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Ross Stores (ROST) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Ross Stores filings provide 17 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 25.41% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 17.0% to 25.41% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Jan 2026 was 25.41%, a 17.0% increase, with the full-year FY2026 number at 26.03%, up 2.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 25.41% in Q1 2026 for Ross Stores, down from 26.41% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 26.41% in Q4 2025 to a low of 124.4% in Q4 2023.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 119.74% (2022), compared with a mean of 67.09%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: plummeted -758bps in 2022 and later skyrocketed 14732bps in 2025.
  • Ross Stores' Return on Capital Employed stood at 123.13% in 2022, then decreased by -1bps to 124.4% in 2023, then surged by 86bps to 17.34% in 2024, then surged by 252bps to 26.41% in 2025, then dropped by -4bps to 25.41% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 25.41% (Q1 2026), 26.41% (Q4 2025), and 25.78% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.