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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000745732-24-000041"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ROST"
cik: "0000745732"
company_name: "ROSS STORES, INC."
filed_at: "2024-08-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T08:09:02.024145+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ross Stores Q2 EPS $1.59 beats prior year $1.32; raises full-year guidance to $6.00-$6.13

## Summary
- Q2 net sales $5.3B (+7% YoY); comp store sales +4%.
- Operating margin 12.5% improved 115 bps; net income $527M vs $446M last year.
- Q2 share repurchases $262M (1.8M shares); on track for $1.05B buyback in FY2024.
- Guides Q3 EPS $1.35-$1.41, Q4 EPS $1.60-$1.67; full-year EPS $6.00-$6.13.
- Cautious outlook: low-to-moderate income customers pressured by high costs; uncertain environment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000745732-24-000041
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ROST
- cik: 0000745732
- company_name: ROSS STORES, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-08-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/745732/000074573224000041/0000745732-24-000041-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/745732/000074573224000041/rost-20240822.htm

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