Ross Stores price to free cash flow ROST

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 26.3×
10-year median: 24.2×
Against its 10-year history: 63rd; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 11.3× to 380×
Peer median: 25.1×

Ross Stores' price to free cash flow is 26.3× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 24.2×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 11.3× in Jun 2021 to 380× in Jan 2023.

The median for 3 apparel retail stocks of a similar size is 25.1×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 24.2×

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

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	26.3×	25.5×	34.9×
2025	29.8×	24.2×	34.5×
2024	29.9×	22.6×	31.9×
2023	23.2×	18.1×	380×
2022	363×	20.4×	363×
2021	26.5×	11.3×	26.5×
2020	21.4×	15.2×	58.2×
2019	27.4×	20.2×	27.5×
2018	19.3×	18.2×	28.9×
2017	22.7×	16.1×	23.2×
2016	20.0×	20.0×	31.1×
2015	28.2×	27.6×	34.8×
2014	30.2×	22.6×	38.0×
2013	37.5×	20.4×	38.1×
2012	19.3×	16.3×	35.0×
2011	28.6×	17.5×	39.1×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to free cash flow
ROSTRoss Stores	26.3×
TJXTJX Companies	27.2×
GAPGAP	8.2×
URBNUrban Outfitters	25.1×
Peer median	25.1×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.