secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ROSS STORES, INC. (ROST)
CIK:        0000745732
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-11-16T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000745732-23-000068
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ross Stores Q3 EPS $1.33, net income $447M; comp sales +5%; Q4 EPS guidance $1.56-$1.62
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- Q3 EPS $1.33 vs $1.00; net income $447M vs $342M; revenue $4.9B vs $4.6B.
- Comparable store sales +5%; operating margin improved to 11.2% from 9.8%.
- Repurchased 2.1M shares for $239M; on track for $950M buyback in FY2023.
- FY2023 EPS guidance raised to $5.30-$5.36 (incl. $0.16 from 53rd week); Q4 comps +1% to +2%.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/745732/000074573223000068/0000745732-23-000068-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/745732/000074573223000068/rost-20231116.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000745732-23-000068

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