Is ROST halal?
Ross Stores, Inc.
Halal
Ross Stores, Inc. passed every check under AAOIFI Shariah standard No. 21: no prohibited business activity, and all three financial ratios are within limits.
Checked: 14 October 2026
Exchange
NASDAQ
Price
236.89
Day
+0.88%
Market cap
$72.36B
Industry
Apparel Retail
Sector
Consumer Cyclical
What the company does
Ross Stores runs off-price apparel and home stores (Ross Dress for Less, dd's DISCOUNTS — 2,200+ US stores). Same model as TJX: buying brand-name overstock cheaply and selling at a discount.
What was checked
The AAOIFI standard has four steps: business activity first, then three financial ratios. Fail one and the stock is not halal.
Business activity
No prohibited activity
Interest-bearing debt / market cap
limit 30%
Interest-bearing debt $1.02B ÷ 36-month average market cap $52.44B = 1.9%
1.9%
Pass
Cash & investments / market cap
limit 30%
Cash + interest-bearing securities $4.29B ÷ 36-month average market cap $52.44B = 8.2%
8.2%
Pass
Non-compliant income / total revenue
limit 5%
Interest income $172.74M ÷ annual revenue $22.75B (2026) = 0.8%
0.8%
Pass
Figures from the company's filings (2026-07-31), USD. Market cap is a 36-month average (the S&P Shariah index approach), so a one-day price move does not flip the verdict. Today's market cap: $72.36B.
For information (AAOIFI 3/1 note): cash + receivables are 28.4% of total assets (2026-07-31). AAOIFI recommends tangible assets of at least one third — this figure does not affect the verdict, and other major screeners do not apply it either.
In the lists
- In the S&P 500
- 0.11% weight · #156 of 503
- Among halal stocks
- 0.11% · #124 of 1455
- Held by funds
- SPUS 0.20% · HLAL 0.18%
- Dividend
- 0.75% · purify 0.8% · net 0.75%
Superinvestors
SEC 13F, 2026 Q3. Up to 45 days delayed.Held by 2 superinvestors · Average reported price: $212.85
- Jensen Investment Management$3.6M0.1%
- First Eagle Investment Management$7.2M0.0%
Exited this quarter: First Pacific Advisors, Lee Ainslie
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