The Week Ahead: Are Investors Really Too Optimistic About Ross Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROST)

Ross Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROST) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.41M but it saw 2442442 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 49.30B USD, the company’s current market price of $147.80 came rising about 4.57 while comparing to the previous closing price of $141.34. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $153.06 and as low as $108.35. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $144.48 while lowest mark touched by it was $147.87.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST) gives us an average price of $141.36, while its current price level is -3.44% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 36.41% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $144.62 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $138.77. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 1.52% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 1.88%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 62.87 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Telsey Advisory Group which reiterated the stock as “Market Perform” in its note to investors issued on March 06, 2024, recommending a price target of between $135 and $160 for it. UBS upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Neutral” from “Sell” on February 23, 2024 while assigning a price target range of $85-$142.

Over the week, ROST’s stock price is moving 6.16% up while it is 0.14% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 6.80% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 29.64%.

The latest quarterly earnings report issued by the company reported quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of 1.32 beat the consensus estimate of 1.16 for the same. The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report in September, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 1.5 while estimate for next year EPS is 6.01. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $5.18B as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $21.27B and seeing the company making $22.43B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $5.25B for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, Ross Stores, Inc.’s total number of outstanding shares is 335.17M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 21.75% and return on equity (ROE) at 43.02%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 24.91 while having a 22.40 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.09. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 9.97 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 2.38. Its return on asset (ROA) is 14.17% on average.