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Ross Stores ROST Return on invested capital

Return on invested capital at other companies

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Walmart WMT
15.3%-1.2pp
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TJX CompaniesTJX
31.9%+2.1pp
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AmazonAMZN
14%-3.8pp
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Dollar TreeDLTR
13.4%+4.1pp

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 return on invested capital?
Ross Stores (ROST) reported return on invested capital of 32.6% in Q1 2026.
How has Ross Stores's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
Ross Stores's return on invested capital increased by 6.5% year-over-year, from 30.6% to 32.6%.
What is the long-term trend for Ross Stores's return on invested capital?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Ross Stores's return on invested capital has grown at a -0.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 123.1% to 120.7%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
How do you interpret return on invested capital?
The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.