turns 155% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

11.3%

Modest free cash flow (11.3%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.36

Conservative — low debt load (0.36)

Interest Cover

82.73x

Comfortably covers interest (82.7x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

33.4x

Pricey — P/E 33.4

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward

+6.3

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (33.4 → 27.1)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

0.73%

Small dividend — 0.73% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth

+10.0%

Dividend growing fast (10.0% YoY)

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