Ross Stores, Inc
(NASDAQ:ROST)

Ross Stores, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates off-price retail apparel and home fashion stores under the Ross Dress for Less and dd's DISCOUNTS brands. Its stores primarily offer apparel, accessories, footwear, and home fashions. The company's Ross Dress for Less stores sell its produc...

Website: http://www.rossstores.com

Founded: 1982

Full Time Employees: 92,500

CEO: Barbara Rentler

Sector: Consumer Cyclical

Industry: Apparel Retail

Consumer Cyclical Discount Retailer

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sales	6,010,476	6,635,490	5,600,946	5,529,152	4,984,971	5,912,279	5,071,354	5,287,519	4,858,067	6,022,501	4,924,849	4,934,905	4,494,686	5,214,231	4,565,489	4,583,009	4,333,100	5,020,649	4,574,541	4,804,974	4,516,080	4,249,671	3,754,509	2,684,712	1,842,673	4,413,445	3,849,117	3,979,869	3,796,642	4,107,388	3,549,608	3,737,926	3,588,619	4,067,806	3,328,894	3,431,603	3,306,429	3,510,158	3,086,687	3,180,917	3,088,995	3,250,726	2,782,855	2,968,270	2,938,148	3,032,698	2,598,820	2,729,566	2,680,593	2,741,040	2,398,122	2,551,277	2,539,914	2,760,646	2,262,723	2,340,855	2,356,841	2,397,878	2,046,427	2,089,410	2,074,576	2,145,242	1,874,320	1,911,760	1,934,778	1,979,839	1,744,139	1,768,636	1,691,599	1,734,112	1,555,287	1,640,412	1,556,328	1,651,702	1,468,337	1,444,632	1,410,541	1,608,437	1,362,045	1,308,052	1,291,676	1,411,488	1,236,892	1,171,862	1,123,937	1,211,754	1,027,744	1,008,600	991,892	1,098,749	976,940	965,610	879,284
yoy	20.57%	12.23%	10.44%	4.57%	2.61%	-1.83%	2.97%	7.15%	8.08%	15.50%	7.87%	7.68%	3.73%	3.86%	-0.20%	-4.62%	-4.05%	18.14%	21.84%	78.98%	145.08%	-3.71%	-2.46%	-32.54%	-51.47%	7.45%	8.44%	6.47%	5.80%	0.97%	6.63%	8.93%	8.53%	15.89%	7.85%	7.88%	7.04%	7.98%	10.92%	7.16%	5.13%	7.19%	7.08%	8.75%	9.61%	10.64%	8.37%	6.99%	5.54%	-0.71%	5.98%	8.99%	7.77%	15.13%	10.57%	12.03%	13.61%	11.78%	9.18%	9.29%	7.23%	8.35%	7.46%	8.09%	14.38%	14.17%	12.14%	7.82%	8.69%	4.99%	5.92%	13.55%	10.34%	2.69%	7.80%	10.44%	9.20%	13.95%	10.12%	11.62%	14.92%	16.48%	20.35%	16.19%	13.31%	10.28%	5.20%	4.45%	12.81%
qoq	-9.42%	18.47%	1.30%	10.92%	-15.68%	16.58%	-4.09%	8.84%	-19.33%	22.29%	-0.20%	9.79%	-13.80%	14.21%	-0.38%	5.77%	-13.69%	9.75%	-4.80%	6.40%	6.27%	13.19%	39.85%	45.70%	-58.25%	14.66%	-3.29%	4.83%	-7.57%	15.71%	-5.04%	4.16%	-11.78%	22.20%	-2.99%	3.79%	-5.80%	13.72%	-2.96%	2.98%	-4.98%	16.81%	-6.25%	1.03%	-3.12%	16.70%	-4.79%	1.83%	-2.21%	14.30%	-6.00%	0.45%	-8.00%	22.01%	-3.34%	-0.68%	-1.71%	17.17%	-2.06%	0.72%	-3.29%	14.45%	-1.96%	-1.19%	-2.28%	13.51%	-1.39%	4.55%	-2.45%	11.50%	-5.19%	5.40%	-5.77%	12.49%	1.64%	2.42%	-12.30%	18.09%	4.13%	1.27%	-8.49%	14.12%	5.55%	4.26%	-7.25%	17.90%	1.90%	1.68%	-9.73%	12.47%	1.17%	9.82%
