Growth Metrics

Ross Stores (ROST) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Ross Stores' FCF Payout Ratio history spans 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.14 for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 20.64% year-over-year to 0.14; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 0.24, down 19.87%, while the annual FY2026 figure was 0.24, 19.87% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio reached 0.14 in Q1 2026 per ROST's latest filing, down from 0.21 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 1.82 in Q1 2022 to a low of 0.21 in Q2 2022.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.38, with a median of 0.3 recorded in 2022.
  • The largest YoY upside for FCF Payout Ratio was 6567874.57% in 2022 against a maximum downside of 225.58% in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.3 in 2022, then skyrocketed by 37.18% to 0.42 in 2023, then dropped by 12.11% to 0.37 in 2024, then crashed by 41.76% to 0.21 in 2025, then crashed by 33.24% to 0.14 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ROST's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.14 (Q1 2026), 0.21 (Q4 2025), and 0.28 (Q3 2025).