Ross Stores Dividend yield




   USD/share 
 Price  121.81
 Dividend  1.34
 Earnings  4.41
 Cash-flow  4.93
 Book value  12.56
 Equity  12.18

Ross Stores is part of General Retailers business, which is part of Consumer Services industry. Ross Stores is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Ross Stores stock dividend

Ross Stores paid a total dividend of 458 million USD last year, for a market value of 41,659 millions (Market Cap 40,836 millions). Ross Stores dividend per share is 1.34 USD, and his stock market price 121.81 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Ross Stores has a dividend yield of 1.10%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Consumer Services industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Ross Stores stocks dividend with other General Retailers companies or other of the best USA dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of Ross Stores

Ross Stores Dividend Payout

About the ability of Ross Stores to maintain his current dividend of USD 1.34 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.10%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Ross Stores payout on ernings is currently 30.39%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Consumer Services industry, which are 39.34% and 31.45% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Ross Storescan maintain his current dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Ross Stores is USD 4.93 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 1.34, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Ross Stores, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Consumer Services industry and General Retailers sector companies.

Ross Stores payout

Ross Stores Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Ross Stores's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year Yield  USD  Paypout  Shares* 
Present1.10%1.3430.39%342
20221.07%1.2425.00%347
20211.00%1.140.00%357
20200.93%1.1424.41%355
20190.88%1.0223.23%362
20181.08%0.9023.26%373
20170.80%0.6422.07%386
20160.80%0.5421.18%400
20150.90%0.4720.89%411

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Ross Stores dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the General Retailers stocks.

Ross Stores stock dividend history

Ross Stores Stock performance

Finally, last moth Ross Stores showed a return of 6.30% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.06% of Consumer Services firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 41.20% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and General Retailers firms.

Ross Stores stock and market return