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Ross Stores ROST Free cash flow yield

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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$74.68B+60.7%
Enterprise value$75.2B+57.8%
P/E32.3×+9.9×
P/S3.1×+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
Debt / equity0.7×-0.2×
Current ratio1.5×0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Ross Stores’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

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 free cash flow yield?
Ross Stores (ROST) reported free cash flow yield of 3.5% in Q1 2026.
How has Ross Stores's free cash flow yield changed year-over-year?
Ross Stores's free cash flow yield increased by 2.0% year-over-year, from 3.5% to 3.5%.
What is the long-term trend for Ross Stores's free cash flow yield?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Ross Stores's free cash flow yield has grown at a -12.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 23% to 13.7%.
What does free cash flow yield mean?
The spendable cash the business throws off each year as a percentage of its market price.
How do you interpret free cash flow yield?
Higher yield can mean better value — you pay less for each dollar of cash generated. A useful sanity check against earnings-based multiples, which non-cash items can distort.
How does free cash flow yield compare across companies?
Comparable across cash-generative companies; less meaningful for firms in heavy-investment phases with temporarily negative FCF.