---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000745732-21-000055"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ROST"
cik: "0000745732"
company_name: "ROSS STORES, INC."
filed_at: "2021-11-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T07:12:35.027117+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ross Stores Q3: EPS $1.09, sales $4.6B, +14% comp; guides Q4 EPS $0.83-$0.93

## Summary
- Net income $385M, EPS $1.09 vs $1.03 in Q3 2019 (pre-COVID baseline).
- Sales rose 19% to $4.6B; comparable store sales up 14%.
- Operating margin 11.4%; leverage from sales offset by higher freight, wage, COVID costs.
- Repurchased 2.1M shares for $241M in Q3; on track for $650M buyback in FY21.
- Q4 guidance: EPS $0.83-$0.93, comp sales +7-9%; FY21 EPS now $4.65-$4.75.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000745732-21-000055
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ROST
- cik: 0000745732
- company_name: ROSS STORES, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-11-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/745732/000074573221000055/0000745732-21-000055-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/745732/000074573221000055/rost-20211118.htm

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