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

Ross Stores filings provide 18 years of Operating Margin readings, the most recent being 12.27% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin fell 10.0% to 12.27% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Jan 2026 was 11.9%, a 34.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2026 number at 11.9%, down 34.0% from a year prior.
  • Operating Margin hit 12.27% in Q1 2026 for Ross Stores, up from 11.58% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 12.47% in Q3 2024 to a low of 65.73% in Q1 2022.
  • Median Operating Margin over the past 5 years was 59.43% (2024), compared with a mean of 27.5%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: crashed -638bps in 2022 and later skyrocketed 7458bps in 2024.
  • Ross Stores' Operating Margin stood at 65.12% in 2022, then grew by 7bps to 60.32% in 2023, then surged by 120bps to 11.91% in 2024, then decreased by -3bps to 11.58% in 2025, then grew by 6bps to 12.27% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Operating Margin were 12.27% (Q1 2026), 11.58% (Q4 2025), and 11.54% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.