---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000745732-23-000031"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ROST"
cik: "0000745732"
company_name: "ROSS STORES, INC."
filed_at: "2023-05-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T21:44:14.997287+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ross Stores Q1 EPS $1.09 vs $0.97; guides FY EPS $4.77-$4.99

## Summary
- Q1 net earnings $371M, EPS $1.09 (up from $338M, $0.97 YoY); sales $4.5B (+5% YoY).
- Comparable store sales +1% in Q1; operating margin 10.1% vs 10.8% a year ago.
- Q2 EPS forecast $1.07-$1.14 vs $1.11 last year; comps expected flat.
- Full-year FY2023 EPS guidance raised to $4.77-$4.99 (includes ~$0.15 53rd-week benefit) from $4.38.
- Repurchased 2.2M shares for $234M in Q1; on track for $950M buyback in fiscal 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000745732-23-000031
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ROST
- cik: 0000745732
- company_name: ROSS STORES, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-05-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/745732/000074573223000031/0000745732-23-000031-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/745732/000074573223000031/rost-20230518.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000745732-23-000031
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000745732-23-000031.txt

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