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Ross Stores is telling us something important about the US consumer
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(ROST) Ross Stores Q3 2026 Earnings Call | Live Transcript at 4:15pm ET
$ROST: My wife's and her boyfriend's favorite store
Ross Stores stock slips on soft guidance (NASDAQ:ROST)
$1800 -> $16,000 on ROST. Thanks Ross store manager
Getting ROSS calls for earnings, this is why:
How do you guys feel about Ross Stores (ROST)?
How do you guys feel about Ross Stores (ROST)?
Return of the Trader: help an OG retail investor get back in the game
I played a 🌈🐻 once. Didn’t know t’ill half way in, the bulls never came!! ROST & TSLA!
Sometimes it pays to be a 🌈🐻. $500>58k ROST/TSLA!
Abercrombie and Fitch ($ANF) Earnings Report (05/24 PM)
Small gamble on Ross earnings paid off $ROST
💰Good morning! #premarket #watchlist 05/20 $XCUR -4K filings insider buyings, $GET -buyback shares to delist, $EVFM -Proposed Public Offering , $ROST -earnings report, $MKD -received a Delinquency Compliance Plan Alert Letter! Check it all in Realtime Stock Screener.
💰Good morning! #premarket #watchlist 05/20 $XCUR -4K filings insider buyings, $GET -buyback shares to delist, $EVFM -Proposed Public Offering , $ROST -earnings report, $MKD -received a Delinquency Compliance Plan Alert Letter! Check it all in Realtime Stock Screener.
💰Good morning! #premarket #watchlist 05/20 $XCUR -4K filings insider buyings, $GET -buyback shares to delist, $EVFM -Proposed Public Offering , $ROST -earnings report, $MKD -received a Delinquency Compliance Plan Alert Letter!
Why is the retail industry cratering??
$ROST Put holders not getting any sleep tonight thinking about them unrealized gains 😂
Take this as a lesson, don’t be me😂
Don't be discouraged, you can make money here. Also, possible PUTS on $ROST tomorrow which may print.
$ROST - Can you tell me what in their stats explains the rise?
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Only thing green for me on Friday was BROS TJX ROST and O. Everything else red. Every other stock like financials, healthcare, non-AI international and most restaurants were red for me. What do you own?
LLY, AAPL, LRCX, ROST, MU, BDX and AMGN. All purchased in small amounts decades ago, each now over seven figures.
$DKS swing up like $TGT $TJX $ROST
Playing $ROST post earnings move. Think it can reach 12%. 4% gain is better than losing money.
ROST has been on a tear these last few years, kicking myself on that one
I’ve started buying all my food from $ROST
Guessed wrong with my ROST lotto puts. On the bright side, it was only 30$
ROST running on blowout earnings and guidance
Point me in the direction of the ROST earnings mega thread, the one you all have been waiting for.
i like ROST a lot and it was on fire until a few weeks ago but chart looks solid, and Target did well... but TJ Maxx and Walmart did poorly. I was 90% sure, more like 60%. Ross is cheap and people are about to have less money and they've crushed their past earnings.
Might not be as sexy as some of the tech plays, but god damn does ROST love to just keep going up. 🥂
Awesome! This may defy belief a bit, but my mother had a windfall in 1984 that allowed her to put $25k into LLY. While it hasn’t gained as much percentage-wise as the ROST has—merely 30,000%—it started as more, and is now our largest holding.
We each got around 2,000 shares. In 2015 I sold $20k worth of my ROST and bought 1,500 shares of MU with it. That MU is now worth over a million.
In 2015 I sold $20k of ROST in my IRA, used it to buy 1500 shares of MU.
Sell some ROST at all time highs and buy some NVDA.
Everything about ROST is intentional, believe it or not. Their biggest innovation back in the 80s and 90s was deep data-driven analysis to learn exactly what their customers wanted, narrowed down to the customers of each individual store. And they found that their customers wanted the feeling of finding treasure in a thrift store. So the stores look like Goodwill, but there are always a few valuable designer pieces hidden on the racks amongst all the cheap stuff for the knowledgeable to find. It doesn’t speak to you—or to me—but it speaks to the people who frequent their stores.
This was a small, speculative investment for her. ROST was brand new, and had launched near where we lived in the Bay Area. She visited a store and thought it was a good idea—to take the idea of limited discount retailers of the time like Loehmans or Filene’s basement and grow it nationwide—and she decided to throw a small amount at it. She also bought shares for my sister and me in our IRAs, bless her heart.
