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ROST Dividend History, Yield & Dates
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ROSTRoss Stores, Inc.
Consumer Cyclical / Apparel - Retail
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ROST Dividend answer
Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST) pays a quarterly dividend. Forward dividend yield: 0.77%, or $1.78 a year at the latest dividend. Trailing 12-month yield: 0.75%, from $1.74 per share paid over the past year. Its latest dividend was $0.445 per share. Latest ex-dividend date: Sep 8, 2026. Payment date: Sep 30, 2026. Next dividend status: not announced.
ROST Dividend Snapshot
Yield, annual dividend, latest payment, payout coverage, growth, and dividend history are emphasized for this stock. Yield methodology is labeled separately from payout coverage.
Next ROST Dividend Date
When ROST next goes ex-dividend, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.
Next ROST dividend
ROST's next dividend has not yet been announced. The latest completed dividend was $0.445 per share. Data last checked: Oct 5, 2026.
Latest ROST Dividend Dates
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ROST Dividend History
Recent per-share dividends show payment cadence. Trailing-year and growth reads are shown only when the available rows cover a complete comparable window.
Dividend reliability
Recent dividend payments are summarized as cadence and coverage signals. Exact rows remain below for auditability.
ROST Annual Dividend History
ROST Dividend Growth
Latest row amount $0.445, event yield 75.43%.
This page labels the feed as recent history when multi-year rows, payment dates, or record dates are incomplete. Announced calendar dates are separated from completed dividend history.
Dividend growth
- 5-year regular dividend CAGR
- 41.56%
- 2020 regular DPS
- $0.285
- 2025 regular DPS
- $1.620
- Absolute change
- $1.335
- Years increased
- 5
- Years reduced
- 0
ROST's split-adjusted regular dividend per share grew at 41.56% a year from 2020 through 2025.
ROST made 1 regular payment(s) in 2020 against an established cadence of 4, so 2020 is not a representative starting year.
Split-adjusted regular dividends per share, 2020–2025, excluding special dividends. Research as of Sep 19, 2026.
The regular dividend jumped 300.0% in 2021, a single step rather than steady compounding.
ROST Dividend Yield
How ROST's trailing 12-month dividend yield is calculated, and what it does and does not account for.
Yield methodology
ROST's trailing dividend yield is the regular dividends paid over the last twelve months divided by the latest available share price. Payouts classified as special or supplemental are excluded, because a one-off payment is not recurring income. It is a backward-looking measure and is not the same as a forward yield, which annualises the most recent declared payment instead.
Dividend coverage
Coverage is read from earnings and cash flow rather than from the yield. A payout ratio leaves room, or does not; free cash flow either covers the payment, or the company is funding it another way. These are inputs to a judgement, not a guarantee of future payments.
Recent ROST dividend payments
| Ex-date | Dividend | Adjusted | Yield at ex-date | Frequency | TTM adjusted | Declared | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2026 | $0.445 | $0.445 | 75.43% | Quarterly | $1.74 | Aug 19, 2026 | Sep 8, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Jun 9, 2026 | $0.445 | $0.445 | 74.09% | Quarterly | $1.70 | May 20, 2026 | Jun 9, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Mar 13, 2026 | $0.445 | $0.445 | 80.47% | Quarterly | $1.66 | Mar 3, 2026 | Mar 13, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Dec 9, 2025 | $0.405 | $0.405 | 91.52% | Quarterly | $1.62 | Nov 19, 2025 | Dec 9, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 |
| Sep 9, 2025 | $0.405 | $0.405 | 1.06% | Quarterly | $1.58 | Aug 20, 2025 | Sep 9, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 |
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| Jun 10, 2025 | $0.405 | $0.405 | 1.10% | Quarterly | $1.55 | May 21, 2025 | Jun 10, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 |
| Mar 18, 2025 | $0.405 | $0.405 | 1.22% | Quarterly | $1.51 | Mar 4, 2025 | Mar 18, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 |
| Dec 10, 2024 | $0.3675 | $0.3675 | 94.37% | Quarterly | $1.47 | Nov 20, 2024 | Dec 10, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 |
| Sep 10, 2024 | $0.3675 | $0.3675 | 95.33% | Quarterly | $1.44 | Aug 21, 2024 | Sep 10, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 |
