ROST Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Ross Stores | NASDAQ:ROST)

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 1,900 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.

Ross Stores trades on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol ROST.

As of January 8, 2026, ROST stock price climbed to $189.27 with 2,213,247 million shares trading.

ROST has a beta of 0.46, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. ROST has a correlation of 0.09 to the broad based SPY ETF.

ROST has a market cap of $62.24 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

Last quarter Ross Stores reported $6 billion in Revenue and $1.58 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $191 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.17.

In the last 3 years, ROST traded as high as $191.22 and as low as $99.00.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that ROST belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, VOO, QQQ, VO, IVV.

ROST has outperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +26.0% while the SPY ETF gained +18.4%. ROST has also outperformed the stock market ETF in the last 3 month and 2 week periods returning +26.2% and +4.2%, respectively, while the SPY returned +3.3% and -0.1%, respectively.

ROST support price is $185.02 and resistance is $188.96 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that ROST shares will trade within this expected range on the day.