costs and expenses
cost of goods sold	4,230,589	4,831,277	4,032,446	4,002,167	3,581,366	4,343,622	3,634,283	3,791,929	3,490,672	4,375,360	3,564,268	3,569,367	3,292,606	3,926,203	3,424,046	3,399,535	3,196,446	3,773,636	3,326,004	3,410,871	3,198,396	3,157,044	2,711,419	2,080,120	1,889,991	3,224,237	2,766,432	2,843,850	2,701,668	2,989,744	2,547,331	2,666,983	2,522,219	2,922,582	2,369,148	2,420,942	2,329,966	2,539,563	2,206,092	2,251,845	2,176,205	2,386,591	2,003,347	2,119,480	2,067,455	2,203,569	1,882,185	1,944,017	1,908,184																					1,321,346	1,198,451	1,255,222	1,181,557	1,264,902	1,150,754	1,131,286	1,071,278	1,230,741	1,073,820	1,024,130	988,836
gross profit	1,779,887	1,804,213	1,568,500	1,526,985	1,403,605	1,568,657	1,437,071	1,495,590	1,367,395	1,647,141	1,360,581	1,365,538	1,202,080	1,288,028	1,141,443	1,183,474	1,136,654	1,247,013	1,248,537	1,394,103	1,317,684	1,092,627	1,043,090	604,592	-47,318	1,189,208	1,082,685	1,136,019	1,094,974	1,117,644	1,002,277	1,070,943	1,066,400	1,145,224	959,746	1,010,661	976,463	970,595	880,595	929,072	912,790	864,135	779,508	848,790	870,693	829,129	716,635	785,549	772,409																					412,766	356,836	385,190	374,771	386,800	317,583	313,346	339,263	377,696	288,225	283,922	302,840
yoy	26.81%	15.02%	9.15%	2.10%	2.65%	-4.76%	5.62%	9.52%	13.75%	27.88%	19.20%	15.38%	5.76%	3.29%	-8.58%	-15.11%	-13.74%	14.13%	19.70%	130.59%	-2884.74%	-8.12%	-3.66%	-46.78%	-104.32%	6.40%	8.02%	6.08%	2.68%	-2.41%	4.43%	5.96%	9.21%	17.99%	8.99%	8.78%	6.98%	12.32%	12.97%	9.46%	4.83%	4.22%	8.77%	8.05%	12.72%																									6.71%	12.36%	22.93%	10.47%	2.41%	10.19%	10.36%	12.03%
qoq	-1.35%	15.03%	2.72%	8.79%	-10.52%	9.16%	-3.91%	9.38%	-16.98%	21.06%	-0.36%	13.60%	-6.67%	12.84%	-3.55%	4.12%	-8.85%	-0.12%	-10.44%	5.80%	20.60%	4.75%	72.53%	-1377.72%	-103.98%	9.84%	-4.69%	3.75%	-2.03%	11.51%	-6.41%	0.43%	-6.88%	19.33%	-5.04%	3.50%	0.60%	10.22%	-5.22%	1.78%	5.63%	10.86%	-8.16%	-2.52%	5.01%	15.70%	-8.77%	1.70%																						15.67%	-7.36%	2.78%	-3.11%	21.79%	1.35%	-7.64%	-10.18%	31.04%	1.52%	-6.25%
gross margin %	29.61%	27.19%	28.00%	27.62%	28.16%	26.53%	28.34%	28.29%	28.15%	27.35%	27.63%	27.67%	26.74%	24.70%	25.00%	25.82%	26.23%	24.84%	27.29%	29.01%	29.18%	25.71%	27.78%	22.52%	-2.57%	26.95%	28.13%	28.54%	28.84%	27.21%	28.24%	28.65%	29.72%	28.15%	28.83%	29.45%	29.53%	27.65%	28.53%	29.21%	29.55%	26.58%	28.01%	28.60%	29.63%	27.34%	27.58%	28.78%	28.81%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	23.80%	22.94%	23.48%	24.08%	23.42%	21.63%	21.69%	24.05%	23.48%	21.16%	21.71%	23.45%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	NaN%	NaN%	NaN%	NaN%	NaN%	NaN%	NaN%	NaN%
