JD.com, Inc. vs Ross Stores, Inc., two Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
JD.com runs a large Chinese e-commerce operation built on its own logistics, an ADR valued at $37.7B trading below book at 0.90 and keeping just 1.77% of sales. Ross Stores is a $68.5B American off-price chain keeping 9.74% and returning 36.73% on equity against JD's 7.88%. JD is by far the cheaper stock, 13.78 times earnings versus Ross at 29.78, the discount that comes with Chinese listings and thin retail margins. Both run light debt. JD yields more free cash, 4.23% to 3.84%. One moves goods at scale on slim take across China; the other clears branded castoffs at higher margin across US strip malls.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | JD | ROST |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $28.21 | $222.82 |
| Market cap | $42.0B | $71.6B |
| Sector | Retail | Retail |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +24.3% |
| P/E | 15.3 | 31.1 |
| P/B | 1.00 | 11.35 |
| P/S | 0.22 | 3.01 |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.3 | 20.0 |
| Revenue growth | +6.0% | +11.9% |
| Operating margin | 0.2% | 13.4% |
| Net margin | 1.8% | 9.7% |
| Return on equity | 7.9% | 36.7% |
| Return on assets | 3.3% | 14.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 0.7% | 29.8% |
| FCF yield | 3.8% | 3.7% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.16 | 0.20 |
| Current ratio | 1.22 | 1.54 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.62 | 8.35 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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