secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ROSS STORES, INC. (ROST)
CIK:        0000745732
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-05-22T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000745732-25-000022
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/745732/000074573225000022/0000745732-25-000022-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/745732/000074573225000022/rost-20250522.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000745732-25-000022

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