NASDAQ: ROST · Apparel Retail

Ross Stores (ROST) stock sentiment

Over the past week, Ross Stores (ROST) pulled in 8 mentions across Reddit, X and news, and the read is an Adanos Hold. That is too little tracked discussion to read a direction from, so the signal stays neutral. Wall Street is more constructive, with 14 of 19 analysts rating ROST a buy.

Tracked discussion on ROST is too thin this week to read a direction from, which is why it reads as a Hold.

Wall Street vs the crowd on ROST

Wall Street’s 74% buy share sits next to a crowd that ranges from Reddit at 33% to X at 100%. No other tracker puts the two side by side.

Analyst ratings

Strong Buy
Buy 14
Hold 4
Sell 1
Avg target $256.18

Across 19 analysts the consensus is a Strong Buy: 14 buy calls against 1 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $256.18.

19 analysts74% buy share

Crowd sentiment

Hold
Crowd bullish 69%
Spread 67 pts
Most bullish X 100%
Most bearish Reddit 33%

The Adanos signal blends each source’s bullish ratio, source breadth, buzz intensity and 3-day momentum. This week ROST carries too few tracked mentions to weigh any of them, so the read is Hold rather than a clear buy or sell.

3 sourcesWide divergence

Who is bullish on ROST

67pt spread
Wall St
74%
X
100%
News
75%
Reddit
33%
Wall Street (analyst buy share)Crowd average 69%

Analysts sit 5 points above the crowd average of 69%, the professionals are more constructive than retail. The split is inside the crowd: X reads 100% bullish while Reddit sits at 33%, a 67-point spread that single-source trackers miss.

Why ROST reads Hold

Hold 0.0
Bullish Average
Average sentiment is 69.3% bullish, above the 50% neutral line.
+25.1
Trend
More sources are weakening than improving: 0 up, 2 down, 1 flat.
-4.7
Buzz
Discussion intensity is 20.8, well below the usual midpoint.
-2.0
Source Breadth
This signal is based on 3 tracked sources.
+1.5
Consensus
2 bullish sources and 1 bearish source keep the score from getting a consensus bonus.
0.0
This window holds fewer than 10 tracked mentions, too small a sample to carry a buy or sell reading, so the contributions above are set aside and the score is held at zero.

Ross Stores (ROST) buzz score vs. EOD price

Over the 30-day window, Ross Stores (ROST) buzz held subdued around 19.4 while the price drifted up 14.4% across the period. The chart tracks how social and news attention moved against end-of-day price. Average daily trading volume across the displayed trading days is 2.3M shares. Updated Jul 27, 2026. Over the last 7 trading days, ROST gained 2.7%. Buzz activity in the recent week averaged 27.7 and was variable, swinging between 19.4 and 41.7. Recent volume is in line with the 30-day average, reflecting steady institutional and retail participation. Daily crowd sentiment leaned bullish on 9 of the 15 days with directional mentions, shown as the green, grey and red breakdown bars below the chart.

How each source saw ROST this week

Buzz, bullish share, the loudest item and the positive / neutral / negative split for every tracked source over the last 7 days.

Reddit signal

Open source page
Buzz 9.3
Bullish 33%
Mentions 3
Trend Stable
2 subredditsSentiment +0.0
Bullish 33%Neutral 67%Bearish 0%
r/wallstreetbets Neutral
Loudest Reddit venue with 2 mentions this week.

X signal

Open source page
Buzz 31.2
Bullish 100%
Mentions 1
Trend Falling
1 tweetsSentiment +0.1
Bullish 53%Neutral 37%Bearish 11%
@HunterAllen4 Neutral -0.04
“The biggest concern remains comparable-store sales, which grew 1.7%, trailing off-price leaders like $TJX $ROST That’s something I’ll conti…”
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News signal

Open source page
Buzz 21.8
Bullish 75%
Mentions 4
Trend Falling
9 publishersSentiment +0.3
Bullish 79%Neutral 21%Bearish 0%
MarketBeat Bullish 0.35
“Lombard Odier Asset Management USA Corp purchased a new stake in Ross Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROST - Free Report) in the 1st quarter, accordin…” Led by Yahoo Finance and Alphastreet.

Polymarket signal

No Polymarket data for this stock this week.

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Ross Stores (ROST) at a glance

This week’s sentiment from Adanos, with fundamentals and analyst consensus. A quick-reference snapshot for Jul 27, 2026.

Adanos signal
Hold
Analyst consensus
Strong Buy (14 / 4 / 1)
Crowd bullish (7d)
69%
Avg price target
$256.18
Most bullish source
X, 100%
Most bearish source
Reddit, 33%
Sentiment spread
67 pts
Mentions (7d)
8
Market cap
$76.63B
P/E · Forward P/E
33.3 · 31.1
EPS · Beta
$7.17 · 0.9
Revenue (TTM)
$23.78B · 10% margin
Industry
Apparel Retail

Ross Stores (ROST) stock sentiment FAQ

Is Ross Stores (ROST) a buy or sell right now?

Adanos will not call Ross Stores (ROST) either way right now. The last 7 days carry 8 tracked mentions across 3 sources, under the 10-mention floor, so the signal sits at a neutral hold with 40/100 conviction. This is a sentiment-based reading, not financial advice.

What does Reddit say about ROST stock?

Reddit discussion around Ross Stores (ROST) is fairly quiet with 3 mentions across 2 tracked subreddits. The tone is 33% bullish with stable 3-day activity momentum, suggesting steady attention.

Is Ross Stores (ROST) bullish or bearish right now?

There is not enough tracked discussion on Ross Stores (ROST) to call it either way. The last 7 days carry 8 tracked mentions across 3 sources, under the 10-mention floor Adanos needs before it reads a direction. On the professional side, 14 of 19 analysts rate ROST a buy.

What do analysts say about Ross Stores (ROST)?

Of the 19 analysts covering Ross Stores (ROST), 14 rate it a buy, 4 a hold and 1 a sell, for a strong buy consensus. The average price target is $256.18. That puts the street ahead of the crowd, which averages 69% bullish.

What is the sentiment on ROST stock?

Ross Stores (ROST) does not carry enough tracked discussion this week to have a readable sentiment. 8 mentions across 3 sources is under the 10-mention floor, so the signal stays neutral at 40/100 conviction.

Why does ROST carry a hold signal right now?

Not for a reason found in the sentiment itself. Ross Stores (ROST) drew 8 tracked mentions in the last 7 days, too small a sample to read a direction from, so Adanos holds the signal neutral instead of calling a buy or sell off it.

What is driving Ross Stores (ROST) sentiment right now?

News is the dominant discussion channel with 4 mentions (50% of total volume). Reddit contributes 3 mentions and X contributes 1 mention. There is too little of it to read a sentiment direction from.

What does the Adanos hold signal mean for Ross Stores (ROST)?

The Adanos signal blends bullish ratio, buzz score, source breadth and 3-day activity momentum into a single buy/sell reading. ROST's hold signal at 40/100 conviction reflects a sample too thin to read a direction from. It is a research shortcut, not financial advice.

How fresh is this ROST sentiment data?

The ROST sentiment page is regenerated from the latest 7-day tracking window at each build. Data reflects the most recent Reddit posts, tweets and news articles available in the current publishing cycle.

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