secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ROSS STORES, INC. (ROST)
CIK:        0000745732
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-11-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000745732-21-000055
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/745732/000074573221000055/0000745732-21-000055-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/745732/000074573221000055/rost-20211118.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000745732-21-000055

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