selling, general and administrative	975,861	990,098	920,002	888,711	797,135	837,633	832,855	836,357	776,282	903,087	810,470	807,898	746,222	729,342	693,367	667,063	669,496	755,867	725,761	717,788	675,053	690,624	877,857	519,495	415,305	601,879	604,605	591,970	558,250	575,969	561,577	554,581	524,423	553,306	517,297	498,276	474,819	493,802	490,171	469,511	436,924	450,877	443,354	435,226	409,298	430,342	410,002	395,225	379,802	401,345	381,860	381,193	361,968	390,003	357,983	352,089	337,811	341,794	332,226	320,885	309,160	319,624	312,277	303,402	294,472	286,114	286,511	286,158	272,030	255,312	262,534	268,839	247,672	237,525	238,847	229,326	230,203	227,645	217,586	210,635	207,167	215,795	201,304	186,604	182,736	176,796	162,509	164,032	161,431	167,426	163,962	151,832
operating income	804,026	814,115	648,498	638,274	606,470
yoy	32.57%
qoq	-1.24%	25.54%	1.60%	5.24%
operating margin %	13.38%	12.27%	11.58%	11.54%	12.17%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	NaN%	NaN%	NaN%	NaN%	NaN%	NaN%	NaN%	NaN%
interest income	-33,449	-34,145	-33,900	-32,346	-34,409	-32,956.75	-42,527	-43,350	-45,950																	-3,704.75	-4,402																																											2,531	-15		-1,621	-2,691	-12		-1,391	-1,303.25	-1,775	-1,554
earnings before taxes	837,475	848,260	682,398	670,620	640,879	770,765	646,743	702,583	637,063	796,242	593,430	594,854	487,255	581,405	450,878	505,744	449,462	473,318	504,032	657,608	623,582	382,851	136,493	56,242	-469,289	590,616	482,482	548,831	542,359	546,988	443,653	517,755	542,480	591,532	440,669	510,044	498,475	473,038	386,268	455,348	471,502	408,728	331,727	411,912	459,392	396,380	305,856	390,419	392,711	347,723	270,179	346,482	378,926	376,036	254,100	297,037	337,671	308,357	221,423	241,649	281,715	260,750	194,298	210,137	231,836	228,540	170,833	169,952	149,204	154,923	94,317	117,403	128,720	151,966	78,748	83,955	110,451	153,465	72,414	74,841	97,557	116,809	59,726	69,624	82,183	83,322	62,505	53,489	79,669	121,076	82,875	89,633	80,967
provision for taxes on earnings	187,511	202,395	170,463	162,625	161,630	183,981	157,935	175,435	149,073	186,559	146,103	148,535	116,064	134,362	108,842	121,227	111,017	106,496	119,002	163,350	147,103	144,871	5,296	34,195	-163,447	134,483	111,550	136,110	121,217	105,295	105,545	128,351	124,228	140,785	166,220	193,505	177,457	172,470	141,722	173,442	180,868	144,567	116,071	153,273	177,187	147,850	113,136	150,858	148,798	129,770	98,561	133,361	144,314	139,434	94,576	115,013	129,058	116,405	77,454	93,373	108,742	98,954	72,920	80,861	89,489	85,657	65,753	66,545	57,817	57,536	37,047	46,104	49,235	57,504	30,066	33,092	43,407	60,358	28,481	29,464	38,340	45,831	23,401	27,345	32,133	32,579	24,439	20,914	31,151	47,340	32,404	35,047	31,658
