Ross Stores, Inc (ROST) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $125.95, with 5.33 million shares of worth about $671.45 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -17.77% during that period and on Wednesday the price saw a gain of about 1.81%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 329.93M shares, out of which, 322.88M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -0.45% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -9.45%. Year-to-date (YTD), ROST shares are showing a performance of -16.74% which decreased to -13.21% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $122.77 but also hit the highest price of $163.60 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Ross Stores, Inc shares is 2.68 million. The stock is currently trading -5.32% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -10.99% for SMA50 and it goes to -13.58% lower than SMA200.
Ross Stores, Inc (NASDAQ: ROST) currently have 329.93M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 91.32% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $41.55B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.13. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 19.92, while it has posted earnings per share of $6.32 in the same period. Its PEG reads 2.99 and has Quick Ratio of 1.09 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 1.03. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for ROST, volatility over the week remained 2.02% while standing at 2.62% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 2.27% while it is estimated to increase by 8.94% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 6.66% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 6.57% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by Telsey Advisory Group on March 05, 2025 offering a Market perform rating for the stock and assigned a target price range of between $175 and $150 to it. Coverage by Morgan Stanley stated Ross Stores, Inc (ROST) stock as an Equal-weight in their note to investors on January 21, 2025, suggesting a price target of $140 for the stock. On January 10, 2025, Wells Fargo Downgrade their recommendations, while on January 07, 2025, Bernstein Downgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $165. Stock get a Neutral rating from Citigroup on November 12, 2024.