Shares of Consumer Discretionary sector company Ross Stores moved -2.3% today, and are now trading at a price of $134.59. The large-cap stock's daily volume was 3,056,768 compared to its average volume of 2,277,095. The S&P 500 index returned a 0.0% performance.
Ross Stores, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates off-price retail apparel and home fashion stores under the Ross Dress for Less and dd's DISCOUNTS brand names in the United States. The company is based in Dublin and has 101,000 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $45,311,873,024. Ross Stores currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 1.0% per year.
21 analysts are following Ross Stores and have set target prices ranging from $85.0 to $147.0 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of buy. At today's prices, ROST is trading 0.26% away from its average analyst target price of $134.24 per share.
Over the last year, ROST's share price has increased by 21.2%, which represents a difference of 0.4% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $137.84 per share whereas its 52 week low is $99.0. Ross Stores's average free cash flow over the last 6 years has been $1.44 Billion, but they have been decreasing at an average rate of -5.6%. This may prove a challenge to the long term sustainability of the stock's upwards trend.
| Date Reported | Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) | Capital expenditures ($ k) | Free Cash Flow ($ k) | YoY Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1,689,373 | 654,070 | 1,035,303 | -12.34 |
| 2022 | 1,738,849 | 557,840 | 1,181,009 | -35.83 |
| 2021 | 2,245,933 | 405,433 | 1,840,500 | 13.89 |
| 2020 | 2,171,546 | 555,483 | 1,616,063 | -2.22 |
| 2019 | 2,066,677 | 413,898 | 1,652,779 | 26.17 |
| 2018 | 1,681,338 | 371,423 | 1,309,915 |