net earnings	649,964	645,865	511,935	507,995	479,249	586,784	488,808	527,148	487,990	609,683	447,327	446,319	371,191	447,043	342,036	384,517	338,445	366,822	385,030	494,258	476,479	237,980	131,197	22,047	-305,842	456,133	370,932	412,721	421,142	441,693	338,108	389,404	418,252	450,747	274,449	316,539	321,018	300,568	244,546	281,906	290,634	264,161	215,656	258,639	282,205	248,530	192,720	239,561	243,913	217,953	171,618	213,121	234,612	236,602	159,524	182,024	208,613	191,952	143,969	148,276	172,973	161,796	121,378	129,276	142,347	142,883	105,080	103,407	91,387	97,387	57,270	71,299	79,485	94,462	48,682	50,863	67,044	93,107	43,933	45,377	59,217	70,978	36,325	42,279	50,050	50,743	38,066	32,575	48,518	73,736	50,471	54,586	49,309
yoy	35.62%	10.07%	4.73%	-3.63%	-1.79%	-3.76%	9.27%	18.11%	31.47%	36.38%	30.78%	16.07%	9.68%	21.87%	-11.17%	-22.20%	-28.97%	54.14%	193.47%	2141.84%	-255.79%	-47.83%	-64.63%	-94.66%	-172.62%	3.27%	9.71%	5.99%	0.69%	-2.01%	23.20%	23.02%	30.29%	49.97%	12.23%	12.29%	10.45%	13.78%	13.40%	9.00%	2.99%	6.29%	11.90%	7.96%	15.70%	14.03%	12.30%	12.41%	3.96%	-7.88%	7.58%	17.08%	12.46%	23.26%	10.80%	22.76%	20.60%	18.64%	18.61%	14.70%	21.52%	13.24%	15.51%	25.02%	55.76%	46.72%	83.48%	45.03%	14.97%	3.10%	17.64%	40.18%	18.56%	1.46%	10.81%	12.09%	13.22%	31.18%	20.94%	7.33%	18.32%	39.88%	-4.57%	29.79%	3.16%	-31.18%	-24.58%	-40.32%	-1.60%
qoq	0.63%	26.16%	0.78%	6.00%	-18.33%	20.04%	-7.27%	8.02%	-19.96%	36.29%	0.23%	20.24%	-16.97%	30.70%	-11.05%	13.61%	-7.74%	-4.73%	-22.10%	3.73%	100.22%	81.39%	495.08%	-107.21%	-167.05%	22.97%	-10.13%	-2.00%	-4.65%	30.64%	-13.17%	-6.90%	-7.21%	64.24%	-13.30%	-1.40%	6.80%	22.91%	-13.25%	-3.00%	10.02%	22.49%	-16.62%	-8.35%	13.55%	28.96%	-19.55%	-1.78%	11.91%	27.00%	-19.47%	-9.16%	-0.84%	48.32%	-12.36%	-12.75%	8.68%	33.33%	-2.90%	-14.28%	6.91%	33.30%	-6.11%	-9.18%	-0.38%	35.98%	1.62%	13.15%	-6.16%	70.05%	-19.68%	-10.30%	-15.86%	94.04%	-4.29%	-24.13%	-27.99%	111.93%	-3.18%	-23.37%	-16.57%	95.40%	-14.08%	-15.53%	-1.37%	33.30%	16.86%	-32.86%	-34.20%	46.10%	-7.54%	10.70%
net income margin %	10.81%	9.73%	9.14%	9.19%	9.61%	9.92%	9.64%	9.97%	10.04%	10.12%	9.08%	9.04%	8.26%	8.57%	7.49%	8.39%	7.81%	7.31%	8.42%	10.29%	10.55%	5.60%	3.49%	0.82%	-16.60%	10.34%	9.64%	10.37%	11.09%	10.75%	9.53%	10.42%	11.65%	11.08%	8.24%	9.22%	9.71%	8.56%	7.92%	8.86%	9.41%	8.13%	7.75%	8.71%	9.60%	8.20%	7.42%	8.78%	9.10%	7.95%	7.16%	8.35%	9.24%	8.57%	7.05%	7.78%	8.85%	8.01%	7.04%	7.10%	8.34%	7.54%	6.48%	6.76%	7.36%	7.22%	6.02%	5.85%	5.40%	5.62%	3.68%	4.35%	5.11%	5.72%	3.32%	3.52%	4.75%	5.79%	3.23%	3.47%	4.58%	5.03%	2.94%	3.61%	4.45%	4.19%	3.70%	3.23%	4.89%	6.71%	5.17%	5.65%	5.61%	NaN%	NaN%	NaN%	NaN%	NaN%	NaN%	NaN%	NaN%