Dude my whole port right now behaves like penny stocks, including stuff like ROST. It's insane.
Not entirely accurate. If you put money into the market during the second half of 2008, after Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy in September, you were buying assets that had already been discounted by 20% to 30%. Even though the market continued to drop until it finally bottomed out in March 2009, the initial relief rally later that year was so aggressive (+60% from the bottom) that anyone who bought during the late-2008 AD panic was completely back in the green by mid-to-late 2010. If you put your money into the S&P 500 on January 2, 2008, the market was already down roughly 7% from its absolute pre-crisis peak in October 2007 AD. Your portfolio lost 37% to 38.5% by the end of 2008. It then made a recovery, gaining roughly 26% in 2009 and 15% in 2010. If you were reinvesting dividends, your total return broke even by late December 2010 or early 2011. If you did not reinvest dividends and looked strictly at the index price, it took until early 2012 to fully get back to your starting point. Additionally not everything was down in 2008. While the S&P 500 dropped roughly 38.5% in 2008 there were companies and sectors in the green. Non-discretionary, low-cost essentials outperformed. Walmart (WMT) actually finished 2008 up roughly 18% as consumers aggressively cut spending and traded down to discount retail. Amgen (AMGN) and certain low-cost consumer staple giants also posted positive total returns. Dollar Tree (DLTR): The ultimate recession winner, surging roughly 60% in 2008 as families relied heavily on fixed $1 price for easentials. Ross Stores (ROST): Rose nearly 18%. Their off-price apparel model ("Dress for Less") drew in shoppers who abandoned full-price department stores. AutoZone (AZO) was one of the few breakout successes of the 2008 AD financial crisis, finishing the calendar year up +16.31% to +20.02% depending on the specific baseline used. In 2009, as the rest of the economy was still picking up the pieces, O'Reilly stock surged back to close the year up +21.29% to +24.01%. These are just a few examples, there were more equities that did well or weren't down by as much. At any rate, by the end of 2010, the S&P 500 had surged over 80% from its March 2009 lows. With dividends reinvested, investors made full recovery between 2011- 2012. But again, not all investors where down on everything because many pivoted to defensive stocks that were gaining.
I talk to my girlfriend about anything retail, and she's practically magic when it comes to telling me what's good (ROST) and what's shit (ULTA). She doesn't know shit about fuck with investing, but that girl knows shopping. 🥂
If you're going to go retail, why not do something like ROST that can't seem to lose? 🥂
$ROST need a miracle to happen to get this to $235 at least
I've never been to a Ross (ROST) store in my life. How does it compare to Marshalls (TJX)?
I’m glad I got into ROST calls last minute.
$ROST underrated stock. I grabbed some $240 1DTE calls. Who’s with me?
I should say, I also hold WMT and DG, so I feel I still have good exposure in this sector. Was also looking at TJX and ROST, but I think I'll hold off for now.
Yes. This describes our strategy exactly. We invest small amounts in a number of promising companies and hold forever. In the long term a few do spectacularly well, while most don’t. But the ones that succeed grow so much in the long term that the others don’t matter that much. We currently have positions in about 80 companies. After a few decades, four companies—LLY (1984), AAPL (2005), LRCX (2011) and ROST (1988) total more than $20mm, with another five or so over one million, about 50 that grew a little, and 10 or so stinkers. IMO, that’s what a successful strategy looks like.
ROST. See my response to the comment above for the deets.
It’s not a surprise. Mom’s 95 now, and I’ve been managing the investments, both hers and mine, for a couple decades. ROST is not our largest holding, but it is the largest percentage gainer. Which isn’t even the pint. The point is, if you are lucky enough to get a winner, it’s usually best to let it go on winning for you.
Ross Stores, ROST, going vertical. $19 men's dress shirts are going to power this economy through.
ROST has hung in like a champ through all this.
