Ross Stores is an apparel retail business based in the US. Ross Stores shares (ROST.US) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US dollars. Its last market close was $131.09 – the same closing value as a week prior. Ross Stores employs 101,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $19.6 billion.
November 17, 2023: The clothing retailer surged 7.2% following a beat on the top and bottom line in the third quarter. Late Thursday, Ross reported earnings of $1.33 per share on $4.92 billion in revenue, while analysts polled by LSEG forecast earnings of $1.22 per share and $4.85 billion in revenue, according to CNBC.
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Over the last 12 months, Ross Stores's shares have ranged in value from as little as $98.4076 up to $131.99. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Ross Stores's is 1.003. This would suggest that Ross Stores's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
Historical closes compared with the last close of $131.09
| 1 week (2023-11-21) | 0.28% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2023-10-28) | 16.22% |
| 3 months (2023-08-28) | 8.06% |
| 6 months (2023-05-28) | 30.70% |
| 1 year (2022-11-28) | 13.99% |
| 2 years (2021-11-28) | 22.21% |
| 3 years (2020-11-28) | 23.61% |
| 5 years (2018-11-28) | 60.08% |
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Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Ross Stores P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA
Ross Stores's current stock price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 26x. In other words, Ross Stores stocks trade at around 26x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United States stock markets on average as of November 10, 2023 (20.44). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Ross Stores's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.5962. Higher PEG ratios such as this can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value given the current rate of growth.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Ross Stores's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Ross Stores's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $2.5 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Ross Stores's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
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