Ross Stores, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the 13 Weeks Ending May 4, 2024 and 52 Weeks Ending February 1, 2025
March 05, 2024 at 04:01 pm EST
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Ross Stores, Inc. provided earnings guidance for the 13 weeks ending May 4, 2024 and 52 weeks ending February 1, 2025. For the 13 weeks ending May 4, 2024, comparable store sales are forecast to be up 2% to 3% with earnings per share projected to be $1.29 to $1.35, up from $1.09 in the first quarter ended April 29, 2023.
For the 52 weeks ending February 1, 2025, the Company is planning same store sales to grow 2% to 3% on top of a solid 5% gain in 2023. Based on these assumptions, fiscal 2024 earnings per share are projected to be $5.64 to $5.89 compared to $5.56 for the fiscal year ended February 3, 2024.
Ross Stores, Inc. is America's No. 2 distributor of major brand clothing and accessories at discount prices. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:
- household goods (26%);
- clothing for women (24%);
- clothing for men (15%);
- accessories (14%): jewels, lingerie, perfumes and cosmetics;
- shoes (12%);
- clothing for children (9%).
As of 28/01/2023, the group had a network of 2,015 outlets broken down by name into Ross Dress For Less (1,693) and dd's DISCOUNTS (322).
All sales are in the United States.