ROST Ross Stores
Consumer Discretionary · Apparel Retail · close $236.89 (2026-10-16) · latest quarter in EDGAR: 2026-08-01
Ross Stores (ROST) has a ThetaGrade House Rating of 62/100 (grade A), ranking #7 of 128 in Consumer Discretionary. Its strongest pillars are balance sheet (83) and profitability (75); its weakest is valuation (24). TTM revenue growth is 14.0% and operating margin 13.7%.
Data as of .
Analyst sentiment
weight 7.5% · 50| Consensus score (1–5) (3.8%) | derived | 75 |
| 90-day net rating shift (3.8%) | derived | 22 |
Growth
weight 30.83% · 64| Revenue growth YoY (TTM) (12.3%) | 14.0% | 78 |
| EPS growth YoY (TTM) (12.3%) | 31.1% | 75 |
| Revenue acceleration (6.2%) | -7.3% | 12 |
Profitability
weight 18.5% · 75| Operating margin (9.9%) | 13.7% | 63 |
| 4Q gross-margin change (8.6%) | 2.1% | 89 |
Balance sheet
weight 18.5% · 83| Net debt / EBITDA (9.9%) | -0.84× | 90 |
| Current ratio (4.9%) | 1.61 | 70 |
| Interest coverage (3.7%) | 60.42× | 84 |
Cash flow
weight 12.33% · 49| FCF margin (6.2%) | 9.7% | 70 |
| FCF yield (6.2%) | 2.9% | 28 |
Valuation
weight 12.33% · 24| P/E (inverted) (6.2%) | 28.68× | 23 |
| EV/Sales (inverted) (6.2%) | 2.95× | 25 |
Technicals (EOD)
| RSI(14) | 60.0 |
| EMA 9 / 21 | 230.49 / 230.22 · crossed up 1d ago |
| 200-day SMA | 220.18 |
| Volume vs 20d avg | 1.08× |
| 20-day return | 3.2% |
Exit-rule monitor
No exit or watch rules triggered.
Data source per metric (SEC XBRL tag or derivation): Revenue: RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax · Gross profit: Revenue − CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold · Operating income: OperatingIncomeLoss · Interest expense: InterestPaidNet · D&A: DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization · EPS: EarningsPerShareDiluted · Market cap: SEC shares (dei EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding (cover page)) × EOD close · P/E: EOD close ÷ SEC TTM EPS (EarningsPerShareDiluted).
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FAQ
- What is ROST's House Rating?
- ROST scores 62 out of 100 (grade A) as of 2026-10-16, ranking #7 of 128 Consumer Discretionary stocks we cover.
- What do analysts say about ROST?
- ThetaGrade's analyst-sentiment pillar for ROST scores 50/100 against its sector peers, which we read as mixed. This is our own derived score; we do not republish individual analyst ratings, counts or targets.
- When does ROST report earnings next?
- ROST's next earnings report is estimated for about 2026-11-19 (window 2026-11-16 to 2026-11-22), based on its past SEC 8-K earnings filings. This is an estimate, not a company-confirmed date.
- Is ROST a buy?
- ThetaGrade does not give personal advice. The House Rating is an educational, rules-based summary of public data; see the methodology for how it is built.
Sources: SEC EDGAR filings (fetched 2026-10-18), Finnhub recommendation trends, Massive EOD prices. Scores are sector percentiles; a factor without usable data is a data gap: it is left out and the remaining weights are renormalized (nothing is imputed). Educational only. Methodology