AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Ross Stores (ROST)

Ross Stores Q3 EPS rises to $1.58, sales up 10%; raises full-year EPS outlook

Positive Impact 4 of 5 earnings Written later

Ross Stores reported third-quarter fiscal 2025 results for the 13 weeks ended November 1, 2025, with diluted earnings per share of $1.58 versus $1.48 a year earlier and net income of $512 million versus $489 million. Sales rose 10% to $5.6 billion and comparable store sales increased 7%. The company raised its fiscal 2025 EPS guidance to $6.38 to $6.46, which benefits shareholders by signaling higher expected full-year profit.

Key points

  • Q3 diluted EPS was $1.58 versus $1.48; net income was $512 million versus $489 million
  • Q3 sales grew 10% to $5.6 billion; comparable store sales rose 7%
  • Fiscal 2025 EPS guidance raised to $6.38 to $6.46; Q4 EPS guidance set at $1.77 to $1.85
  • Repurchased $262 million of stock in Q3 and remains on track to buy back $1.05 billion in fiscal 2025

The filing

CompanyRoss Stores (ROST)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECNov 20, 2025, 4:03 PM ET
Accession number0000745732-25-000055

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:21 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on November 20, 2025.

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