Superworth

Ross Stores forward PE ROST

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 1999.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
26.9×
10-year median
23.4×
Against its 10-year history
69th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
16.4× to 78.9×
Peer median
26.8×

Ross Stores' forward PE is 26.9× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 23.4×, higher than on 69% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 16.4× in Jul 2017 to 78.9× in Feb 2020.

The median for 3 apparel retail stocks of a similar size is 26.8×.

Forward PE over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

Open the interactive chart, with overlays and comparisons

Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far26.9×24.6×31.2×
202524.4×19.4×25.5×
202425.3×22.2×25.8×
202323.4×19.1×25.9×
202224.8×17.4×28.0×
202130.5×28.8×36.6×
202033.4×24.3×78.9×
201973.6×19.7×74.4×
201818.8×17.7×24.1×
201721.6×16.4×23.2×
201622.0×18.5×23.3×
201520.5×18.0×23.6×
201421.2×15.4×21.2×
201317.9×14.6×20.1×
201213.9×13.9×18.3×
201114.0×10.7×14.2×
201011.5×9.4×12.5×
20099.5×8.3×11.5×
2008n/m a value too high to mean anything
2007n/m a value too high to mean anything

Against its peers

Companies in Apparel - Retail nearest Ross Stores' size, closest first, today.

CompanyForward PE
ROSTRoss Stores26.9×
TJXTJX Companies26.8×
GAPGAPn/m
URBNUrban Outfittersn/m
Peer median26.8×

Where Ross Stores ranks

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

More on Ross Stores

Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.