Growth Metrics

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

Ross Stores filings provide 18 years of Gross Margin readings, the most recent being 27.19% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Gross Margin rose 66.0% to 27.19% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Jan 2026 was 27.71%, a 7.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2026 number at 27.71%, down 7.0% from a year prior.
  • Gross Margin hit 27.19% in Q1 2026 for Ross Stores, down from 28.0% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 28.34% in Q4 2024 to a low of 24.7% in Q1 2023.
  • Median Gross Margin over the past 5 years was 27.35% (2024), compared with a mean of 26.96%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Gross Margin: tumbled -319bps in 2022 and later surged 265bps in 2024.
  • Ross Stores' Gross Margin stood at 25.0% in 2022, then increased by 11bps to 27.63% in 2023, then grew by 3bps to 28.34% in 2024, then decreased by -1bps to 28.0% in 2025, then decreased by -3bps to 27.19% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Gross Margin were 27.19% (Q1 2026), 28.0% (Q4 2025), and 27.62% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.