TTM
9.7%
YoY change
−0.47pp
Trough year (1986)
-7.8%
Peak year (2018)
10.6%
Latest annual
9.4%
Net Profit Margin history chart for Ross Stores (ROST) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: 9.4%
Net Profit Margin change chart for Ross Stores (ROST) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: −0.47pp
Net Profit Margin history table for Ross Stores (ROST) from 1985 to 2025
| 2025 | 9.4% | -0.47pp | ||
| 2024 | 9.9% | +0.70pp | ||
| 2023 | 9.2% | +1.11pp | ||
| 2022 | 8.1% | -1.02pp | ||
| 2021 | 9.1% | +8.43pp | ||
| 2020 | 0.7% | -9.67pp | ||
| 2019 | 10.4% | -0.24pp | ||
| 2018 | 10.6% | +0.95pp | ||
| 2017 | 9.6% | +0.95pp | ||
| 2016 | 8.7% | +0.14pp | ||
| 2015 | 8.5% | +0.17pp | ||
| 2014 | 8.4% | +0.19pp | ||
| 2013 | 8.2% | +0.09pp | ||
| 2012 | 8.1% | +0.46pp | ||
| 2011 | 7.6% | +0.58pp | ||
| 2010 | 7.1% | +0.89pp | ||
| 2009 | 6.2% | +1.45pp | ||
| 2008 | 4.7% | +0.34pp | ||
| 2007 | 4.4% | +0.03pp | ||
| 2006 | 4.3% | +0.30pp | ||
| 2005 | 4.0% | +0.03pp | ||
| 2004 | 4.0% | -1.81pp | ||
| 2003 | 5.8% | +0.12pp | ||
| 2002 | 5.7% | +0.51pp | ||
| 2001 | 5.2% | -0.41pp | ||
| 2000 | 5.6% | -0.48pp | ||
| 1999 | 6.1% | -0.05pp | ||
| 1998 | 6.1% | +0.22pp | ||
| 1997 | 5.9% | +1.12pp | ||
| 1996 | 4.8% | +1.75pp | ||
| 1995 | 3.0% | +0.12pp | ||
| 1994 | 2.9% | +0.30pp | ||
| 1993 | 2.6% | -0.65pp | ||
| 1992 | 3.3% | +0.27pp | ||
| 1991 | 3.0% | +0.91pp | ||
| 1990 | 2.1% | -1.98pp | ||
| 1989 | 4.1% | -0.14pp | ||
| 1988 | 4.2% | +2.20pp | ||
| 1987 | 2.0% | +9.84pp | ||
| 1986 | -7.8% | -9.74pp | ||
| 1985 | 1.9% | — |
- 20259.4%-0.47pp
- 20249.9%+0.70pp
- 20239.2%+1.11pp
- 20228.1%-1.02pp
- 20219.1%+8.43pp
- 20200.7%-9.67pp
- 201910.4%-0.24pp
- 201810.6%+0.95pp
- 20179.6%+0.95pp
- 20168.7%+0.14pp
- 20158.5%+0.17pp
- 20148.4%+0.19pp
- 20138.2%+0.09pp
- 20128.1%+0.46pp
- 20117.6%+0.58pp
- 20107.1%+0.89pp
- 20096.2%+1.45pp
- 20084.7%+0.34pp
- 20074.4%+0.03pp
- 20064.3%+0.30pp
- 20054.0%+0.03pp
- 20044.0%-1.81pp
- 20035.8%+0.12pp
- 20025.7%+0.51pp
- 20015.2%-0.41pp
- 20005.6%-0.48pp
- 19996.1%-0.05pp
- 19986.1%+0.22pp
- 19975.9%+1.12pp
- 19964.8%+1.75pp
- 19953.0%+0.12pp
- 19942.9%+0.30pp
- 19932.6%-0.65pp
- 19923.3%+0.27pp
- 19913.0%+0.91pp
- 19902.1%-1.98pp
- 19894.1%-0.14pp
- 19884.2%+2.20pp
- 19872.0%+9.84pp
- 1986-7.8%-9.74pp
- 19851.9%—
Net Profit 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 Net Profit Margin at Ross Stores (ROST)
According to Ross Stores's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported net margin is 9.7%. Net profit margin is net income divided by revenue — the bottom-line share of each sales dollar that remains after all costs, including operating expenses, interest, and taxes. It is the most comprehensive profitability ratio, though it can swing on one-off items, so read it alongside the multi-year trend below.
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 net margin of 9.43% – contracted 0.5 percentage points year-over-year.
2018 marks the peak net margin at 10.59%, with the historical low of -7.85% recorded in 1986.
Ross Stores Net Profit Margin by Year
Ross Stores Net Profit Margin 2025: 9.4%
Ross Stores net margin in 2025 was 9.43%, contracted 0.5 percentage points from 2024.
Ross Stores Net Profit Margin 2024: 9.9%
2024's net margin for Ross Stores came in at 9.89%, expanded 0.7 percentage points from 2023.
Ross Stores Net Profit Margin 2023: 9.2%
Ross Stores posted net margin of 9.20% in 2023, expanded 1.1 percentage points from 2022.
Ross Stores Net Profit Margin 2022: 8.1%
In 2022, Ross Stores reported net margin of 8.09%, contracted 1.0 percentage points from 2021.
Ross Stores Net Profit Margin 2021: 9.1%
Ross Stores net margin in 2021 was 9.11%.
See more financial history for Ross Stores (ROST).
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