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Ross Stores Inc. (ROST) is in the Retail Industry
- Revenue
- Feb 02 2008
- $5.9B
- Profit
- Feb 02 2008
- $261.0M
- Market Cap
- Dec 03 2008
- $3.4B
Latest News and Analysis
Ross Stores, Inc. Q3 2008 (Qtr End 11/01/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions The first question comes from Paul Lejuez - Credit Suisse. Paul Lejuez - Credit Suisse Can you maybe just clarify what you were saying on payroll shifts? What was it that hurt expenses in the third quarter? Michael, given what is happening in...
Earnings Preview: Ross Stores
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...
Discount Retailers Continue to Thrive
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...
Retailers and Financials Up During the Bear Market
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...
2008 Q2 Portfolio Holdings: Berkowitz, Rodriguez & Pabrai
Davy Bui submits: In their 13F-HR filing for Q2 2008, Bruce Berkowitz and his cohorts at the Fairholme Fund continue their shift from energy into healthcare:Fairholme opened huge relative positions in Pfizer PFE, Forest Labs FRX and UnitedHealth Group UNH. The UNH position echos Seth Klarman’s endorsement. I don’t...
Ross Stores F2Q08 (Qtr End 8/2/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Adrianne Shapira. Adrianne Shapira - Goldman Sachs Thank you. Very impressive on the inventory control. We were just wondering if you could shed some light in terms of the level of markdowns in that inventory, because to your point...
Earnings Preview: Ross Stores
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...
Ross Stores May Sales Call Transcript
Earnings Call Excerpt Ross Stores ROST May Sales Call June 5, 2008 8:30 am ET Executives John Call - Chief Financial Officer Presentation John Call Good morning. Welcome to this Ross Stores pre-recorded message that provides additional information on our May sales release issued on Thursday,...
Ross Stores, Inc.Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. Your first question is from Jeff Black with Lehman Brothers. Jeff Black – Lehman Brothers Congratulations, guys. Just a couple of questions, I guess, for Michael. Where specifically are we seeing some improvement or better traction in the ladies business? Can you update us on...
Ross Stores F4Q07 (Qtr End 2/2/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Jeff Black from Lehman Brothers. Jeff Black - Lehman Brothers On the -- can you remind us, Michael, what your CapEx budget is for ’08? And then on the inventory side, it’s kind of surprising to hear we’re going...
Review in Progress for Ross Stores, Inc.
M2 PRESSWIRE-10 January 2008-Market Review: Review in Progress for Ross Stores, Inc.C1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:10012008 Wednesday brought about a moderate rebound following a Tuesday tumbling amid questions in regards to the strength of the economy and the soundness of upcoming...
Ross Stores December Sales Results Call Transcript
Earnings Call ExcerptRoss Stores, Inc. ROST December Sales Results Call January 10, 2008 8:30 am ET Executives John Call - Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer Presentation John Call Good morning. Welcome to this Ross Stores pre-recorded message that provides additional information on our...
Ross Stores F3Q07 (Qtr End 10/31/07) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Your first question comes from Michelle Clark - Morgan Stanley. Michelle Clark - Morgan Stanley Can you break out the components of gross margin expansion by basis point contribution during the third quarter? Secondly, I know with dd's you said you were doing an in-depth...
Ross Stores F2Q07 (Qtr End 8/4/07) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Your first question comes from Michelle Clark - Morgan Stanley. Michelle Clark - Morgan Stanley First, can you breakdown the components of gross margin by basis point contribution during the second quarter? Second, can you comment on what you are...
Ross Stores F1Q07 (Qtr End 5/5/07) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question is from Michelle Clark - Morgan Stanley. Michelle Clark - Morgan Stanley Can you first provide with us more detail on the gross margin line, specifically quantifying each component's contribution to the 60 basis point increase...
Ross Stores F4Q06 (Qtr End 2/3/07) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Our first question is coming from Tim [Geyer] with Piper Jaffray. Please go ahead. Tim Geyer - Piper Jaffray Good morning and congratulations on a solid quarter. Just a couple of questions for you. First of all, I was...
Ross Stores Q3 2006 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator [Operator Instructions]. Our first question is coming from Jeff Klinefelter of Piper Jaffray. Jeff Klinefelter - Piper Jaffray Yes. I have a question regarding your systems in terms of looking back over the last several quarters and really couple of years in implementing...
Ross Stores Q2 2006 Earnings Conference Call Transcript (ROST)
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. The floor is now open for questions. Operator Instructions Thank you. Our first question is coming from Jeff Black with Lehman Brothers. Please go ahead. Jeff Black – Lehman Brothers Yeah, thank you very much. Good...
Ross Stores, Inc. Q1 2006 Earnings Conference Call Transcript (ROST)
Earnings Call Excerpt Ross Stores, Inc., ROST Q1 2006 Earnings Conference Call May 17, 2006, 11:00 a.m. EST Executives: Michael Balmuth, Vice Chairman, President and CEO Norman A. Ferber, Chairman of the Board, Ross Stores, Inc. Gary L. Cribb, Executive Vice President...
Ross Stores Q4 2005 Earning Conference Call Transcript (ROST)
Earnings Call Excerpt Ross Stores ROST Q4 2005 Earnings Conference Call March 15, 2006, 11:00 a.m. EST Executives: Michael Balmuth, Vice Chairman, President and CEO Norman A. Ferber, Chairman of the Board, Ross Stores, Inc. Gary L. Cribb, Executive Vice President and...
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- Incorporated: 1957
- CEO: Mr. Michael Balmuth
Ross Stores operates two chains of off-price retail apparel and home accessories stores. As of Feb 2 2008, Co. operated a total of 890 stores, of which 838 are Ross Dress for LessŪ (Ross) locations in 27 states and Guam and 52 are dd's DISCOUNTSŪ stores in four states. Both chains target women and men between the ages of 18 and 54. Ross provides apparel, accessories, footwear and home merchandise at savings of 20.0% to 60.0% off department and specialty store regular prices. dd's DISCOUNTS features more moderately-priced assortments of fashion apparel, accessories, footwear and home merchandise at savings of 20.0% to 70.0% off moderate department and discount store regular prices.
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Ross Stores Inc. Company Info
Board of Directors
Mr. Norman A. Ferber
Chairman
Mr. Michael Balmuth
Vice-Chairman
Mr. George P. Orban
Mr. Donald H. Seiler
Mr. K. Gunnar Bjorklund
Ms. Sharon D. Garrett
Mr. Michael J. Bush
Contact Information
8333 Central Ave.
Newark, CA
510 505-4400
NAICS Code
Family Clothing Stores: 448140Brought to you by IBM
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