NASDAQ:ROSTRoss Stores Stock Price, Forecast & News

Ross Stores' stock was trading at $98.65 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ROST shares have decreased by 4.8% and is now trading at $93.88. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

26 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ross Stores in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 18 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Ross Stores.

Ross Stores is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 27th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Ross Stores.

Ross Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROST) announced its earnings results on Thursday, May, 21st. The apparel retailer reported ($0.87) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.01) by $0.86. The apparel retailer earned $1.84 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.04 billion. Ross Stores had a return on equity of 35.71% and a net margin of 6.63%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 51.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.15 earnings per share. View Ross Stores' earnings history.

Ross Stores announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, March 3rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 17th will be given a dividend of $0.285 per share on Tuesday, March 31st. This represents a $1.14 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.21%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 16th. This is a boost from Ross Stores's previous quarterly dividend of $0.26. View Ross Stores' dividend history.

Ross Stores announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback plan on Tuesday, March 5th 2019, which allows the company to repurchase $2,550,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 7.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Ross Stores updated its FY21 earnings guidance on Tuesday, March, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.67-4.88 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $5.03.

26 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Ross Stores' shares. Their forecasts range from $80.00 to $145.00. On average, they expect Ross Stores' share price to reach $108.54 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Ross Stores.

Media headlines about ROST stock have trended somewhat positive on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ross Stores earned a news sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the apparel retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutRoss Stores.

Ross Stores saw a drop in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,090,000 shares, a drop of 10.7% from the April 30th total of 4,580,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,560,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.1 days. Currently, 1.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Ross Stores' Current Options Chain.

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

Ross Stores' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.16%), State Street Corp (4.75%), Primecap Management Co. CA (3.15%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.84%), Franklin Resources Inc. (1.50%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.47%). Company insiders that own Ross Stores stock include Barbara Rentler, Bernard G Brautigan, George Orban, James S Fassio, Michael Balmuth, Michael J Bush, Michael J Hartshorn and Norman A Ferber. View institutional ownership trends for Ross Stores.

ROST stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital International Investors, Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt, Alliancebernstein L.P., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Clearbridge Investments LLC, Forsta AP Fonden, AQR Capital Management LLC, and Wedgewood Partners Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Ross Stores company stock in the last year include Barbara Rentler, George Orban, James S Fassio, and Michael Balmuth. View insider buying and selling activity for Ross Stores.

ROST stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vontobel Asset Management Inc., APG Asset Management N.V., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Marshfield Associates, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Morgan Stanley, Bessemer Group Inc., and BlackRock Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for Ross Stores.

Shares of ROST can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of ROST stock can currently be purchased for approximately $93.88.

Ross Stores has a market capitalization of $33.36 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.

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

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]