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Ross Stores

Ticker ROSTDUBLIN, CAFiscal year ends FebruaryBook value per share $21.05Diluted shares 320.3M

Ross Stores, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROST) operates Ross Dress for Less and dd’s DISCOUNTS, off-price retail chains selling apparel, accessories, footwear, and home fashions to value-driven customers. Ross offers first-quality, in-season branded and designer merchandise, generally at 20% to 60% below department and specialty… From the company’s description.

In fiscal 2026, Ross Stores reported revenue of $22.75B, up 7.7% from fiscal 2025, and net income of $2.15B. Its operating margin was 11.9%, and operations generated $3.03B in cash. Over the twelve months to Aug 1, 2026, revenue was $24.51B.

Fiscal year 2026 · ends 02-01Changes are against fiscal 2025The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-08-01
Sales & profitability
$22.75BFY2026
+7.7% year over year
Last 12 mo $24.51B
11.90%FY2026
−0.3 percentage points
Last 12 mo 13.75%
$2.15BFY2026
+2.6% year over year
Last 12 mo $2.66B
34.67%FY2026
−3.3 percentage points
Last 12 mo 39.43%
Cash & financing
$3.03BFY2026
+28.4% year over year
Last 12 mo $3.66B
$2.21BFY2026
+34.9% year over year
Last 12 mo $2.79B
0.25FY2026
Was 0.40× a year earlier
Last 12 mo 0.15
324.4MFY2026
−2.0% year over year
Last 12 mo 320.3M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What Ross Stores does

In the company’s own words

Ross Stores, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROST) operates Ross Dress for Less and dd’s DISCOUNTS, off-price retail chains selling apparel, accessories, footwear, and home fashions to value-driven customers. Ross offers first-quality, in-season branded and designer merchandise, generally at 20% to 60% below department and specialty store regular prices, while dd’s DISCOUNTS focuses on moderately priced goods at 20% to 70% below moderate department and discount store prices. Both brands serve families, with Ross primarily targeting middle-income households and dd’s DISCOUNTS targeting lower- to moderate-income households. The company reports its business through these two retail brands; as of January 31, 2026, it operated 1,904 Ross stores in 44 states and U.S. territories and 363 dd’s DISCOUNTS stores in 22 states. Its assortment spans clothing and footwear as well as home goods, beauty, toys, luggage, electronics, and other categories. Merchandise is sourced through opportunistic purchases from manufacturers, brands, and vendors. Ross Stores had approximately 111,000 associates as of January 31, 2026. Its website is www.rossstores.com.

Company details
Sector
Consumer Discretionary
Industry (SIC)
Retail
Headquarters
DUBLIN, CA
Fiscal year end
February
CIK
745732
SIC
5651

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2014–2026 · USD
$-2.45B$4.90B$12.26B$19.61B$26.96B2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns Ross Stores — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

1.1K
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$28.37B
held by funds, at market
40.8%
of shares held by funds
3
bond issues held by funds

Largest fund holders · Ross Stores’s weight in each

VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.09%of fund net assets
VANGUARD 500 INDEX FUND
VOO · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.11%of fund net assets
VANGUARD MID-CAP INDEX FUND
VO · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.66%of fund net assets
0.30%of fund net assets
VANGUARD PRIMECAP FUND
VPMCX · VANGUARD CHESTER FUNDS
1.48%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Ross Stores’s bonds, as funds hold them

Funds report holding 3 issues of Ross Stores’s debt, $79.00M at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 2.46%, maturing 2027 to 2031.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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