ROSS STORES, INC. (ROST) closed fiscal year 2026 with a gross margin of 27.7 % and a net margin of 9.4 %.
ROSS STORES, INC. (ROST) closed fiscal year 2026 with a gross margin of 27.7 % and a net margin of 9.4 %. The same year shows an EBITDA margin of 14.1 % and an EBIT margin of 11.9 %. The free cash flow margin was 9.7 %. Against the previous year the gross margin moved −0.1 pp and the net margin −0.5 pp. Across the period the gross margin ranges between 21.5 % in 2021 and 29.0 % in 2018. The series covers 18 fiscal years, from 2009 to 2026. Margins are expressed as a percentage of net revenue and are derived from the same figures as the income statement, taken from as-reported SEC EDGAR filings, with no restatements or adjustments of our own.
Fiscal year end: February
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin (%) | 23.58 % | 25.85 % | 27.16 % | 27.50 % | 27.87 % | 28.05 % | 28.11 % | 28.17 % | 28.70 % | 28.95 % | 28.41 % | 28.07 % | 21.49 % | 27.53 % | 25.40 % | 27.36 % | 27.78 % | 27.71 % |
| EBITDA margin (%) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.76 % | 13.38 % | 14.35 % | 14.14 % |
| EBIT margin (%) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10.65 % | 11.32 % | 12.24 % | 11.90 % |
| Net margin (%) | 4.71 % | 6.16 % | 7.05 % | 7.63 % | 8.09 % | 8.18 % | 8.37 % | 8.55 % | 8.69 % | 9.64 % | 10.59 % | 10.36 % | 0.68 % | 9.11 % | 8.09 % | 9.20 % | 9.89 % | 9.43 % |
| FCF margin (%) | 5.54 % | 10.16 % | 6.03 % | 4.69 % | 5.71 % | 4.61 % | 6.58 % | 8.03 % | 9.80 % | 9.27 % | 11.03 % | 10.08 % | 14.69 % | 6.24 % | 5.54 % | 8.60 % | 7.75 % | 9.70 % |
