ROSS STORES INC ROST
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 778296103 · ISIN US7782961038
American department store chain
- SectorConsumer discretionary
- IndustryRetail-Family Clothing Stores
- HeadquartersDublin, CA
- Founded1954
- Websiterossstores.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($63.7m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 342.0m as of 2023-03-06, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $106.17. Options: 27 managers hold calls ($243.7m notional), 31 hold puts ($251.2m).
Trends to Q1 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 797 |
| Q4 2022 | 897 |
| Q1 2023 | 890 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 400 | 380 |
| Q1 2023 | 405 | 413 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $171.0m | $254.9m | 1.49 |
| Q4 2022 | $382.5m | $351.6m | 0.92 |
| Q1 2023 | $243.7m | $251.2m | 1.03 |
Biggest buyers
| FMR LLC | Added | +9.2m |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Added | +1.3m |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Added | +1.1m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +1.0m |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Added | +955.5k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +853.9k |
| Amundi | Added | +805.4k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +661.4k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | Added | +653.3k |
| STEADFAST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP | New | +610.9k |
Biggest sellers
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Reduced | -5.7m |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Reduced | -4.5m |
| BlackRock Inc. | Reduced | -2.2m |
| Alecta Tjanstepension Omsesidigt | Sold out | -1.6m |
| TPG GP A, LLC | Sold out | -742.1k |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Reduced | -503.1k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -368.8k |
| Cornerstone Investment Partners, LLC | Sold out | -317.9k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -305.3k |
| STATE STREET CORP | Reduced | -237.8k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $72.7m685.1k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $50.0m471.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $30.5m287.4k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | Added | $18.3m172.9k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | New | $13.4m126.5k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $13.2m124.2k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | $8.4m78.9k shares |
| CITIGROUP INC | Added | $6.1m57.5k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $6.1m57.2k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $3.7m34.7k shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $46.9m441.7k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $44.6m420.5k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | Reduced | $37.8m355.8k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $21.4m201.8k shares |
| Apollo Management Holdings, L.P. | New | $19.1m180.0k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | $15.2m143.1k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $11.5m108.3k shares |
| CITIGROUP INC | New | $11.1m105.0k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | New | $7.8m73.8k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $7.8m73.3k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution +1.1 pts · filed 2026-07-29 | 8.0% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 7.5% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q1 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $81.5k | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $2.7m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-31 | Burrill Jeffrey P SVP, CAO & CORP CONTROLLER | Sold | $345.3k3.3k shares |
| 2023-03-06 | Hartshorn Michael J. GROUP PRESIDENT, COO, director | Sold | $2.3m20.5k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q1 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.65% of their portfolio | 41.1m $4.4bn | Reduced -5.7m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.08% of their portfolio | 28.1m $3.0bn | Added +58.0k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.08% of their portfolio | 26.7m $2.8bn | Reduced -2.2m |
| FMR LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 22.7m $2.4bn | Added +9.2m |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.09% of their portfolio | 14.4m $1.5bn | Reduced -237.8k |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 1.04% of their portfolio | 11.3m $1.2bn | Added +95.2k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 7.4m $779.5m | Added +125.5k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.08% of their portfolio | 6.0m $640.6m | Added +1.0m |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.18% of their portfolio | 4.9m $522.8m | Added +105.4k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.13% of their portfolio | 4.7m $500.4m | Added +661.4k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.55% of their portfolio | 4.6m $489.9m | Added +538.2k |
| Amundi 0.26% of their portfolio | 4.5m $483.7m | Added +805.4k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.23% of their portfolio | 4.4m $466.2m | Reduced -27.1k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.05% of their portfolio | 4.4m $464.1m | Reduced -368.8k |
| EdgePoint Investment Group Inc. 4.46% of their portfolio | 4.2m $444.2m | Added +4.5k |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC 1.06% of their portfolio | 3.8m $400.8m | Reduced -162.8k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.08% of their portfolio | 3.7m $396.8m | Reduced -30.3k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.25% of their portfolio | 3.3m $348.4m | Added +653.3k |
| NORGES BANK 0.08% of their portfolio | 3.3m $345.4m | Added +75.1k |
| MARSHFIELD ASSOCIATES 9.96% of their portfolio | 3.2m $338.8m | Added +125.8k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.07% of their portfolio | 3.1m $326.8m | Added +22.6k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.04% of their portfolio | 3.0m $322.6m | Reduced -114.0k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.06% of their portfolio | 3.0m $319.5m | Reduced -4.5m |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.07% of their portfolio | 2.5m $266.0m | Added +87.7k |
| Boston Partners 0.36% of their portfolio | 2.5m $265.4m | Added +15.3k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.64% of their portfolio | 2.5m $260.3m | Added +1.1m |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.09% of their portfolio | 2.4m $256.0m | Added +55.4k |
| Coho Partners, Ltd. 4.42% of their portfolio | 2.4m $255.8m | Reduced -31.3k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.08% of their portfolio | 2.1m $220.6m | Added +39.8k |
