Ross Stores Ownership | Who Owns Ross Stores?

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Ross Stores Ownership Summary

Ross Stores is owned by 60.30% institutional investors, 2.22% insiders, and 37.48% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 11.98% of ROST shares. Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund, with 3.22% of its assets in Ross Stores shares.

ROST Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Ross Stores	60.30%	2.22%	37.48%
Sector	Consumer Cyclical Stocks	33.14%	14.17%	52.68%
Industry	Apparel Retail Stocks	44.89%	15.44%	39.67%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	38.69M	11.98%	$6.97B
Blackrock	24.92M	7.52%	$3.62B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	24.29M	7.52%	$4.38B
State street	13.81M	4.26%	$2.10B
Jpmorgan chase	9.72M	3.01%	$1.75B
Fmr	9.44M	2.92%	$1.44B
Primecap management co/ca/	9.21M	2.85%	$1.66B
Geode capital management	8.76M	2.71%	$1.57B
Price t rowe associates inc /md/	7.27M	2.25%	$1.11B
Morgan stanley	5.44M	1.68%	$979.38M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Marshfield associates	4.02M	10.60%	$612.67M
Teca partners, lp	72.45K	6.96%	$11.04M
Nexus investment management ulc	248.17K	6.09%	$44.71M
Fenimore asset management	1.53M	5.75%	$275.97M
Coho partners	287.95K	5.63%	$43.88M
Benchstone capital management lp	260.38K	5.41%	$39.68M
Bretton capital management	34.70K	5.23%	$6.25M
Edgepoint investment group	4.40M	5.01%	$670.59M
Hahn capital management	61.98K	4.53%	$9.45M
Sather financial group	414.66K	4.02%	$74.70M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	4.82M	0.09%	4.82M
Holocene advisors, lp	2.31M	0.80%	2.31M
Marshall wace, llp	1.82M	0.28%	1.73M
Madison investment advisors	1.52M	2.60%	1.52M
Fmr	9.44M	0.07%	1.44M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Price t rowe associates inc /md/	7.27M	0.12%	-5.70M
Jpmorgan chase	9.72M	0.11%	-3.15M
Viking global investors lp	2.02M	0.80%	-2.72M
Steadfast capital management lp	-	-	-2.45M
Blackrock	24.92M	0.08%	-1.67M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	4.82M	0.09%	4.82M	$868.36M
Holocene advisors, lp	2.31M	0.80%	2.31M	$351.76M
Madison investment advisors	1.52M	2.60%	1.52M	$230.20M
Ontario teachers pension plan board	493.24K	1.59%	493.24K	$75.17M
Axa investment managers	265.42K	0.11%	265.42K	$40.45M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Bear mountain capital	-1.00
West branch capital	-1.00
Householder group estate & retirement specialist	-1.00
Redwood wealth management group	-2.00
Mendota financial group	-2.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	943	-14.74%	194,798,994	-32.20%	60	0.77%	537	7.83%	234	-40.31%
Sep 30, 2025	1,067	-1.02%	286,394,821	2.13%	88	1.19%	478	-8.25%	379	7.37%
Jun 30, 2025	1,068	0.66%	294,525,319	1.01%	90	1.15%	518	21.31%	348	-20.91%
Mar 31, 2025	1,044	-8.26%	290,946,062	-2.60%	88	1.08%	420	-19.08%	433	5.87%
Dec 31, 2024	1,007	-8.12%	274,541,848	-4.24%	83	1.10%	462	-8.51%	355	-1.11%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	10.58M	3.22%	-25.49K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	10.24M	3.16%	21.71K
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust	9.38M	2.87%	65.05K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	8.29M	2.56%	51.50K
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional	7.04M	2.18%	-36.75K
Invesco QQQ Trust	6.96M	2.15%	-15.43K
Vanguard PRIMECAP Inv	6.76M	2.09%	-597.58K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	4.14M	1.28%	644.57K
Fidelity 500 Index	4.11M	1.27%	-17.66K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	4.10M	1.25%	-85.51K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Oct 08, 2025	Brinkley Stephen C	PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS	Sell	$971.79K
Sep 25, 2025	Fleming Karen	PRES, CMO ROSS DRESS FOR LESS	Sell	$437.14K
Sep 24, 2025	Conroy James Grant	CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER	Sell	$5.75M
Sep 04, 2025	Sykes Karen	PRESIDENT, CMO DD'S DISCOUNTS	Sell	$607.06K
Sep 03, 2025	Fleming Karen	PRES, CMO ROSS DRESS FOR LESS	Sell	$151.06K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q4	-	1
2025 Q3	-	4
2025 Q2	-	2
2025 Q1	-	4
2024 Q4	-	-

ROST Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Ross Stores?

Ross Stores shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 60.30%, followed by 2.22% insiders and 37.48% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Ross Stores's industry, Apparel Retail Stocks, is 44.89%, which Ross Stores exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Ross Stores?

Ross Stores’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (38.69M shares, 11.98%), Blackrock (24.92M shares, 7.52%), and Blackrock funding, inc. /de (24.29M shares, 7.52%). Together, they hold 27.02% of Ross Stores’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Ross Stores?

Yes, BlackRock owns 7.52% of Ross Stores, totaling 24.92M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.08% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 3.62B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -1.668M shares, a -6.27% change.

Who is Ross Stores’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Marshfield associates is Ross Stores’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 10.60% of its assets in 4.02M Ross Stores shares, valued at 612.67M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Ross Stores shares?

Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Ross Stores shares, with 3.22% of its total shares outstanding invested in 10.58M Ross Stores shares.

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