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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000745732-25-000022"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ROST"
cik: "0000745732"
company_name: "ROSS STORES, INC."
filed_at: "2025-05-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T19:31:11.213448+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ross Stores Q1 EPS $1.47 (flat YoY); withdraws FY guidance citing tariff uncertainty

## Summary
- Q1 EPS $1.47 vs $1.46; net income $479M vs $488M; sales $5.0B; comparable store sales flat.
- Q2 guidance: comps flat to +3%, EPS $1.40-$1.55 (down from $1.59); includes $0.11-$0.16 tariff cost impact.
- Withdrawing previously issued annual sales and EPS guidance citing heightened macroeconomic and tariff uncertainty.
- Repurchased 2.0M shares for $263M in Q1; on track for $1.05B total buyback in FY2025.
- Operating margin flat YoY at 12.2%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000745732-25-000022
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ROST
- cik: 0000745732
- company_name: ROSS STORES, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-05-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/745732/000074573225000022/0000745732-25-000022-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/745732/000074573225000022/rost-20250522.htm

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