| Jun 11, 2024 | $0.3675 | $0.3675 | 97.18% | Quarterly | $1.41 | May 22, 2024 | Jun 11, 2024 | Jun 28, 2024 |
| Mar 14, 2024 | $0.3675 | $0.3675 | 93.99% | Quarterly | $1.37 | Mar 5, 2024 | Mar 15, 2024 | Mar 29, 2024 |
| Dec 4, 2023 | $0.335 | $0.335 | 1.01% | Quarterly | $1.34 | Nov 15, 2023 | Dec 5, 2023 | Dec 29, 2023 |
| Sep 1, 2023 | $0.335 | $0.335 | 1.08% | Quarterly | $1.32 | Aug 16, 2023 | Sep 5, 2023 | Sep 29, 2023 |
| Jun 5, 2023 | $0.335 | $0.335 | 1.25% | Quarterly | $1.29 | May 17, 2023 | Jun 6, 2023 | Jun 30, 2023 |
| Mar 13, 2023 | $0.335 | $0.335 | 1.22% | Quarterly | $1.27 | Feb 28, 2023 | Mar 14, 2023 | Mar 31, 2023 |
| Dec 5, 2022 | $0.31 | $0.31 | 1.06% | Quarterly | $1.24 | Nov 16, 2022 | Dec 6, 2022 | Dec 30, 2022 |
| Sep 2, 2022 | $0.31 | $0.31 | 1.39% | Quarterly | $1.21 | Aug 17, 2022 | Sep 6, 2022 | Sep 30, 2022 |
| Jun 6, 2022 | $0.31 | $0.31 | 1.46% | Quarterly | $1.19 | May 18, 2022 | Jun 7, 2022 | Jun 30, 2022 |
| Mar 14, 2022 | $0.31 | $0.31 | 1.36% | Quarterly | $1.16 | Mar 1, 2022 | Mar 15, 2022 | Mar 31, 2022 |
| Dec 6, 2021 | $0.285 | $0.285 | 1.01% | Quarterly | $1.14 | Nov 17, 2021 | Dec 7, 2021 | Dec 31, 2021 |
| Sep 3, 2021 | $0.285 | $0.285 | 74.10% | Quarterly | $0.855 | Aug 18, 2021 | Sep 7, 2021 | Sep 30, 2021 |
| Jun 7, 2021 | $0.285 | $0.285 | 47.81% | Quarterly | $0.57 | May 19, 2021 | Jun 8, 2021 | Jun 30, 2021 |
| Mar 15, 2021 | $0.285 | $0.285 | 22.75% | Annual | $0.285 | Mar 2, 2021 | Mar 16, 2021 | Mar 31, 2021 |
| Mar 16, 2020 | $0.285 | $0.285 | 1.42% | Quarterly | $1.05 | Mar 3, 2020 | Mar 17, 2020 | Mar 31, 2020 |
| Dec 5, 2019 | $0.255 | $0.255 | 89.88% | Quarterly | $1.02 | Nov 20, 2019 | Dec 6, 2019 | Dec 31, 2019 |
| Sep 11, 2019 | $0.255 | $0.255 | 91.40% | Quarterly | $0.99 | Aug 21, 2019 | Sep 12, 2019 | Sep 30, 2019 |
| Jun 10, 2019 | $0.255 | $0.255 | 97.96% | Quarterly | $0.96 | May 22, 2019 | Jun 11, 2019 | Jun 28, 2019 |
| Mar 15, 2019 | $0.255 | $0.255 | 1.03% | Quarterly | $0.93 | Mar 5, 2019 | Mar 18, 2019 | Mar 29, 2019 |
| Dec 6, 2018 | $0.225 | $0.225 | 1.10% | Quarterly | $0.90 | Nov 19, 2018 | Dec 7, 2018 | Dec 28, 2018 |
| Sep 12, 2018 | $0.225 | $0.225 | 85.84% | Quarterly | $0.835 | Aug 22, 2018 | Sep 13, 2018 | Sep 28, 2018 |
| Jun 11, 2018 | $0.225 | $0.225 | 90.00% | Quarterly | $0.77 | May 23, 2018 | Jun 12, 2018 | Jun 29, 2018 |
| Mar 16, 2018 | $0.225 | $0.225 | 91.86% | Quarterly | $0.705 | Mar 6, 2018 | Mar 19, 2018 | Mar 30, 2018 |
| Nov 30, 2017 | $0.16 | $0.16 | 84.18% | Quarterly | — | Nov 15, 2017 | Dec 1, 2017 | Dec 29, 2017 |
| Sep 6, 2017 | $0.16 | $0.16 | 1.04% | Quarterly | — | Aug 16, 2017 | Sep 7, 2017 | Sep 29, 2017 |
| Jun 2, 2017 | $0.16 | $0.16 | 92.56% | Quarterly | — | May 18, 2017 | Jun 6, 2017 | Jun 30, 2017 |
| Mar 8, 2017 | $0.16 | $0.16 | 84.69% | Quarterly | — | Feb 28, 2017 | Mar 10, 2017 | Mar 31, 2017 |
| Dec 5, 2016 | $0.135 | $0.135 | 80.42% | Quarterly | — | Nov 16, 2016 | Dec 7, 2016 | Dec 30, 2016 |
Dividend yield is only the starting point. Pair the current distribution with payout ratio, free cash flow coverage, balance-sheet risk, and the history of actual payments before treating income as durable.
A higher yield is more useful when earnings and free cash flow cover the distribution. A yield caused by a falling stock price can be a warning, not a bargain.
Stable or rising payments can indicate capital return discipline. Flat, skipped, or missing payments should be read with earnings and cash flow before drawing conclusions.
A low payout ratio can leave room for growth; a high payout ratio can indicate limited cushion. Cyclical companies need more room than stable defensive businesses.
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ROST Dividends FAQ
Does ROST pay a dividend?
Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST) has covered dividend payment history on this page, including a latest dividend of $0.45 per share and a quarterly cadence based on available events.
What is ROST's dividend yield?
ROST's trailing dividend yield is 0.75%. Trailing dividend yield equals dividends paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available share price.
When is ROST's next dividend?
ROST's next dividend has not been announced in the current AlgovestIQ snapshot. The latest completed dividend row remains available in the history table when covered data exists.
When is ROST's ex-dividend date?
ROST's latest covered ex-dividend date is Sep 8, 2026. Future ex-dividend dates are shown only when announced or explicitly projected.
How has ROST's dividend changed?
ROST's one-year dividend growth is 9.95% based on comparable covered dividend history.