Growth Metrics

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

Ross Stores filings provide 18 years of FCF Margin readings, the most recent being 13.88% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Margin rose 243.0% to 13.88% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Jan 2026 was 9.7%, a 196.0% increase, with the full-year FY2026 number at 9.7%, up 196.0% from a year prior.
  • FCF Margin hit 13.88% in Q1 2026 for Ross Stores, up from 11.03% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 18.81% in Q1 2023 to a low of 12.14% in Q2 2022.
  • Median FCF Margin over the past 5 years was 7.46% (2024), compared with a mean of 7.15%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Margin: tumbled -2578bps in 2022 and later skyrocketed 1770bps in 2023.
  • Ross Stores' FCF Margin stood at 7.76% in 2022, then fell by -29bps to 5.53% in 2023, then rose by 19bps to 6.57% in 2024, then surged by 68bps to 11.03% in 2025, then grew by 26bps to 13.88% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for FCF Margin were 13.88% (Q1 2026), 11.03% (Q4 2025), and 8.44% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.