secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ROSS STORES, INC. (ROST)
CIK:        0000745732
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000745732-26-000003
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ross Stores Q4 EPS $2.00 beats $1.77-$1.85 guidance; new $2.55B buyback, dividend +10%
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- Q4 sales $6.6B (+12% YoY); comp store sales +9% on top of +3% last year.
- Q4 operating margin 12.3% exceeded plan of 11.5%-11.8% on strong sales.
- Board authorized $2.55B two-year buyback (21% increase over prior $2.1B).
- Quarterly dividend raised 10% to $0.445/share; payable Mar 31, record Mar 13, 2026.
- FY 2026 EPS guidance $7.02-$7.36 vs $6.61 in FY 2025; Q1 EPS seen $1.60-$1.67.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/745732/000074573226000003/0000745732-26-000003-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/745732/000074573226000003/rost-20260303.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000745732-26-000003

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