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Ross Stores ROST Debt-to-equity

Debt-to-equity at other companies

Walmart
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Walmart WMT
0.8×0.0×
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TJX CompaniesTJX
1.4×-0.2×
Amazon logo
AmazonAMZN
0.5×0.0×
Dollar Tree logo
Dollar TreeDLTR
2.2×+0.4×

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$6.0B+20.6%
Gross profit$1.8B+26.8%
Operating income$804.0M+32.6%
Net income$650.0M+35.6%
EPS (diluted)$2.02+37.4%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$4.2B+9.1%
Total debt$4.7B-5.8%
Total equity$6.3B+13.1%
Total assets$15.6B+8.7%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$836.0M+104%
CapEx$209.0M+0.8%
Free cash flow$627.1M+210%

Valuation

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Market cap$74.82B+60.7%
Enterprise value$75.35B+57.8%
P/E32.3×+9.9×
P/S3.2×+1.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin28.1%+0.3pp
Operating margin12.2%0.0pp
Net margin9.7%-0.1pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity39%-0.6pp
Current ratio1.5×0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Ross Stores’s reported figures.

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Ross Stores’s 10-Q, filed June 2, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Ross Stores's debt-to-equity?
Ross Stores (ROST) reported debt-to-equity of 0.7× in Q1 2026.
How has Ross Stores's debt-to-equity changed year-over-year?
Ross Stores's debt-to-equity decreased by 16.7% year-over-year, from 0.9× to 0.7×.
What is the long-term trend for Ross Stores's debt-to-equity?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Ross Stores's debt-to-equity has grown at a -11.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 5.8× to 3.5×.
What does debt-to-equity mean?
How much debt the company carries for every dollar of shareholder equity.
How do you interpret debt-to-equity?
Lower is generally safer, but moderate leverage can boost returns. Read in the context of cash-flow stability — a utility tolerates more debt than a cyclical. Negative equity makes the ratio meaningless and it is suppressed there.
How does debt-to-equity compare across companies?
Comparable within an industry; capital structures differ sharply across sectors. Not meaningful for banks.