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FCF Margin for Ross Stores (ROST)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

11.1%

YoY change

+1.96pp

Trough year (1989)

-1.9%

Peak year (2020)

14.7%

FCF Margin history chart for Ross Stores (ROST) from 1989 to 2025

Latest: 9.7%

FCF Margin change chart for Ross Stores (ROST) from 1989 to 2025

Latest: +1.96pp

FCF Margin history table for Ross Stores (ROST) from 1989 to 2025

  • 20259.7%+1.96pp
  • 20247.7%-0.85pp
  • 20238.6%+3.06pp
  • 20225.5%-0.71pp
  • 20216.2%-8.44pp
  • 202014.7%+4.61pp
  • 201910.1%-0.95pp
  • 201811.0%+1.76pp
  • 20179.3%-0.53pp
  • 20169.8%+1.77pp
  • 20158.0%+1.46pp
  • 20146.6%+1.97pp
  • 20134.6%-1.10pp
  • 20125.7%+1.02pp
  • 20114.7%-1.34pp
  • 20106.0%-4.13pp
  • 200910.2%+4.62pp
  • 20085.5%+3.57pp
  • 20072.0%-3.11pp
  • 20065.1%+1.05pp
  • 20054.0%+0.53pp
  • 20043.5%-0.80pp
  • 20034.3%-1.81pp
  • 20026.1%+0.86pp
  • 20015.3%+2.99pp
  • 20002.3%-2.17pp
  • 19994.4%-1.16pp
  • 19985.6%+1.34pp
  • 19974.3%-0.48pp
  • 19964.7%+1.49pp
  • 19953.2%+3.79pp
  • 1994-0.5%-1.00pp
  • 19930.5%-1.63pp
  • 19922.1%-0.20pp
  • 19912.3%+2.74pp
  • 1990-0.5%+1.47pp
  • 1989-1.9%—

FCF Margin values are taken from Ross Stores's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About FCF Margin at Ross Stores (ROST)

According to Ross Stores's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 11.1%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

As of the 2025 fiscal year, Ross Stores (ROST) reported free cash flow margin of 9.70% – expanded 2.0 percentage points year-over-year.

The record annual free cash flow margin stands at 14.69%, reached in 2020; the historical low of -1.94% was recorded in 1989.

Ross Stores FCF Margin by Year

Ross Stores FCF Margin 2025: 9.7%

Ross Stores free cash flow margin in 2025 was 9.70%, expanded 2.0 percentage points from 2024.

Ross Stores FCF Margin 2024: 7.7%

2024's free cash flow margin for Ross Stores came in at 7.75%, contracted 0.8 percentage points from 2023.

Ross Stores FCF Margin 2023: 8.6%

Ross Stores posted free cash flow margin of 8.60% in 2023, expanded 3.1 percentage points from 2022.

Ross Stores FCF Margin 2022: 5.5%

In 2022, Ross Stores reported free cash flow margin of 5.54%, contracted 0.7 percentage points from 2021.

Ross Stores FCF Margin 2021: 6.2%

Ross Stores free cash flow margin in 2021 was 6.24%.

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