Ross Stores Stock Forecast, Price & News

21 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ross Stores in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 18 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Ross Stores stock.
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Ross Stores saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 26th, there was short interest totaling 5,870,000 shares, an increase of 28.4% from the February 11th total of 4,570,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,920,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.1 days. Approximately 1.7% of the company's stock are short sold.
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Ross Stores is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 20th 2021.
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Ross Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROST) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, March, 1st. The apparel retailer reported $0.67 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.00 by $0.33. The apparel retailer had revenue of $4.25 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.27 billion. Ross Stores had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 22.57% and a net margin of 2.39%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 3.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.28 EPS.
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Ross Stores' stock was trading at $98.65 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ROST shares have increased by 29.3% and is now trading at $127.52.
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Ross Stores declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, March 2nd. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.285 per share on Wednesday, March 31st. This represents a $1.14 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.89%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 15th.
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Ross Stores pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.89%. Ross Stores has been increasing its dividend for 27 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Ross Stores is 24.89%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Ross Stores will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.39% next year. This indicates that Ross Stores will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Ross Stores issued an update on its first quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, March, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.74-0.86 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.91.

21 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Ross Stores' stock. Their forecasts range from $93.00 to $132.00. On average, they expect Ross Stores' share price to reach $117.05 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.2%.
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1,341 employees have rated Ross Stores CEO Barbara Rentler on Glassdoor.com. Barbara Rentler has an approval rating of 67% among Ross Stores' employees.

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Ross Stores trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "ROST."

Ross Stores' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Security National Bank (0.02%), Huntington National Bank (0.02%), Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.01%), First Hawaiian Bank (0.00%) and Everence Capital Management Inc. (0.00%). Company insiders that own Ross Stores stock include Barbara Rentler, Brian R Morrow, George Orban, James S Fassio, Michael Balmuth, Michael J Hartshorn, Michael K Kobayashi and Travis Marquette.
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ROST stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Huntington National Bank, Pacer Advisors Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Private Capital Group LLC, and First Financial Bank Trust Division. Company insiders that have sold Ross Stores company stock in the last year include Barbara Rentler, Brian R Morrow, George Orban, Michael Balmuth, Michael J Hartshorn, Michael K Kobayashi, and Travis Marquette.
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ROST stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Everence Capital Management Inc., TrimTabs Asset Management LLC, Security National Bank, First Hawaiian Bank, and Bath Savings Trust Co.
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One share of ROST stock can currently be purchased for approximately $127.52.

Ross Stores has a market capitalization of $45.48 billion and generates $16.04 billion in revenue each year. The apparel retailer earns $1.66 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.58 on an earnings per share basis.

Ross Stores employs 92,500 workers across the globe.

Ross Stores was founded in 1982.

The official website for Ross Stores is www.rossstores.com.

Ross Stores is headquartered at 5130 HACIENDA DRIVE, DUBLIN CA, 94568.

Ross Stores' mailing address is 5130 HACIENDA DRIVE, DUBLIN CA, 94568. The apparel retailer can be reached via phone at 925-965-4400 or via email at [email protected]