Ross Stores Inc (ROST)

NASD · Consumer Cyclical · Apparel Retail · USA

Ross Stores Inc is a large cap company (market value between $10 billion and $200 billion) in the Apparel Retail industry.

Ross Stores operates two discount retail brands: Ross Dress for Less and dd's DISCOUNTS. Ross sells name-brand apparel, accessories, and home goods at substantial markdowns to middle-income shoppers, while dd's DISCOUNTS offers similar merchandise at deeper discounts to lower to moderate-income customers in urban and suburban locations.

From its FY2025 annual report (Form 10-K)

Intrinsic value, DCF valuation, financial health and value investing analysis for the Ross Stores Inc stock.

Our verdict on ROST

Overvalued: intrinsic value $134.49 per share, market price $238.66, margin of safety -77.5% (as of 2026-10-19).

Discounting its cash flows at 9.4% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $134.49; the price of $238.66 is 77% above that value, and 75% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score: 66/100 on 11 of 12 signals (Faint Leak).

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Is ROST undervalued or overvalued?

ROST is overvalued (as of the 2026-10-19 close). Discounting its cash flows at 9.4% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $134.49; the price of $238.66 is 77% above that value, and 75% of that value comes from beyond year five.

What is the intrinsic value of ROST?

$134.49 per share (as of the 2026-10-19 close), against a market price of $238.66. That is a margin of safety of -77.5%. The value is the average of the valuation methods that apply to this company, recomputed every night after the US close.

What growth is priced into ROST stock?

The price needs faster growth than we project for any company. It is betting on an exception. Yearly sales growth the price needs: 30.5%. Yearly sales growth it has sustained: 7.7%.

What is Ross Stores Inc's Leak Score?

66 out of 100, which we rate "Faint Leak", on 11 of 12 value investing signals.