ROSS STORES INC

4440 Rosewood Dr Ticker: ROST
Pleasanton , CA 94588-3050 Exchange: NASD
925-965-4400 Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Industry: Specialty Retail

Complete Financials: Q2Y08 Currency: USD Current Annual Period: Y07
Business Summary
ROST Ross Stores, Inc. and its subsidiaries operate two chains of off-price retail apparel and home accessories stores in the United States.


RATIOS AND STATISTICS AT A GLANCE
( As of 09/05/2008 )
Price

52 Week High

52 Week Low

3 Month Avg Daily Vol (Mil)

10 Day Avg Daily Vol (Mil)

Beta

Indicated Annual Dividend

Dividend Yield % 		39.630

41.450

21.230

2.746

2.762

0.541

0.380

0.945 		Price/Sales (TTM)

P/E Ratio (TTM)

Price/Book (MRQ)

Price/Cash Flow (TTM)

Return on Assets (TTM) %

Return on Equity (TTM) %

Current Ratio (MRQ)

Total Debt/Equity (MRQ) 		0.833

17.771

5.308

16.849

12.199

30.132

1.369

0.149

Note:
Mil = Millions
MRQ = Most Recent Quarter
TTM = Trailing Twelve Months


SHARE RELATED INFORMATION SHORT INTEREST INFORMATION
Market Cap (Mil)

Shares Outstanding (Mil)

Float (Mil) 		5,263.459

132.815

109.654 		Current Month (Mil)

Previous Month (Mil)

Short Interest Ratio (Days) 		7.559

8.097

NA


INSTITUTIONAL &
INSIDER OWNERSHIP 		PURCHASES
(Mil) 		SALES
(Mil) 		NET PURCHASES
(Mil) 		PERCENT
OWNED (%) 		PREVIOUS PERCENT
OWNED (%)
Institutions (3 Months)

Insiders (6 Months) 		38.577

0.000 		-33.664

0.645 		4.913

-0.645 		95.048

15.132 		91.423

NA


GROWTH RATES 1 YEAR 3 YEAR 5 YEAR
Sales %

EPS %

Dividend % 		7.271

11.561

25.000 		12.115

18.837

20.844 		11.092

8.391

25.858


HISTORICAL QUARTERLY RESULTS

REVENUE
( Thousands of USD )
QUARTERS 2005 2006 2007 2008
Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4 		1,123.937

1,171.862

1,236.892

1,411.488 		1,291.676

1,308.052

1,362.045

1,608.437 		1,410.541

1,444.632

1,468.337

1,651.702 		1,556.328

1,640.412



TOTAL 4,944.179 5,570.210 5,975.212
EARNINGS PER SHARE
( USD )
QUARTERS 2005 2006 2007 2008
Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4 		0.340

0.290

0.250

0.500 		0.420

0.320

0.320

0.680 		0.490

0.370

0.360

0.710 		0.610

0.550



TOTAL 1.380 1.740 1.930

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