ROST · Intrinsic value
Is Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST) overvalued or undervalued?
Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST) trades at the delayed market price of $238.82 a share. That price already implies revenue growth of more than 25%/yr. TickerWorth's fair value is $139.61 a share (71% above fair value), as of Oct 19, 2026. It is a model estimate, and every input behind it is sourced below.
Model by Miraaj Patel · generated from SEC filings and market data · Updated Oct 19, 2026 · How these pages are made
Is ROST overvalued?
- Fair value
- $139.61
- Market price
- $238.82
- Downside to fair value
- 41.5%
- Verdict
- 71% above fair value
Reverse DCF: Today's price implies revenue growth of more than 25%/yr. Above about 25% a year the reverse-DCF stops being informative. It solves for revenue growth alone — holding margins, capital intensity and the forecast horizon fixed — so a price well above our cash-flow model's value has nowhere to go but growth, and the solver returns a rate the model can't reconcile. Read it as "the price implies growth we can't justify", not as a forecast.
What is ROST's TickerWorth Score?
Middle of the pack — real strengths and real weaknesses
Compared with Consumer Cyclical companies in US
Its strongest point: recent price trend has been strong. Its weakest: looks expensive on the numbers.
- Value · 24 of 100
Cheaper than 24% of Consumer Cyclical companies in US
- Price vs worth · 17 of 100
- Quality · 61 of 100
More profitable than 61% of Consumer Cyclical companies in US
- Financial health · 73 of 100
Financially stronger than 73% of Consumer Cyclical companies in US
- Growth · 58 of 100
Growing faster than 58% of Consumer Cyclical companies in US
- Momentum · 95 of 100
Outperformed 95% of Consumer Cyclical companies in US over the past year
Confidence: Medium confidence · Scored
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ROST DCF valuation: what the price assumes
At a recent price of $238.82, Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST) trades 71% above TickerWorth's blended fair value of $139.61 per share — a discounted-cash-flow model cross-checked against peer multiples and asset value — meaning the market currently prices ROST overvalued vs our estimate of what the business is intrinsically worth. Our fair value sits below the market, an implied -41.5% move to close the gap if the business performs in line with our assumptions. This is an educational model, not a price target or a recommendation — the value moves with the inputs, which you can test yourself using the WACC slider below.
Read the full reasoning
One of the lenses behind that blended figure is a discounted-cash-flow model, which on its own values ROST at about $118.61 per share. The rest of this page walks through that DCF — its assumptions, reverse-DCF and discount-rate sensitivity — because it is the auditable anchor of the blend.
The valuation discounts Ross Stores, Inc.'s projected free cash flows at a weighted-average cost of capital (WACC) of 9.1%, with a long-run terminal growth rate of 2.5%. About 74% of the enterprise value comes from the terminal value — the portion beyond the explicit forecast window — which is typical for a stable, cash-generative business and a reminder that small changes in the discount rate or terminal growth assumption swing the intrinsic value meaningfully.
Running the DCF in reverse — solving for the growth the current price already assumes — ROST would need sustained revenue growth of more than 25%/yr to justify today's price, against about 7.0% a year compounded in our base case. We don't quote a precise figure here, because past about 25% a year the reverse-DCF stops being informative: it solves for revenue growth alone, holding margins, capital intensity and the forecast horizon fixed, so a price well above our fair value has nowhere to go but growth. The honest reading is that the price implies growth this model can't reconcile — not that we forecast it.
Sensitivity matters more than any single number. Across a reasonable band of discount-rate assumptions, ROST's modeled DCF value ranges from about $90.76 to $180.27 per share. If that range still sits below today's price, the market is optimistic relative to the model across the whole band; if it brackets the price, the stock is roughly fairly valued on our assumptions. Use the interactive slider to see exactly where your own cost-of-capital view lands.
