All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
ROST real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, ROST returned +44.29% over the past year and +21.24% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Aug. 8, 1985, ROST is up +27,227.82% in real purchasing-power return, or +14.60%/yr, and is currently −12.12% below its real total-return high on Aug. 7, 2026.
Data ending Thu Oct. 8, 2026
| Thu 1985-08-08💬 to Thu 2026-10-08 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROST × |
+27,227.82%
+14.60%/yr |
+19.19%/yr
R2=0.959 |
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| Ross Stores Inc NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Thu 1985-08-08💬 to Thu 2026-10-08 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
|---|---|---|
| ROST × |
$10,000.00
1985-08-08 |
$2,732,781.92
2026-10-08 |
| YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|
| ROST × | +21.24% | +44.29% |
|
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
|
|---|---|---|
| ROST × |
−12.12%
on 2026-10-08 from 2026-08-07 peak |
−83.34%
on 1990-11-01 from 1989-10-10 peak |
| Period ending Thu 2026-10-08 | 1 yr | 2 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROST × | +44.29% |
+51.91% +23.25%/yr |
+88.96% +23.63%/yr |
+80.32% +12.52%/yr |
+177.41% +10.74%/yr |
| Year | ROST |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +21.24% |
| 2025 | +17.27% |
| 2024 | +7.30% |
| 2023 | +16.73% |
| 2022 | −3.31% |
| 2021 | −12.21% |
| 2020 | +4.39% |
| 2019 | +38.18% |
| 2018 | +2.82% |
| 2017 | +20.97% |
| 2016 | +20.53% |
| 2015 | +14.40% |
| 2014 | +26.18% |
| 2013 | +37.90% |
| 2012 | +12.92% |
| 2011 | +47.62% |
| 2010 | +47.67% |
| 2009 | +41.44% |
| 2008 | +17.54% |
| 2007 | −15.32% |
| 2006 | −0.21% |
| 2005 | −2.47% |
| 2004 | +6.37% |
| 2003 | +23.18% |
| 2002 | +29.70% |
| 2001 | +88.45% |
| 2000 | −8.09% |
| 1999 | −10.72% |
| 1998 | +7.15% |
| 1997 | +44.05% |
| 1996 | +187.59% |
| 1995 | +132.21% |
| 1994 | −14.56% |
| 1993 | −36.73% |
| 1992 | +19.58% |
| 1991 | +162.97% |
| 1990 | −60.35% |
| 1989 | +29.72% |
| 1988 | +143.83% |
| 1987 | −16.91% |
| 1986 | −73.88% |
| 1985 | −0.65% |