secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ROSS STORES, INC. (ROST)
CIK:        0000745732
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-08-19T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000745732-21-000049
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ross Stores Q2 EPS $1.39 (up 22% vs 2019), sales $4.8B; raises FY guidance
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- Q2 EPS $1.39 (up 22% vs 2019), net income $494M; sales $4.8B (+21% vs 2019).
- Comparable store sales up 15% in Q2; operating margin improved to 14.1%.
- Repurchased 1.4M shares for $176M; on track for $650M in FY2021 buybacks.
- Q3 guidance: comps +5% to 7%, EPS $0.61-$0.69; cites supply chain and COVID costs.
- Raised FY2021 EPS guidance to $4.20-$4.38 on comps +10% to 11%.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/745732/000074573221000049/0000745732-21-000049-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/745732/000074573221000049/rost-20210819.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000745732-21-000049

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