Only way it works imho is if the economy gets even worse and EVERYONE gets dragged down, but, there's no telling what will happen. I guess if the economy got better it could work too. If trump suddenly decided to behave like biden and stop doing chaotic shit, and just golf all day long again, which includes removing ALL tariffs and some how pulling a taco on the iran war, then this short will work well when oil prices come down and the economy goes back to normal. But thats even more unlikely then the economy getting worse imho. So OP is in a rough spot. He needs the economy to either worsen or to get better, it most likely will just stay marginally bad for a prolonged period and ROST will win
In theory ROST could still drop even if discount stores do better then non-discount IF everybody gets dragged down in general. High oil prices is going to hit almost literally every single industry. Perhaps the only ones that really WONT get hit is going to be very very strong consumer stocks like WMT/KO
"ROSS Stores ROST is a discount retailer selling clothes for cheap" I stopped here for a short play given that we're entering a rough economy, ROSS will probably profit overall. Still gonna read to see how much more retarded this is about to get, but not to actually create a meaningful position, lol
Nah. Something ought to give in on this. Industry peers like KSS etc historically have <10 pe. ROST is 32
Compare to BKE and ROST is expensive.
Comparing ROST’s P/E to tech names is not apples-to-apples. Better comparison is to retail/discount peers.
Strong selling in March: You shorted at 197 probably march 3rd or so,all those sales are after your purchase and at a higher price. A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in ROST. Norges Bank bought a new position in Ross Stores in the 4th quarter worth approximately $868,360,000. Holocene Advisors LP bought a new stake in Ross Stores during the 3rd quarter valued at $351,763,000. Marshall Wace LLP boosted its position in Ross Stores by 1,908.8% during the 3rd quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 1,816,763 shares of the apparel retailer's stock worth $276,857,000 after acquiring an additional 1,726,324 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its position in Ross Stores by 20.9% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 9,582,401 shares of the apparel retailer's stock worth $1,222,523,000 after acquiring an additional 1,657,008 shares during the period. Finally, Viking Global Investors LP grew its stake in shares of Ross Stores by 56.5% in the fourth quarter. Viking Global Investors LP now owns 3,167,479 shares of the apparel retailer's stock worth $570,590,000 after purchasing an additional 1,143,611 shares in the last quarter. 86.86% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors. Good job
>ROST is not an AI player nor have they invented some new drug. Wouldn't they do well in an environment where people are getting poorer? Costs going up means more people want or are forced to shop at discount clothing stores. And 32 PE is high but not insane, although I would agree that software companies should generally have a higher PE than retail stores thanks to better margins *(I'm honestly surprised they're at 20-25, I thought for sure they were well over 30 by now)*. What's the normal PE for the sector and comparable brands?
I'd be careful shorting ROST just because it ran. Off-price tends to catch trade-down demand and they can flex inventory/margins way better than DG, so you might just be betting on a clean earnings miss and multiple compression at the same time.
Gold Silver Military stocks Defensive stocks (PG ORLY COST ROST) Might not be a bad idea to put money in bonds to grow it for when this is all over. (My guess is summer/fall)
Paper handed my ROST like a little bch :(
stocks like WMT and MCD have historically done really well through downturns. When middle income consumer downgrades spending, WMT and MCD benefit. You'll also see this in overperformance of TJX, ROST, etc.
I like the ROST call, will be in there
Also, if you hold a variety of companies, over the long term the top three can change. Ten years ago my top three were AAPL, BDX and ROST, while I had smaller holdings of LLY, LRCX and MU. Those last three have recently grown to eclipse the others, and are now my top holdings.
Yeah, I have been bitching about $ROST valuation all year. 😂
KSS and ANF have ripped up 50% in 2 days. WMT is up 8%. ROST up 12%. TJX up 5%. Been a good few weeks for Consumer staples.
ROST $175/$185 Call Debit Spread 12/19
This led me to see when I first bought shares in some of my holdings. AAPL, 2009; AVGO, 2020, ROST, 2010; NVDA, 2016 & 2017; HD, 2010; plus others I was adding shares of NVDA, AVGO, and AMD in 2022 so I would take any in 2023.
Only the hot girls can wear it well. what do you think is the percentage of hot girls in society. ? by that rational you better off with ROST.
Some winners I’ve been holding for a long time (gains as of today’s close): LLY bought in 1988, up 18,202% AAPL bought in 2005, up 21,962% ROST bought in 1988, up 60,765%
Please pump ROST so I can buy some CHEAP puts
$TJX and $ROST are making me feel semi unpleasant about my $BKE short. However, $BKE is a private label brand that imports 50% of their inventory from a factory in Mexico. Who knows, see everyone at the casino tomorrow.
