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Ross Stores Inc.

(ROST) is in the Retail Industry

Market Cap:$5.5B

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$5.9B

Public
US

Dow Jones Description

Ross Stores, Inc., a Fortune 500 and Nasdaq 100 (ROST) company headquartered in Pleasanton, California, is the nation's second largest off-price company with fiscal 2006 revenues of $5.6 billion. The Company operates 841 Ross Dress for Less ("Ross") stores and 52 dd's DISCOUNTS locations in 27 states and Guam. Ross offers first-quality, in-season, name brand and designer apparel, accessories, footwear and home fashions for the entire family at everyday savings of 20 to 60 percent off department and specialty store regular prices. dd's DISCOUNTS features a more moderately-priced assortment of first-quality, in-season, name brand apparel, accessories, footwear and home fashions for the entire family at everyday savings of 20 to 70 percent off moderate department and discount store regular prices.

Number of Employees 13,500

Contact Information

4440 Roseweood Drive

Pleasanton, California 94588

www.rossstores....

(925) 965-4400

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Family Clothing Stores: 448140

Company News

Recent Events

Ross Comps Up 8 Percent

11/22/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Zumiez Q3 09 Earnings Conference Call At 5:00 PM ET

11/19/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Ross Stores Announces Quarterly Dividend

11/18/09 - Stock Split / Dividend - View Story
Don't Discount Ross Stores' Stock

11/12/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Ross Stores Reports Record Third Quarter Earnings; Reaffirms Fourth Quarter 2009 Guidance

11/20/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
BRIEF-RESEARCH ALERT-RBC raises targets on Aeropostale, 5 others

10/09/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Todays Zacks Rank Growth and Income Buy: Ross Stores

10/22/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Retail Sales Mixed In August - Update

9/03/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Vitran enters distribution deal with Ross Stores

8/27/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Ross Stores Q2 Profit Surges 45%, In Line With View; Boosts FY09 EPS Outlook -...

8/20/09 - Stock Split / Dividend - View Story
Bay Biz Buzz: Feds OK Sun purchase by Oracle

8/21/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Ross Stores June Comps Up 1%; Lifts Q2 EPS View - Update

7/09/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Discount Retailer Rings The Register As Shoppers Seek Bargains

6/10/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

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Ross Stores, Inc.Â Q2 2009 (Qtr End 8/1/09) Earnings Call Transcript

Seeking Alpha - 2009-08-20

Ross Stores, Inc. ROST Q2 2009 Earnings Call August 20, 2009 11:00 am ET

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Earnings Preview: Ross Stores

Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-18

Ross Stores ROST is expected to report Q3 earnings before market open Wednesday, November 19, with a conference call scheduled for 11:00 am ET. Guidance Analysts are looking for a profit of 43c on revenue of $1.56B. The consensus range is 42c to 44c for EPS, and revenue of $1.56B...

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Discount Retailers Continue to Thrive

Seeking Alpha - 2008-08-28

Zacks.com submits: Key Points:Consumers continue to seek out bargains due to the sluggish economy and credit crunchThe trend towards thriftiness is benefiting discount retailers such as Big Lots and Dollar Tree Recent trends made Tuesday's bullish earnings report from closeout retailer Big Lots BIG not all that...

Tags: Retail, Big Lots Inc., Dollar Tree Stores Inc., Ross Stores Inc., TJX Companies Inc.
Retailers and Financials Up During the Bear Market

Seeking Alpha - 2008-08-27

Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Financials and Retailers have been some of the worst performing stocks of the bear market that started last October. There are some stocks in these groups that have managed gains in this market, however. Below we highlight Retailers and Financials in the Russell...

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Earnings Preview: Ross Stores

Seeking Alpha - 2008-08-19

Ross Stores ROST is expected to report Q2 earnings before market open Wednesday, Aug. 20, with a conference call scheduled for 11:00 am ET.Guidance Analysts are looking for a profit of 54c on revenue of $1.61B. The consensus range is 52c to 54c for EPS, and revenue of $1.56B to...

Tags: Retail, Ross Stores Inc.

eBay and Ross Stores Inc. Transform Their Management Teams.

- 2004-12-06

M2 PRESSWIRE-6 December 2004-FNWU: eBay and Ross Stores Inc. Transform Their Management TeamsC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:12062004 Retail industry news provided by Financial News USA (OTC: FNWU). Online marketplace eBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY) named Jeff Jordan, formerly its senior vice president...

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