Growth Metrics

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

Ross Stores filings provide 18 years of FCF Payout Ratio readings, the most recent being 0.14 for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio fell 20.64% to 0.14 in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Jan 2026 was 0.24, a 19.87% decrease, with the full-year FY2026 number at 0.24, down 19.87% from a year prior.
  • FCF Payout Ratio hit 0.14 in Q1 2026 for Ross Stores, 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.
  • Median FCF Payout Ratio over the past 5 years was 0.3 (2022), compared with a mean of 0.38.
  • The widest YoY moves for FCF Payout Ratio: up 6567874.57% in 2022, down 225.58% in 2022.
  • Ross Stores' FCF Payout Ratio 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.
  • The last three reported values for FCF Payout Ratio were 0.14 (Q1 2026), 0.21 (Q4 2025), and 0.28 (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.