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Ross Stores Inc. (ROST)On Mar 18: 69.60   0.00 (0.00%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:8.15B
Enterprise Value (Mar 21, 2011)3:7.59B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):15.76
Forward P/E (fye Jan 30, 2012)1:12.25
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.06
Price/Sales (ttm):1.06
Price/Book (mrq):6.34
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.99
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:7.31
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Jan 30
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Oct 30, 2010
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):6.96%
Operating Margin (ttm):11.36%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):19.16%
Return on Equity (ttm):44.80%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):7.70B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):64.65
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):7.50%
Gross Profit (ttm):1.86B
EBITDA (ttm):1.04B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):535.88M
Diluted EPS (ttm):4.42
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):15.50%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):734.60M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):6.28
Total Debt (mrq):150.00M
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):11.67
Current Ratio (mrq):1.53
Book Value Per Share (mrq):10.98
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):731.26M
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):525.81M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.82
52-Week Change3:27.26%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:10.29%
52-Week High (Mar 3, 2011)3:72.86
52-Week Low (Aug 5, 2010)3:48.71
50-Day Moving Average3:70.13
200-Day Moving Average3:62.78
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:1,110,090
Avg Vol (10 day)3:1,187,710
Shares Outstanding5:117.04M
Float:113.79M
% Held by Insiders6:1.86%
% Held by Institutions6:99.20%
Shares Short (as of Feb 28, 2011)3:3.79M
Short Ratio (as of Feb 28, 2011)3:3.30
Short % of Float (as of Feb 28, 2011)3:3.70%
Shares Short (prior month)3:3.76M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.88
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:1.20%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.70
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.00%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:1.00%
Payout Ratio4:13.00%
Dividend Date3:Mar 30, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4:Feb 16, 2011
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:2:1
Last Split Date3:Dec 19, 2003

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Oct 30, 2010)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Oct 30, 2010)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Oct 30, 2010)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Jan 30, 2010)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson
2 Data provided by EDGAR Online
3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance
4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.
5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.
6 Data provided by Computershare

Currency in USD.