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Ross Stores, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade A
ROST · Consumer Cyclical
Strong financial health
Revenue
$21.1B
2024
Net Income
$2.1B
2024
Gross Margin
27.8%
Free Cash Flow
$1.8B
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Screening Summary
7
Passed
1
Watch
0
Failed
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M-Score
02
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
03
18-Point Screening
01
Revenue Quality
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A1DSO Change
Insufficient data
✓
A2AR vs Revenue Growth
AR growth -10.2% vs revenue growth 3.7%
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A3Revenue vs CFFO
Insufficient data
02
Expense Quality
✓
B1Inventory vs COGS
Inventory growth 11.5%, COGS data unavailable
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B2CapEx vs Revenue
Insufficient data
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B3SG&A Ratio
Insufficient data
✓
B4Gross Margin
Gross margin 27.8%, change +0.4pp. Stable
03
Cash Flow Quality
✓
C1CFFO vs Net Income
CFFO/NI = 1.20. Profits backed by cash
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C2Free Cash Flow
Insufficient data
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C3Accruals Ratio
Insufficient data
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C4Cash vs Debt
Cash $4.7B covers 83% of debt $5.7B
04
Balance Sheet Health
✓
D1Goodwill + Intangibles
No goodwill. Clean balance sheet
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D2Leverage
Insufficient data
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D3Soft Asset Growth
Insufficient data
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D4Asset Impairment
No write-off data
05
Acquisition Risk
✓
E1Serial Acquirer FCF
FCF after acquisitions positive
✓
E2Goodwill Surge
No goodwill
06
Manipulation Score
—
F1Beneish M-Score
Insufficient data
05
Altman Z-Score
2.78
Safe Zone0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.193
Liquidity
0.277
Cumulative profit
0
Operating efficiency
0.5863
Leverage
Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-08