Growth Metrics

Ross Stores (ROST) EBT Margin (2016 - 2026)

Ross Stores filings provide 18 years of EBT Margin readings, the most recent being 12.78% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, EBT Margin fell 25.0% to 12.78% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Jan 2026 was 12.49%, a 56.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2026 number at 12.49%, down 56.0% from a year prior.
  • EBT Margin hit 12.78% in Q1 2026 for Ross Stores, up from 12.18% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBT Margin ranged from a high of 13.29% in Q3 2024 to a low of 9.43% in Q1 2022.
  • Median EBT Margin over the past 5 years was 12.13% (2025), compared with a mean of 11.89%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in EBT Margin: crashed -344bps in 2022 and later surged 227bps in 2024.
  • Ross Stores' EBT Margin stood at 9.88% in 2022, then rose by 22bps to 12.05% in 2023, then grew by 6bps to 12.75% in 2024, then fell by -4bps to 12.18% in 2025, then rose by 5bps to 12.78% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for EBT Margin were 12.78% (Q1 2026), 12.18% (Q4 2025), and 12.13% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.