ABN AMRO Bank N.V. Has $1.86 Million Holdings in Ross Stores, Inc. $ROST

ABN AMRO Bank N.V. decreased its position in Ross Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROST) by 97.9% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 8,522 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock after selling 399,816 shares during the quarter. ABN AMRO Bank N.V.’s holdings in Ross Stores were worth $1,857,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. lifted its holdings in Ross Stores by 7,000.0% during the 4th quarter. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. now owns 142 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 140 shares during the last quarter. Hilton Head Capital Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Ross Stores in the fourth quarter valued at about $26,000. Bard Associates Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Ross Stores in the fourth quarter valued at about $31,000. City Holding Co. grew its stake in shares of Ross Stores by 1,080.0% in the fourth quarter. City Holding Co. now owns 177 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock valued at $32,000 after acquiring an additional 162 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Virtus Advisers LLC bought a new position in Ross Stores during the fourth quarter worth about $32,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 86.86% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms have issued reports on ROST. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $257.00 price objective on shares of Ross Stores in a report on Friday, May 22nd. Zacks Research raised shares of Ross Stores from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, May 22nd. Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated a “market perform” rating and issued a $230.00 price target on shares of Ross Stores in a research report on Friday, May 22nd. The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $270.00 price target on shares of Ross Stores in a research note on Friday, May 22nd. Finally, Wall Street Zen downgraded Ross Stores from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, June 20th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have issued a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $233.18.

Ross Stores Stock Performance

Shares of Ross Stores stock opened at $213.26 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $68.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.78, a PEG ratio of 2.39 and a beta of 0.86. The company has a quick ratio of 0.94, a current ratio of 1.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12. Ross Stores, Inc. has a 12-month low of $126.32 and a 12-month high of $242.81. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $226.50 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $208.20.

Ross Stores (NASDAQ:ROST) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, May 21st. The apparel retailer reported $2.02 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.73 by $0.29. Ross Stores had a net margin of 9.74% and a return on equity of 38.42%. The company had revenue of $6.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $5.64 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.47 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 20.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Ross Stores has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.500-7.740 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.850-1.930 EPS. On average, analysts forecast that Ross Stores, Inc. will post 7.74 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Ross Stores Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, June 9th will be given a dividend of $0.445 per share. This represents a $1.78 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.8%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, June 9th. Ross Stores’s payout ratio is currently 24.86%.

About Ross Stores

Ross Stores, Inc (NASDAQ: ROST) is an American off‑price retailer headquartered in Dublin, California, that operates the Ross Dress for Less and dd’s DISCOUNTS store formats. The company sells a broad assortment of apparel, footwear, home fashions, accessories and other soft goods, positioning itself as a value-oriented destination for brand‑name and fashion merchandise at reduced prices.

Ross’s business model centers on opportunistic buying of excess inventory, closeouts, cancelled orders and overstocks from manufacturers, department stores and other suppliers.