Welcome to our dedicated page for Ross Stores SEC filings (Ticker: ROST), a comprehensive resource for investors and traders seeking official regulatory documents including 10-K annual reports, 10-Q quarterly earnings, 8-K material events, and insider trading forms.
The SEC filings page for Ross Stores, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROST) provides access to the company’s official regulatory documents, offering detailed insight into its financial condition, governance, and capital structure. Ross Stores is an S&P 500, Fortune 500, and Nasdaq 100 company headquartered in Dublin, California, operating the Ross Dress for Less and dd’s DISCOUNTS off-price retail banners.
Among the most significant filings for Ross Stores are its annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, which include consolidated financial statements, management’s discussion and analysis, risk factors, and information on store counts and geographic reach. These documents elaborate on the company’s off-price apparel and home fashion business, its merchandising approach, and the macroeconomic and competitive risks highlighted in earnings releases.
Investors can also review Ross Stores’ current reports on Form 8-K, which disclose material events. Recent 8-K filings have covered topics such as Board leadership succession, Chief Financial Officer transitions, quarterly financial results, and the entry into a new senior unsecured revolving credit facility providing up to $1.3 billion in borrowing availability. These filings often reference attached press releases that provide additional narrative detail.
For those analyzing capital structure and liquidity, filings describing the company’s credit agreements outline borrowing capacity, interest rate benchmarks, covenant requirements, and events of default. Filings related to executive employment agreements and compensation provide further information on governance, including terms for senior executives, severance provisions, and recoupment mechanisms for performance-based compensation.
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Brinkley Stephen C reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Ross Stores, Inc. reported that President of Operations Stephen C. Brinkley received a stock award of 6,108 shares of common stock on March 11, 2026. The shares were issued under the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan and are scheduled to vest 100% on March 22, 2030.
Following this compensation-related grant, Brinkley holds 63,120 common shares directly. This is an equity award at no stated purchase price, not an open-market share purchase or sale.
Sykes Karen reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
ROSS STORES, INC. executive Karen Sykes, President and Chief Merchandising Officer of dd's DISCOUNTS, received a grant of 6,577 shares of common stock as compensation. The award was issued at no cash cost to her under the company’s 2017 Equity Incentive Plan and will vest 100% on March 23, 2029. Following this grant, she directly holds 110,522 shares of Ross Stores common stock, reflecting a routine equity award rather than an open-market purchase or sale.
ROSS STORES, INC. reported that Chief Executive Officer James Grant Conroy received a grant of 21,140 shares of common stock at no cost under the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan. These shares vest 100% on March 22, 2030, bringing his directly held common stock to 178,293 shares. He also holds performance-based restricted stock units (PRSUs) representing a contingent right to receive 51,164 additional common shares, each with an exercise price of $0.0000, awarded pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d).
ROSS STORES, INC. director Patricia H. Mueller, through LT Doglover Holdings, LLC, sold 1,881 shares of common stock at $213.13 per share in an open-market transaction. After this sale, the LLC held 2,159 shares indirectly, and Mueller also held 2,571 shares directly.
ROSS STORES, INC. director Michael J. Bush reported a charitable stock transfer. On March 10, 2026, he made a bona fide gift of 1,000 shares of Ross Stores common stock at no stated price.
After this gift, he directly holds 36,658 shares of common stock, so the transaction represents a small portion of his disclosed holdings and is not an open-market sale.
Ross Stores, Inc. executive Karen Sykes, President and CMO of dd's DISCOUNTS, sold 2,556 shares of common stock in an open-market transaction at $213.9104 per share on March 10, 2026. After the sale, she directly held 103,945 shares, including small amounts previously acquired through the company’s employee stock purchase plan.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC submitted a Form 144 reporting proposed sales of Performance Stock Units tied to common stock of ROST. The filing lists four PSU entries with quantities 668, 647, 685, and 556 and grant dates 03/17/2023 and 03/18/2022.
The notice identifies the securities as issuer-granted Performance Stock Units and uses Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services as the broker/agent. The filing does not state cash‑flow treatment, aggregate proceeds, or timing of actual sales.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services reported Form 144 activity related to common stock on 03/10/2026. The filing lists securities tied to board compensation with entries of 908 shares dated 05/24/2024 and 973 shares dated 05/24/2023. The record lists the broker as Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC and the market as NASDAQ.
Ross Stores reported a strong finish to fiscal 2025, with fourth quarter sales up 12% to $6.6 billion and comparable store sales rising 9%. Operating margin reached 12.3%, above the company’s plan, and diluted earnings per share were $2.00, well ahead of guidance of $1.77–$1.85.
For the full year, sales hit a record $22.8 billion, up 8% from $21.1 billion, with comparable store sales up 5%. Diluted earnings per share were $6.61, versus $6.32 last year; excluding a prior-year facility sale gain and current-year tariff costs, EPS grew about 10%.
The company returned significant cash to shareholders, repurchasing 7.1 million shares for $1.05 billion in fiscal 2025 and completing its existing program. The board approved a new two‑year $2.55 billion repurchase authorization and a 10% increase in the quarterly dividend to $0.445 per share. For fiscal 2026, Ross forecasts comparable sales growth of 3–4% and projects earnings per share of $7.02–$7.36, up from $6.61.
Ross Stores, Inc. reported solid third-quarter fiscal 2025 growth, with sales of $5.6 billion versus $5.1 billion a year earlier and comparable store sales up 7%, driven equally by higher traffic and larger baskets. Net earnings for the quarter rose to $511.9 million from $488.8 million, and diluted EPS increased to $1.58 from $1.48, helped by stock repurchases.
For the first nine months, sales reached $16.1 billion versus $15.2 billion, while net earnings were roughly flat at $1.50 billion. Operating margin eased to 11.6% in the quarter as higher distribution, occupancy, and tariff-related costs offset lower domestic freight. The company ended the period with $4.1 billion in cash and cash equivalents, $1.5 billion of senior notes outstanding, and an undrawn $1.3 billion credit facility.
Ross repurchased 5.6 million shares for $787.5 million year-to-date under its two-year $2.1 billion authorization and paid $397.2 million in dividends, including a quarterly dividend of $0.4050 per share. The chain operated 2,273 stores at quarter-end after opening 90 new locations in fiscal 2025.