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How Ross Stores, Inc. makes its money

Start with a dollar of revenue and follow what the filing says remains.

revenueBranching filed flows with values and percentages directly labeled. Missing filing concepts are omitted rather than estimated.Revenue$22.8B · 100%Cost of revenue$16.4B · 72%Gross profit$6.3B · 28%Operating income$2.7B · 12%Income before tax$2.8B · 12%Income tax$697M · 3%Net income$2.1B · 9%As of 2026-01-31 · 1 SEC filing sourceBuy Like Buffett · buylikebuffett.com

Honest partial: the filing did not provide a normalized tag for Research and development, Selling, general and administrative; those components are omitted, not plugged.

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Filed lineValue% of revenueSource
$22.8B100%
Cost of revenue$16.4B72%
$6.3B28%
$2.7B12%
Income before tax$2.8B12%
Income tax$697M3%
$2.1B9%
Source: · event Jan 31, 2026 · retrieved Oct 16, 2026 · annual-row source set
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