Ross Stores, Inc (ROST) 20 Days SMA touches 2.28%: The odds favor the bear

On Monday, Ross Stores, Inc (NASDAQ: ROST) was 0.70% up from the session before settling in for the closing price of $140.49. A 52-week range for ROST has been $122.36 – $163.60.

During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Consumer Cyclical Sector giant was 8.12%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 1.58%. With a float of $321.66 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $328.81 million.

Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 107000 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 27.78%, operating margin of 12.24%, and the pretax margin is 13.05%.

Ross Stores, Inc (ROST) Insider Activity

Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Ross Stores, Inc stocks. The insider ownership of Ross Stores, Inc is 2.18%, while institutional ownership is 93.29%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Apr 02 ’25, was worth 1,481,954. In this transaction EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN of this company sold 11,261 shares at a rate of $131.60, taking the stock ownership to the 59,790 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Apr 02 ’25, when Company’s PRESIDENT, CMO DD’S DISCOUNTS sold 5,036 for $130.48, making the entire transaction worth $657,111. This insider now owns 110,365 shares in total.

Ross Stores, Inc (ROST) Earnings and Forecasts

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 1.58% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 5.92% during the next five years compared to 6.55% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Ross Stores, Inc (NASDAQ: ROST) Trading Performance Indicators

You can see what Ross Stores, Inc (ROST) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.09. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.20. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 28.42.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 6.32, a number that is poised to hit 1.43 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 6.93 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Ross Stores, Inc (ROST)

Looking closely at Ross Stores, Inc (NASDAQ: ROST), its last 5-days average volume was 2.59 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 3.0 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 70.16%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 3.85.

During the past 100 days, Ross Stores, Inc’s (ROST) raw stochastic average was set at 52.60%, which indicates a significant decrease from 74.44% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 21.07% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 25.57% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $133.79, while its 200-day Moving Average is $143.85. However, in the short run, Ross Stores, Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $142.60. Second resistance stands at $143.74. The third major resistance level sits at $145.23. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $139.97, it is likely to go to the next support level at $138.48. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $137.34.

Ross Stores, Inc (NASDAQ: ROST) Key Stats

There are 328,821K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 46.52 billion. As of now, sales total 21,129 M while income totals 2,091 M. Its latest quarter income was 5,912 M while its last quarter net income were 586,780 K.