182,714 Shares in Ross Stores, Inc. $ROST Bought by Aware Super Pty Ltd as trustee of Aware Super

Aware Super Pty Ltd as trustee of Aware Super acquired a new stake in shares of Ross Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROST) during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm acquired 182,714 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock, valued at approximately $39,581,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in ROST. Woodline Partners LP grew its position in shares of Ross Stores by 39.9% in the 1st quarter. Woodline Partners LP now owns 27,875 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock worth $3,562,000 after buying an additional 7,951 shares during the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Ross Stores by 23.5% during the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 615 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock worth $79,000 after acquiring an additional 117 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC lifted its position in Ross Stores by 35.8% during the second quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 10,581 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock valued at $1,350,000 after acquiring an additional 2,792 shares during the last quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina lifted its position in Ross Stores by 1.0% during the second quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina now owns 150,491 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock valued at $19,200,000 after acquiring an additional 1,508 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Main Street Financial Solutions LLC lifted its position in Ross Stores by 2.2% during the second quarter. Main Street Financial Solutions LLC now owns 12,580 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock valued at $1,605,000 after acquiring an additional 265 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 86.86% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

ROST has been the topic of several analyst reports. Guggenheim reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $290.00 price target on shares of Ross Stores in a report on Monday, April 27th. Wells Fargo & Company cut Ross Stores from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and set a $245.00 price objective for the company. in a research report on Tuesday, June 23rd. Sanford C. Bernstein reissued a “market perform” rating and issued a $230.00 price objective on shares of Ross Stores in a research report on Friday, May 22nd. Truist Financial boosted their target price on Ross Stores from $270.00 to $290.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, May 22nd. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Ross Stores in a research report on Monday, July 6th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Buy rating and five have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $233.18.

Ross Stores Price Performance

NASDAQ ROST opened at $232.72 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $74.65 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.50, a PEG ratio of 2.54 and a beta of 0.87. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a current ratio of 1.54 and a quick ratio of 0.94. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $224.06 and its 200 day moving average price is $211.77. Ross Stores, Inc. has a 1 year low of $128.82 and a 1 year high of $242.81.

Ross Stores (NASDAQ:ROST) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 21st. The apparel retailer reported $2.02 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.73 by $0.29. The company had revenue of $6.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $5.64 billion. Ross Stores had a return on equity of 38.42% and a net margin of 9.74%.The firm’s revenue was up 20.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.47 EPS. Ross Stores has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.500-7.740 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.850-1.930 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Ross Stores, Inc. will post 7.74 earnings per share for the current year.

Ross Stores Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 9th were issued a dividend of $0.445 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, June 9th. This represents a $1.78 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.8%. Ross Stores’s payout ratio is 24.86%.

Ross Stores Profile

Ross Stores, Inc (NASDAQ: ROST) is an American off‑price retailer headquartered in Dublin, California, that operates the Ross Dress for Less and dd’s DISCOUNTS store formats. The company sells a broad assortment of apparel, footwear, home fashions, accessories and other soft goods, positioning itself as a value-oriented destination for brand‑name and fashion merchandise at reduced prices.

Ross’s business model centers on opportunistic buying of excess inventory, closeouts, cancelled orders and overstocks from manufacturers, department stores and other suppliers.