Ross Stores (NASDAQ:ROST) Releases Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Ross Stores (NASDAQ:ROST) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 1.330-1.470 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 1.530. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Ross Stores also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 5.950-6.550 EPS.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms recently issued reports on ROST. Guggenheim reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $180.00 price objective on shares of Ross Stores in a research note on Friday, November 22nd. Citigroup cut Ross Stores from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their price target for the stock from $179.00 to $152.00 in a research report on Tuesday, November 12th. Sanford C. Bernstein reissued a “market perform” rating and set a $165.00 price objective (down previously from $178.00) on shares of Ross Stores in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. Wells Fargo & Company reissued an “equal weight” rating and issued a $165.00 price objective on shares of Ross Stores in a research note on Friday, January 10th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on Ross Stores from $171.00 to $173.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, November 22nd. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $169.06.

Ross Stores Stock Performance

ROST traded down $0.84 on Tuesday, hitting $135.97. 4,069,740 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,442,898. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $146.56 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $147.78. The company has a current ratio of 1.57, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29. Ross Stores has a 52 week low of $127.53 and a 52 week high of $163.60. The firm has a market capitalization of $44.86 billion, a PE ratio of 21.41, a P/E/G ratio of 2.13 and a beta of 1.10.

Ross Stores (NASDAQ:ROST) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 4th. The apparel retailer reported $1.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.65 by $0.14. Ross Stores had a return on equity of 41.83% and a net margin of 9.95%. On average, research analysts predict that Ross Stores will post 6.17 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Ross Stores Company Profile

Ross Stores, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates off-price retail apparel and home fashion stores under the Ross Dress for Less and dd’s DISCOUNTS brand names in the United States. Its stores primarily offer apparel, accessories, footwear, and home fashions. The company’s Ross Dress for Less stores sell its products at department and specialty stores to middle income households; and dd’s DISCOUNTS stores sell its products at department and discount stores for households with moderate income.