Ross Stores, a large-cap Apparel Retail stock, moved 0.6% this morning. Here are some facts about the company that we're keeping an eye on:
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Ross Stores has logged a 2.5% 52 week change, compared to -3.3% for the S&P 500
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ROST has an average analyst rating of buy and is -12.43% away from its mean target price of $121.8 per share
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Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $4.38, which brings its trailing Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio to 24.4. The Consumer Discretionary sector's average P/E ratio is 22.33
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The company's forward earnings per share (EPS) is $5.48 and its forward P/E ratio is 19.5
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The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 8.5 in contrast to the Consumer Discretionary sector's average P/B ratio is 3.12
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The current ratio is currently 1.9, which consists in its liquid assets divided by any liabilities due within in the next 12 months
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ROST has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 24.2% and gross profit margins of 0.3%
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The company's free cash flow for the last fiscal year was $1,035,303,000.00 and the average free cash flow growth rate is -10.5%
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Ross Stores's revenues have an average growth rate of 3.9% with operating expenses growing at 4.0%. The company's current operating margins stand at 10.6%
