secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ROSS STORES, INC. (ROST)
CIK:        0000745732
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-11-20T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000745732-25-000055
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ross Stores Q3 EPS $1.58 beats guidance; raises FY 2025 outlook to $6.38-$6.46
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- Q3 net income $512M ($1.58 EPS) vs $489M ($1.48 EPS) last year; sales +10% to $5.6B, comps +7%.
- FY 2025 EPS guidance raised to $6.38-$6.46, including $0.16 tariff impact; Q4 outlook $1.77-$1.85.
- Tariff-related costs negatively impacted Q3 by $0.05 EPS; expected negligible in Q4.
- Repurchased 1.7M shares for $262M in Q3; on track for $1.05B buybacks in FY2025.
- Operating margin 11.6% beat expectations; strong sales across merchandise areas and regions.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/745732/000074573225000055/0000745732-25-000055-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/745732/000074573225000055/rost-20251120.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000745732-25-000055

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