TTM
12.2%
YoY change
−0.34pp
Trough year (1986)
0.2%
Peak year (2017)
14.5%
Latest annual
11.9%
Operating Margin history chart for Ross Stores (ROST) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: 11.9%
Operating Margin change chart for Ross Stores (ROST) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: −0.34pp
Operating Margin history table for Ross Stores (ROST) from 1985 to 2025
| 2025 | 11.9% | -0.34pp | ||
| 2024 | 12.2% | +0.91pp | ||
| 2023 | 11.3% | +0.68pp | ||
| 2022 | 10.6% | -1.69pp | ||
| 2021 | 12.3% | +8.90pp | ||
| 2020 | 3.4% | -9.95pp | ||
| 2019 | 13.4% | -0.24pp | ||
| 2018 | 13.6% | -0.87pp | ||
| 2017 | 14.5% | +0.48pp | ||
| 2016 | 14.0% | +0.41pp | ||
| 2015 | 13.6% | +0.13pp | ||
| 2014 | 13.5% | +0.35pp | ||
| 2013 | 13.1% | +0.05pp | ||
| 2012 | 13.1% | +0.73pp | ||
| 2011 | 12.4% | +0.83pp | ||
| 2010 | 11.5% | +1.42pp | ||
| 2009 | 10.1% | +2.47pp | ||
| 2008 | 7.6% | +0.59pp | ||
| 2007 | 7.0% | +0.05pp | ||
| 2006 | 7.0% | +0.41pp | ||
| 2005 | 6.6% | -0.39pp | ||
| 2004 | 7.0% | -2.57pp | ||
| 2003 | 9.5% | +0.18pp | ||
| 2002 | 9.4% | +0.73pp | ||
| 2001 | 8.6% | -0.70pp | ||
| 2000 | 9.3% | -1.01pp | ||
| 1999 | 10.3% | +0.28pp | ||
| 1998 | 10.1% | +0.21pp | ||
| 1997 | 9.8% | +1.87pp | ||
| 1996 | 8.0% | +2.73pp | ||
| 1995 | 5.2% | +0.94pp | ||
| 1994 | 4.3% | -0.25pp | ||
| 1993 | 4.6% | -1.15pp | ||
| 1992 | 5.7% | +0.25pp | ||
| 1991 | 5.5% | +1.35pp | ||
| 1990 | 4.1% | -3.14pp | ||
| 1989 | 7.3% | +0.85pp | ||
| 1988 | 6.4% | +0.08pp | ||
| 1987 | 6.3% | +6.09pp | ||
| 1986 | 0.2% | -3.18pp | ||
| 1985 | 3.4% | — |
- 202511.9%-0.34pp
- 202412.2%+0.91pp
- 202311.3%+0.68pp
- 202210.6%-1.69pp
- 202112.3%+8.90pp
- 20203.4%-9.95pp
- 201913.4%-0.24pp
- 201813.6%-0.87pp
- 201714.5%+0.48pp
- 201614.0%+0.41pp
- 201513.6%+0.13pp
- 201413.5%+0.35pp
- 201313.1%+0.05pp
- 201213.1%+0.73pp
- 201112.4%+0.83pp
- 201011.5%+1.42pp
- 200910.1%+2.47pp
- 20087.6%+0.59pp
- 20077.0%+0.05pp
- 20067.0%+0.41pp
- 20056.6%-0.39pp
- 20047.0%-2.57pp
- 20039.5%+0.18pp
- 20029.4%+0.73pp
- 20018.6%-0.70pp
- 20009.3%-1.01pp
- 199910.3%+0.28pp
- 199810.1%+0.21pp
- 19979.8%+1.87pp
- 19968.0%+2.73pp
- 19955.2%+0.94pp
- 19944.3%-0.25pp
- 19934.6%-1.15pp
- 19925.7%+0.25pp
- 19915.5%+1.35pp
- 19904.1%-3.14pp
- 19897.3%+0.85pp
- 19886.4%+0.08pp
- 19876.3%+6.09pp
- 19860.2%-3.18pp
- 19853.4%—
Operating 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 Operating Margin at Ross Stores (ROST)
According to Ross Stores's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 12.2%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
Ross Stores (ROST) most recent annual operating margin stands at 11.90% (2025) – contracted 0.3 percentage points year-over-year.
The highest annual operating margin of 14.49% was reported in 2017. The lowest in the available history was 0.23% in 1986.
Ross Stores Operating Margin by Year
Ross Stores Operating Margin 2025: 11.9%
Ross Stores operating margin in 2025 was 11.90%, contracted 0.3 percentage points from 2024.
Ross Stores Operating Margin 2024: 12.2%
2024's operating margin for Ross Stores came in at 12.24%, expanded 0.9 percentage points from 2023.
Ross Stores Operating Margin 2023: 11.3%
Ross Stores posted operating margin of 11.32% in 2023, expanded 0.7 percentage points from 2022.
Ross Stores Operating Margin 2022: 10.6%
In 2022, Ross Stores reported operating margin of 10.65%, contracted 1.7 percentage points from 2021.
Ross Stores Operating Margin 2021: 12.3%
Ross Stores operating margin in 2021 was 12.33%.
See more financial history for Ross Stores (ROST).
Sector peers by Operating Margin
Consumer Cyclical peers of Ross Stores (ROST), ranked by their latest operating margin
| 46.0% | |
| 34.3% | |
| 22.2% | |
| 12.4% | |
| 12.4% | |
| 11.5% | |
| 5.8% | |
| 5.0% |
- 46.0%
- 22.2%
- 12.4%
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