secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ROSS STORES, INC. (ROST)
CIK:        0000745732
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-03-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000745732-22-000010
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ross Stores Q4 EPS $1.04 vs $1.28 in 2019, guides FY22 EPS $4.71-$5.12
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- Q4 EPS $1.04 (net $367M) vs $1.28 (net $456M) in 2019; sales $5.0B, comps up 9% vs 2019.
- FY21 EPS $4.87 (net $1.72B) vs $4.60 in 2019; sales $18.9B (+18%), comps +13%.
- Guides FY22 EPS $4.71-$5.12, comps flat to up 3%; Q1 EPS $0.93-$0.99, comps down 2%-4%.
- Board authorizes new $1.9B stock buyback through FY23, replacing prior $850M authorization.
- Quarterly dividend raised 9% to $0.31/share; payable March 31 to holders March 15.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/745732/000074573222000010/0000745732-22-000010-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/745732/000074573222000010/rost-20220301.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000745732-22-000010

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