Canaccord Genuity Maintains a 'Hold' on Ross Stores (ROST); Raising Estimates on Solid SSS, But Remain Sidelined

July 6, 2012 9:02 AM EDT Send to a Friend
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Canaccord Genuity maintains a 'Hold' on Ross Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROST) price target of $67.00.

Analyst, Laura Champine, said, "We are raising our Q2 EPS estimate by $0.02 to the high end of guidance. Prior consensus was $0.77. We now project Q2 SSS growth of 6.1% on top of +5%, 120bps above our previous forecast. We continue to model for slowing SSS growth in H2:12, with Q3 SSS increasing 3% on top of +5% and Q4 SSS up 2% on top of +7%. For FY12, we are adding $0.03 to our EPS estimate lifting it to $3.36...We remain on the sidelines and maintain our DCF-generated price target."

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Shares of Ross Stores, Inc. closed at $67.19 yesterday, with a 52 week range of $46.13-$95.24.


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