Ross Stores (ROST)

• Market cap: $48.2B
• 1 day: 0.71%
• 5 days: -1.38%
• 1 month: 0.98%
• 3 months: 14.29%
• 6 months: 17.48%
• Year to date: -3.35%
• 1 year: -1.88%
• 5 years: 57.1%
• 10 years: 192.12%
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Apparel Retail

About: Ross Stores operates as an off-price apparel and accessories retailer with the majority of its sales derived from its Ross Dress for Less banner. The company opportunistically procures excess brand-name merchandise made available via manufacturing overruns and retail liquidation sales at a 20%-60% discount to full prices. As such, its stores are often filled with a vast array of stock-keeping units, each with minimal product depth that creates a treasure hunt shopping experience. The firm's more than 1,850 Ross Dress for Less stores are primarily located in densely populated suburban communities and typically serve middle-income consumers. Ross also operates around 360 DD's Discounts chains targeting lower-income shoppers.

Employees: 107,000

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

126% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $526M | Put options by funds: $233M

33% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 126 | Existing positions closed: 95

14% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 396 | Existing positions reduced: 348

2% more funds holding

Funds holding: 1,004 [Q1] → 1,022 (+18) [Q2]

1.58% more ownership

Funds ownership: 88.52% [Q1] → 90.1% (+1.58%) [Q2]

1% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $37.3B [Q1] → $37.6B (+$265M) [Q2]

21% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 14 [Q1] → 11 (-3) [Q2]

Research analyst outlook

8 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $130
• Avg. target: $157
• High target: $175

8 analyst ratings

• positive: 5 63%
• neutral: 3 38%
• negative: 0 0%

Wells Fargo Ike Boruchow	$175	Overweight Maintained	28 Aug 2025
Morgan Stanley Alex Straton	$130	Equal-Weight Maintained	22 Aug 2025
Baird Mark Altschwager	$170	Outperform Maintained	22 Aug 2025
JP Morgan Matthew Boss	$160	Overweight Maintained	22 Aug 2025
UBS Jay Sole	$147	Neutral Maintained	22 Aug 2025