Piper Jaffray Raises Price Target on Ross Stores (ROST) following FQ1 Results

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Ross Stores Reports First Quarter Earnings, Issues Second Quarter 2015 Guidance

May 21, 2015 4:01 PM EDT

DUBLIN, Calif., May 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Ross Stores, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROST) today reported earnings per share of $1.37 for the first quarter ended May 2, 2015, up from $1.15 in the prior year.  Net earnings grew to $282 million, compared to $244 million for the same period in 2014.  These earnings results include a benefit of about $.04 per share mainly from the favorable timing of packaway-related costs that are expected to reverse in subsequent quarters.  Adjusting for this expense timing, first quarter 2015 earnings per share rose 16% over the prior year period.

Sales for the fiscal 2015 first quarter rose 10%... More

Ross Stores Announces Quarterly Dividend

May 20, 2015 5:00 PM EDT

DUBLIN, Calif., May 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Ross Stores, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROST) announced today that the Company's Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $.235 per common share, payable on June 30, 2015 to stockholders of record as of June 9, 2015.  Adjusting for the previously announced two-for-one stock split effective on June 11, 2015, the... More