| ALKEON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 1.26% of their portfolio | 1.8m $196.0m | Added +250.7k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.26% of their portfolio | 1.8m $194.4m | Added +1.3m |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.8m $193.3m | Reduced -6.7k |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. 0.40% of their portfolio | 1.8m $192.8m | Reduced -90.5k |
| Fenimore Asset Management Inc 4.68% of their portfolio | 1.7m $179.4m | Added +1.1k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 1.6m $173.4m | Added +48.6k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.6m $169.5m | Added +169.1k |
| KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.47% of their portfolio | 1.5m $159.4m | Added +28.6k |
| TD Asset Management Inc 0.19% of their portfolio | 1.4m $153.6m | Reduced -85.1k |
| Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. 1.86% of their portfolio | 1.4m $150.1m | Added +215.0k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.4m $146.2m | Reduced -44.9k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.3m $139.1m | Reduced -26.0k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.3m $135.4m | Added +86.7k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.19% of their portfolio | 1.2m $126.9m | Added +9.1k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 1.2m $124.0m | Added +853.9k |
| EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.68% of their portfolio | 1.1m $115.3m | Added +485.9k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.65% of their portfolio | 1.1m $114.0m | Added +955.5k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 1.1m $113.0m | Added +330.0k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.08% of their portfolio | 983.4k $104.4m | Reduced -21.6k |
| PARNASSUS INVESTMENTS, LLC 0.26% of their portfolio | 979.2k $103.9m | Unchanged |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 964.4k $102.3m | Reduced -11.6k |
| Madison Asset Management, LLC 1.54% of their portfolio | 956.0k $101.5m | Reduced -6.2k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.03% of their portfolio | 912.2k $96.8m | Reduced -66.6k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 903.4k $95.9m | Reduced -503.1k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 903.3k $75.2m | Added +162.1k |
| BRISTOL JOHN W & CO INC /NY/ 1.93% of their portfolio | 882.2k $93.6m | Added +3.5k |
| Candlestick Capital Management LP 3.15% of their portfolio | 881.3k $93.5m | Added +289.0k |
| Boston Trust Walden Corp 0.80% of their portfolio | 872.5k $92.6m | Reduced -36.4k |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale 0.21% of their portfolio | 813.8k $83.6m | Reduced -1.8k |
| Canoe Financial LP 1.16% of their portfolio | 783.7k $83.2m | First filing |
| National Pension Service 0.14% of their portfolio | 746.6k $77.0m | Added +277.5k |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc 0.17% of their portfolio | 734.7k $78.0m | Added +47.7k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.09% of their portfolio | 694.6k $73.7m | Added +16.3k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.06% of their portfolio | 679.5k $72.1m | Reduced -95.3k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.11% of their portfolio | 621.8k $66.0m | Added +180.6k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 616.7k $65.4m | Added +148.9k |
| STEADFAST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 1.95% of their portfolio | 610.9k $64.8m | New |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.04% of their portfolio | 606.3k $64.4m | Added +83.2k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.44% of their portfolio | 585.7k $62.2m | Added +583.1k |
| LGT CAPITAL PARTNERS LTD. 1.71% of their portfolio | 577.0k $61.2m | Added +40.2k |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 0.14% of their portfolio | 574.0k $60.9m | Added +3.5k |
| Bain Capital Public Equity Management II, LLC 3.64% of their portfolio | 573.0k $60.8m | Added +46.3k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.09% of their portfolio | 572.7k $60.8m | Reduced -9.1k |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC 0.85% of their portfolio | 550.2k $58.4m | Reduced -40.9k |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 0.36% of their portfolio | 547.4k $58.1m | Added +370.8k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.02% of their portfolio | 537.8k $57.1m | Reduced -103.4k |
| Junto Capital Management LP 1.58% of their portfolio | 533.2k $56.6m | Added +404.3k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.11% of their portfolio | 508.3k $53.9m | Added +472.1k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.16% of their portfolio | 508.1k $53.9m | New |
| Lazard Freres Gestion S.A.S. 1.76% of their portfolio | 503.4k $47.8m | Reduced -3.3k |
| Ardevora Asset Management LLP 0.96% of their portfolio | 503.1k $53.4m | Added +84.7k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 482.2k $51.1m | Reduced -151.4k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.46% of their portfolio | 452.8k $48.1m | Added +450.7k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.03% of their portfolio | 442.1k $46.9m | Added +4.7k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 393.1k $31.9m | Reduced -78.2k |
| Sather Financial Group Inc 3.59% of their portfolio | 389.0k $41.3m | Reduced -1.9k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.04% of their portfolio | 382.6k $40.6m | Added +5.2k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.09% of their portfolio | 381.7k $40.5m | Reduced -3.6k |
| PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 0.04% of their portfolio | 380.6k $40.4m | Reduced -4.8k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 378.6k $40.2m | Added +30.0k |
| CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 360.2k $19.3m | Added +178.0k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.09% of their portfolio | 350.3k $37.2m | Reduced -643 |
| NFJ INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC 0.98% of their portfolio | 344.3k $36.5m | Reduced -58.4k |
| FRONTIER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LLC 0.38% of their portfolio | 344.0k $36.5m | Reduced -97.2k |
| ProShare Advisors LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 341.6k $36.3m | Added +31.8k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.05% of their portfolio | 340.6k $36.2m | Reduced -27.4k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.07% of their portfolio | 329.9k $35.0m | Added +112.9k |
| SUMMITRY LLC 2.33% of their portfolio | 326.1k $34.6m | Reduced -134.4k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.08% of their portfolio | 322.0k $34.2m | Reduced -5.3k |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. 0.08% of their portfolio | 321.3k $34.1m | Added +10.8k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.09% of their portfolio | 318.1k $33.8m | Added +292.8k |