Growth Metrics

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

Ross Stores filings provide 18 years of Net Margin readings, the most recent being 9.73% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Net Margin fell 19.0% to 9.73% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Jan 2026 was 9.43%, a 47.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2026 number at 9.43%, down 47.0% from a year prior.
  • Net Margin hit 9.73% in Q1 2026 for Ross Stores, up from 9.14% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Net Margin ranged from a high of 10.12% in Q1 2024 to a low of 7.31% in Q1 2022.
  • Median Net Margin over the past 5 years was 9.14% (2025), compared with a mean of 9.02%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Net Margin: tumbled -274bps in 2022 and later surged 179bps in 2024.
  • Ross Stores' Net Margin stood at 7.49% in 2022, then rose by 21bps to 9.08% in 2023, then rose by 6bps to 9.64% in 2024, then fell by -5bps to 9.14% in 2025, then grew by 6bps to 9.73% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Net Margin were 9.73% (Q1 2026), 9.14% (Q4 2025), and 9.19% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.