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.
On Stock Titan, AI-powered summaries help interpret lengthy Ross Stores filings by highlighting key points such as changes in leadership, updates to credit facilities, and notable risk factor discussions. Real-time updates from EDGAR ensure that new 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, and other forms appear promptly, while insider-related filings such as Form 4, when available, can be used to monitor transactions by Ross Stores directors and officers.
Ross Stores is holding its 2026 virtual annual meeting on May 20, 2026, asking stockholders to elect 9 directors, approve a new 2026 Equity Incentive Plan, approve executive pay on an advisory basis, and ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as auditor.
The 2026 Equity Incentive Plan would authorize up to 15,809,003 shares in total, including 9,000,000 new shares and shares rolling over from the 2017 plan, with generally one-year minimum vesting and no option repricing without stockholder approval. As of March 24, 2026, 322,148,148 common shares were outstanding and entitled to vote.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC notice under Form 144 shows proposed and recent sales of Common shares related to an RSA and Rule 10b5-1 sales by Michael Balmuth. The filing lists a proposed sale of 2,496 shares on 03/31/2026 and three 10b5-1 sale executions: 5,804, 20,449, and 25,615 shares on 04/01/2026, 03/24/2026, and 03/23/2026, respectively.
Michael A. Balmuth reported Rule 144-related transactions in Common Stock. The filing lists two open-market dispositions: 25,615 shares on 03/23/2026 for $5,472,859.92 and 20,449 shares on 03/24/2026 for $4,385,232.84. The notice also shows 5,804 shares of restricted stock vesting under a registered plan on 03/31/2026.
Ross Stores Group SVP and Chief Accounting Officer Jeffrey P. Burrill reported a charitable stock gift. He transferred 565 shares of Ross Stores common stock as a bona fide charitable gift, with no sale proceeds. After the transaction, he directly holds 34,926 shares of common stock.
Ross Stores, Inc. Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer William W. Sheehan II sold 4,883 shares of common stock in an open-market transaction. The shares were sold at a weighted average price of $216.9501 per share. After this sale, he directly owns 31,339 Ross Stores common shares. The sale price reflects multiple trades within a narrow range from $216.9402 to $217.02.
Ross Stores, Inc. reported fiscal 2025 sales of $22.75 billion, up 8% from fiscal 2024, driven by a 5% increase in comparable store sales from higher traffic and larger baskets. Operating income was $2.71 billion, for an 11.9% margin, while net income reached $2.15 billion and diluted EPS rose to $6.61.
The company ended fiscal 2025 with 2,267 stores (1,904 Ross and 363 dd’s DISCOUNTS) and 45.1 million selling square feet, expanding into Puerto Rico and the New York Metro area. Cash from operations was $3.03 billion, funding $819 million of capital expenditures, dividends, and share repurchases.
Ross repurchased about 1.46 million shares in the fourth quarter at an average price of $179.21 and completed a $2.1 billion buyback program. A new two‑year authorization permits up to $2.55 billion of additional repurchases. The board also raised the quarterly dividend to $0.4450 per share.
Ross Stores executive Karen Sykes, President and CMO of dd's DISCOUNTS, sold 5,506 shares of Common Stock in an open-market transaction at an average price of $213.4006 per share. After this sale, she directly holds 104,648 shares, indicating she retains a substantial stake.
Ross Stores Inc: The Vanguard Group filed an amendment reporting that, after an internal realignment effective January 12, 2026, certain Vanguard subsidiaries and business divisions will report beneficial ownership separately and Vanguard reports 0 shares beneficially owned of Ross Stores common stock. The filing states Vanguard has no sole or shared voting or dispositive power over Ross shares and that no single other person holds more than 5% of the class. The signature block is by Ashley Grim, Head of Global Fund Administration, dated 03/27/2026.