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Ross Stores, Inc. ROST

18 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported
SEC FILINGS ONLY5 YEARS OF DIVIDEND GROWTH
Revenue · FY2025
$22.8B
▲ 7.7% vs FY2024
Dividend streak
5 yrs
Raised every year since 2021
EPS · FY25
$6.61
Dividend / sh · FY25
$1.62
Payout · FY25
25%
ROE · FY25
36.7%
Net margin · FY25
9.4%
Dividend coverage
4.1×
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Result
USD 22.8B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 18-year series below
Revenue Net income
8162422.82.12008201120142017202020232025
8162422.82.12016201920222025

9 cents of every revenue dollar became profit this year.

Per share
USD 6.61
Diluted EPS, FY2025
EPS Dividend
2.557.51.626.612008201120142017202020232025
2.557.51.626.612016201920222025

Earnings covered the dividend 4.1 times — the rest stayed in the company.

Profitability
36.7%
Return on equity, FY2025
ROE
20406036.7%2008201120142017202020232025
20406036.7%2016201920222025
Operating margin11.9%
Net margin9.4%
Return on assets14.1%

Each USD of equity produced 37 cents of profit this year.

Returned to shareholders
USD 1.6B
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Dividends paidUSD 528.1M
Net buybacksUSD 1.1B
Share of profit73.6%
Consecutive raises5 years

USD 528.1M in dividends and USD 1.1B in buybacks — 74% of the year's profit went back to shareholders.

Growth
+12.7% a year
revenue, compounded over five years
CAGR
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs
Revenue
+6.8%
+12.7%
+6.7%
+7.3%
Net income
+12.4%
+90.6%
+7.7%
+9.4%
EPS, diluted
+14.7%
+94.1%
+10.2%
Dividend / share
+9.3%
+41.6%
+13.2%
Returned to shareholders
+4.5%
+46.5%
+5.9%
+8.7%

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.

Share base
0.32B
Shares outstanding, FY2025
0.120.322008201120142017202020232025
0.390.322016201920222025
Change, 5 years−9.6%
Change, 10 years−19.9%

The share count shrank 10% in five years — the same company, cut into fewer, larger slices.

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Balance sheet
USD 15.5B
total assets, end of FY2025
Total assetsUSD 15.5B
EquityUSD 6.2B
CashUSD 4.6B
Gross debtUSD 1.5B
Net debtUSD -3.1B
Current ratio1.58×

The company holds more cash than debt.

History
18 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
Metric
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
Revenue $B
22.8
21.1
20.4
18.7
18.9
12.5
16.0
15.0
14.1
12.9
11.9
11.0
10.2
9.7
8.6
7.9
7.2
6.5
Operating income $B
2.7
2.6
2.3
2.0
2.3
0.1
2.2
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
EBITDA $B
3.2
3.0
2.7
2.4
2.6
0.5
2.5
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Income tax $B
0.7
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.0
0.5
0.5
0.7
0.7
0.6
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
Net income $B
2.1
2.1
1.9
1.5
1.7
0.1
1.7
1.6
1.4
1.1
1.0
0.9
0.8
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.4
0.3
EPS, diluted $
6.61
6.32
5.56
4.38
4.87
0.24
4.60
4.26
3.55
2.83
2.51
2.21
1.94
3.53
2.86
2.31
1.77
2.33
Dividend / sh $
1.62
1.47
1.34
1.24
1.14
0.28
1.02
0.90
0.64
0.54
0.47
0.40
0.26
0.59
0.47
0.35
0.24
0.40
Payout %
25
23
24
29
24
119
22
21
18
19
19
18
18
16
16
14
12
16
ROE %
36.7
40.3
40.9
36.2
46.9
2.6
49.8
50.0
47.0
42.8
43.0
43.1
44.4
48.3
46.5
44.6
41.1
30.7
Shares out B
0.32
0.33
0.34
0.34
0.35
0.36
0.36
0.37
0.38
0.39
0.40
0.41
0.21
0.22
0.23
0.24
0.12
·

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