How to read this page: the DCF fair value is what Ross Stores, Inc. would be worth if its cash flows grow as modeled and are discounted at the stated WACC. The assumptions table shows every input and its source; the reverse-DCF shows what the market believes; the sensitivity band shows how fragile the answer is. None of this is investment advice — it is a transparent, auditable framework for forming your own view of ROST's intrinsic value. Figures update as new filings and prices come in.
Every input behind ROST's DCF
| Input | Value |
|---|---|
| Base-year revenueRoss Stores, Inc. FY2025 10-K (accession 0000745732-26-000006): us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax, FY2025 full year. | $22,750,560,000 |
| Base EBIT marginRoss Stores, Inc. FY2025 10-K (accession 0000745732-26-000006): us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss 2,707,357,000 / revenue 22,750,559,000 = 11.90%, FY2025. | 11.9% |
| Forecast revenue growthESTIMATEAssumption — TickerWorth's 5-year explicit forecast | 10% → 9% → 7% → 6% → 4% |
| Risk-free rateLive feed — US 10-year Treasury yield (^TNX) | 5.2% |
| BetaLive feed — yfinance, 5-year monthly beta vs the S&P 500 (clamped to 0.4–2.5) | 0.86 |
| Terminal growthESTIMATEAssumption — TickerWorth house default 2.5%, held below WACC | 2.5% |
| Diluted sharesRoss Stores, Inc. FY2025 10-K (accession 0000745732-26-000006): WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding = 324,416,000 shares, FY2025. | 324M |
| Market priceDelayed quote · as of 2026-10-19 17:03 UTC | $238.82 |
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What does Ross Stores, Inc. do?
What does it do?
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 brands in the United States. The company offers designer apparel, accessories, footwear, and home-fashioned products for the entire family. It operates in the Apparel Retail industry (Consumer Cyclical sector), headquartered in United States. The company employs roughly 111,000 people.
How does it make money?
The business turns $24.5B in annual revenue into profit. Out of every $100 of sales, about $14 is left as operating profit (operating margin of 13.6%), after a 33% gross margin on the products/services it sells. After all costs, taxes and interest, 10.8% of revenue becomes bottom-line net profit.
Is it financially healthy?
Financially it looks solid: carries modest debt (0.7× equity), comfortably covers its short-term bills (1.6× current ratio), and is currently profitable.
ROST insider trading
We have no recent SEC Form 4 insider filings on file for Ross Stores, Inc.. Form 4 covers US-listed companies only.
Common questions
What is ROST's intrinsic value?
TickerWorth's blended fair value for Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST) is $139.61 per share, versus a market price of $238.82 (71% above fair value).
Is ROST overvalued or undervalued?
On our blended fair value ROST looks overvalued vs fair value at $238.82. This is an educational estimate, not advice.
What discount rate is used for ROST?
A WACC of 9.1% and a terminal growth rate of 2.5%.
Is Ross Stores stock undervalued?
TickerWorth's fair value for Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST) is $139.61 against a market price of $238.82. Our read: 71% above fair value. This is a model estimate, not investment advice.
Ross Stores (ROST) DCF valuation and fair value
Our fair value for Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST) is $139.61, built on a 9.1% discount rate (WACC) and 2.5% terminal growth. It blends our discounted-cash-flow model with other valuation lenses. Every assumption is listed on this page with its source.
What growth is priced into Ross Stores stock?
Today's price implies revenue growth of more than 25%/yr. Above about 25% a year the reverse-DCF stops being informative. It solves for revenue growth alone — holding margins, capital intensity and the forecast horizon fixed — so a price well above our cash-flow model's value has nowhere to go but growth, and the solver returns a rate the model can't reconcile. Read it as "the price implies growth we can't justify", not as a forecast. This is a reverse DCF: it holds our cash-flow model's other inputs and solves for the revenue growth that makes the model equal today's price of $238.82. A model estimate, not investment advice.
Ross Stores (ROST) insider trading
We have no recent SEC Form 4 insider filings on file for Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST). Form 4 covers US-listed companies only.
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