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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000745732-25-000047"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ROST"
cik: "0000745732"
company_name: "ROSS STORES, INC."
filed_at: "2025-08-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T10:59:28.119051+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ross Stores Q2 EPS $1.56, down from $1.59; guides full-year $6.08-$6.21 below $6.32

## Summary
- Q2 net income $508M ($1.56 EPS) vs $527M ($1.59) last year; includes ~$0.11 tariff impact.
- Sales $5.5B (+5%); comparable store sales +2%.
- FY2025 EPS guidance $6.08-$6.21 (excl. $0.14 prior-year packaway gain) vs $6.32 last year.
- Q3 EPS guidance $1.31-$1.37; Q4 $1.74-$1.81, both below prior year quarters.
- Repurchased 1.9M shares for $262M in Q2; on track for $1.05B buyback in fiscal 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000745732-25-000047
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ROST
- cik: 0000745732
- company_name: ROSS STORES, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-08-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/745732/000074573225000047/0000745732-25-000047-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/745732/000074573225000047/rost-20250821.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000745732-25-000047.txt

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