Ross Stores Inc
- Ross Stores Inc. increased 0.7% to $147.94 after the off-price apparel and home fashion chain reported a slight increase in revenue and a marginal decline in net income in the fiscal second quarter ending on August 2.
Consolidated revenue increased to $5.5 billion from $5.3 billion, net income inched lower to $508 million from $527 million, and diluted earnings per share edged down to $1.56 from $1.59 a year ago.
Same-store sales in the quarter rose 2% from a year ago.
During the second quarter, Ross Stores returned a total of $262 million to shareholders through share repurchases of 1.9 million shares of common stock.
Ross Stores guided fiscal third-quarter consolidated comparable sales to increase between 2% and 3%, and diluted earnings per share between $1.31 and $1.37.
The third-quarter guidance includes an estimated cost impact of 7 cents to 8 cents per share from the announced tariffs.
The company guided full-year earnings per share to range between $6.08 and $6.21, compared to $6.32 a year ago.
The company anticipated a tariff-driven hit of between 22 cents and 25 cents per share in the fiscal year ending on January 31, 2026.
Aug 25, 2025 - Ross Stores Inc. plunged 11.4% to $134.86 after the off-price apparel and home fashion chain reported slightly lower earnings for the first quarter of 2025.
Revenue edged up to $4.98 billion from $4.85 billion, net earnings declined to $479.25 million from $487.99 million, and diluted earnings per share rose to $1.47 from $1.46 a year ago.
During the quarter, the company repurchased 2.0 million shares for a total of $263 million, and $1.05 billion remained under repurchase authorization through fiscal 2025.
“The earnings guidance range includes an approximate $0.11 to $0.16 per share cost impact from announced tariffs,” the company said in a release to investors.
The department store retailer said comparable store sales in the second quarter are projected to be flat to up 3% on top of a 4% gain in the same period last year.
The company estimated earnings per share to be between $1.40 and $1.55, compared to $1.59 a year earlier.
May 23, 2025
| Year | May | Aug | Nov | Feb | Annual | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.30 | 1.09 | 1.32 | 1.33 | - | |
| 2022 | 1.05 | 0.97 | 1.11 | 1.00 | 4.38 | |
| 2021 | 0.68 | 1.34 | 1.39 | 1.09 | 4.87 | |
| 2020 | 1.28 | -0.87 | 0.06 | 0.37 | 0.24 | |
| 2019 | 1.2 | 1.15 | 1.14 | 1.03 | 4.6 | |
| 2018 | 1.19 | 1.11 | 1.04 | 0.91 | 4.26 | |
| 2017 | 0.77 | 0.82 | 0.82 | 0.72 | 3.13 | |
| 2016 | 0.66 | 0.73 | 0.71 | 0.62 | 2.72 | |
| 2015 | 1.20 | 1.37 | 0.63 | 0.53 | 3.73 | |
| 2014 | 0.58 | 0.57 | 0.46 | 0.52 | 1.94 | |
| 2013 | 0.54 | 0.49 | 0.40 | 0.54 | 1.77 | |
| 2012 | 0.47 | 0.41 | 0.36 | 0.43 | 1.43 | |
| 2011 | 0.37 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.34 | 1.16 | |
| 2010 | 0.29 | 0.27 | 0.26 | 0.29 | 0.89 | |
| 2009 | 0.18 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.19 | 0.58 | |
| 2008 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.11 | 0.17 | 0.48 | |
| 2007 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.17 | 0.43 | |
| 2006 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.34 | |
| 2005 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.28 |