ROST $130 Put 8/22 ZM $60 Put 8/29
ROST $130 Put 8/22 ZM $60 Put 8/29
Why calls for ROST? I'm thinking they'd follow the trends of WMT and TGT
Got some ROST and WDAY calls. And a put for ZM. Not confident, but hopeful!
$ROST earnings today. They have 2x the market cap of ulta and a larger market cap than Target 🤡
Whatever TJX does tomorrow, I will trade ROST based on that.
HD strangles TGT puts WMT calls ROST calls TJX calls
I was successful trading stocks before day trading. I started with fundamental analysis finding dividend and value stocks. Then I used Peter Lynch’s strategy to find ten-baggers. I think you need a mentor to be a successful day trader. You could learn it on your through experience, which is the bitterest way to learn. I started with a discount options service. It was $17 the first year to gain subscribers. Jeff Clark. It wasn’t for me. I wanted fast paced day trading. I then moved to the War Room for two years trading with a group under Brian Botterelli and Karim. I went to a financial conference in Ojai, CA and Nate Bear was a guest speaker. I did his trade he did live and netted 300% the next day. I was hooked. I joined one of Nate’s services and I have been trading with him ever since. I use Trade Station for a brokerage and TradingView for Technical Analysis. Overnight success took me 5 years of obsession. Not that you have to do it that way. It’s not easy. Biggest winner was an overnight trade this year on HIMS 2,000% overnight. Today winners ROST 15%, SYM 30%, SOUN 35%, ROKU 100%, COIN 240%. Gunther says one should accept small losses cheerfully as a part of life.
Listen to me Buy 135 ROST calls My shares got called away at 135 overnight and I’m still holding my 135 calls trying to roll them out longer
Look at the volume for ROST Aug 15 135c Holy sheeeeet that’s a big bet
UPS exactly zero So many stocks pinned to .8 this manipulation is hilarious it’s so god damn obvious How are half of my stocks exactly zero on the day without manipulating the market!? UPS PEGA GOOGL HON ROST ASHR These are not tiny stocks with low volume ASHR has been exactly at 26.8 for an entire month they only pump a couple stocks at a time then sell them off and pump more the next day options are in the worst state they have even been for buyers you are better off betting on micro caps and biotech lottery tickets Truly the most corrupt time in history
they worked out. * **ROST** \- 5.1% gain in just one day ($138 → $145) * **DECK** \- 5.5% gain in one day ($103 → $108.62) * **WDAY** \- 3.7% over 3 days ($240 → $248.78) - steady Workday climb * **RUN** \- 7.6% over 4 days ($7 → $7.53) * **CPRT** \- No Trade. Entry Zone did not get triggered.
* **ROST** \- 5.1% gain in just one day ($138 → $145) * **DECK** \- 5.5% gain in one day ($103 → $108.62) * **WDAY** \- 3.7% over 3 days ($240 → $248.78) - steady Workday climb * **RUN** \- 7.6% over 4 days ($7 → $7.53) * **CPRT** \- No Trade. Entry Zone did not get triggered.
It’s all of retail. Saw it last week with WMT, TGT, ROST, this week we’ll see if there’s more from to fall with DKS, M, etc
*ROST wtf? AFTER you incinerate my calls on earnings now after they expire you bounce bigly?* 
The problem is that the system is designed to detect high probability setups. So, for instance today out thousands of stocks it only picked up 5 stocks. **WDAY**, **CPRT**, **ROST**, **DECK** and **RUN**. These have the highest probability of successful prediction in the short term. As of today NVDA doesn't fit the criteria for a high probability play.
Ross is cheap clothing for poor people. If ROST is crashing, the economy will soon follow.
20 bagger on $ROST puts, where's the guy who followed me into it?!
my ROST puts are like 20 baggers 
ROST? 
I'd like to thank $ROST for the free money.
$ROST oversold AH. I bought the dip. Especially since my short put will likely go up in flames. Why not double down?
How much will my ROST $145 puts be worth at open?
$ROST got diked down just like bolz
who was silly enough to buy ROST calls  have you ever shopped there?? lol
*ROST nooooo! My calls!!!* 
I bought ROST puts at close my lil lover ber 💕
$ROST puts before close just saved my fucking week shoutout to the regard who said they had a bigger mkt cap than target
I bought $ROST puts when you guys told me not to. 
Bro I was literally starting to think about doing a put on it & the same options you just said to do on GOOS & ROST. Definitely not now 😂😭 LMAOOO thought u actually knew something or did some DD