During the past 12 months, Ross Stores's average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 73.10% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -2.40% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 11.80% per year.
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During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Ross Stores was 153.70% per year. The lowest was -12.50% per year. And the median was 22.30% per year.
Competitive Comparison of Ross Stores's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate
For the Apparel Retail subindustry, Ross Stores's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year FCF Growth Rate data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Ross Stores's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry
For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Ross Stores's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Ross Stores's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate falls into.
Ross Stores 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Calculation
This is the 3-year average growth rate of Free Cash Flow per Share. The growth rate is calculated using exponential compounding based on the latest four year annual data.
Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average Free Cash Flow per Share growth rate.
Ross Stores (NAS:ROST) 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Explanation
Free Cash Flow per Share is the amount of Free Cash Flow per outstanding share of the company's stock. Free Cash Flow is considered one of the most important parameters to measure a company's earnings power by value investors because it is not subject to estimates of Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization (DDA). However, when we look at the Free Cash Flow, we should look from a long term perspective, because any year's Free Cash Flow can be drastically affected by the spending on Property, Plant, & Equipment (PPE) of the business in that year. Over the long term, Free Cash Flow should give pretty good picture on the real earnings power of the company. It's used in the calculation of Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %.
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Ross Stores operates as an off-price apparel and accessories retailer with the majority of its sales derived from its Ross Dress for Less banner. The firm opportunistically procures excess brand-name merchandise made available via manufacturing overruns and retail liquidation sales at a 20%-60% discount to full prices. As such, its stores are frequently filled with a vast array of stock-keeping units, each with minimal product depth that creates a treasure hunt shopping experience. The firm's more than 1,750 Ross Dress for Less stores are primarily located in densely populated suburban communities and typically serve middle-income consumers. Ross also operates nearly 350 DD's Discounts chains that target lower-income shoppers.
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