Ross Stores Announce Q4 Delivering a Strong Finish to Fiscal 2025

in the fourth quarter, with both sales and earnings significantly surpassing our expectations.

Throughout the holiday season, we delivered compelling merchandise assortments to our stores, benefited from higher customer engagement through our new marketing campaigns, and executed in store initiatives that enhanced the customer experience.” That combination of assortments, marketing, and in store execution helped Ross finish the year on firmer footing than it had earlier in 2025, when macro pressure and tariff related costs were still weighing more heavily on the business.

Full Year Sales Hit a Record For the full year, sales reached a record $22.8 billion, up 8% from $21.1 billion. Comparable store sales increased 5%, while diluted earnings per share rose to $6.61 from $6.32. The earnings picture looks stronger after adjusting for one time items.

Excluding a $0.14 per share gain from the sale of a packaway facility in 2024 and an approximate $0.16 per share impact from tariff related costs in 2025, full year EPS growth was 10%. Shareholder Returns Stay a Priority Alongside the earnings report, Ross Stores announced bigger shareholder payouts…