earnings per share
basic	2.04	2.02	1.59	1.57	1.48	1.8	1.49	1.6	1.47	1.83	1.34	1.33	1.1	1.31	1	1.11	0.98	1.05	1.1	1.4	1.35	0.67	0.37	0.06	-0.87	1.28	1.04	1.15	1.16	1.21	0.92	1.05	1.12	1.2	0.72	0.83	0.83	0.77	0.63	0.72	0.73	0.66	0.54	0.64	1.38	1.21	0.94	1.15	1.17	1.03	0.81	1	1.09	1.09	0.73	0.83	0.94	-1.19	1.28	1.3	1.51	1.39	1.04	1.09	1.19	1.17	0.86	0.84	0.73	0.76	0.44	0.55	0.61	0.7	0.36	0.37	0.49	0.67	0.32	0.32	0.42	0.49	0.25	0.29	0.34	0.35	0.26	0.22	0.32	-0.52	0.67	0.72	0.64
diluted	2.02	2	1.58	1.56	1.47	1.79	1.48	1.59	1.46	1.82	1.33	1.32	1.09	1.3	1	1.11	0.97	1.05	1.09	1.39	1.34	0.67	0.37	0.06	-0.87	1.28	1.03	1.14	1.15	1.2	0.91	1.04	1.11	1.19	0.72	0.82	0.82	0.77	0.62	0.71	0.73	0.66	0.53	0.63	1.37	1.2	0.93	1.14	1.15	1.02	0.8	0.98	1.07	1.07	0.72	0.81	0.93	-1.17	1.26	1.28	1.48	1.37	1.02	1.07	1.16	1.15	0.84	0.82	0.72	0.76	0.44	0.54	0.6	0.69	0.36	0.37	0.48	0.66	0.31	0.32	0.41	0.49	0.25	0.29	0.34	0.34	0.26	0.22	0.32	-0.52	0.65	0.7	0.63
weighted-average shares outstanding
basic	318,957	322,220	321,270	323,000	324,877	328,593	327,710	329,392	331,258	335,187	334,282	336,231	338,049	343,452	342,120	344,884	347,053	351,496	351,071	352,865	352,988	352,392	352,481	352,276	352,202	358,462	356,879	359,794	363,085	369,533	368,102	371,031	373,797	381,174	379,432	383,011	386,433	392,124	390,870	393,568	395,799	403,034	401,494	404,760	203,827	206,777	205,866	207,565	208,949	212,881	211,986	213,836	215,408	219,130	218,583	220,065	221,104	225,915	112,270	113,652	114,764	117,821	117,039	118,615	119,829	122,887	122,377	123,467	124,692	129,235	128,930	130,110	131,319	135,093		136,052	137,087	139,488	138,570			144,325			146,007	147,468				152,165	75,645	76,270	77,052
diluted	321,231	324,416	323,297	324,796	327,005	330,984	329,937	331,511	333,737	337,433	336,261	337,932	340,044	345,222	343,720	346,106	348,820	353,734	353,081	354,935	355,367	354,619	354,457	354,232	352,202	361,182	359,299	362,074	365,912	372,678	371,061	373,717	377,062	384,329	382,132	385,571	389,730	394,958	393,372	395,930	398,812	406,405	404,504	407,693	205,693	209,039	207,965	209,653	211,515	215,805	214,803	216,613	218,496	222,784	222,185	223,605	224,929	229,982	114,230	115,588	116,773	119,902	119,018	120,562	122,332	125,014	124,648	125,658	126,564	131,315	131,099	132,433	133,314	137,142		138,280	139,576	141,883	140,887			146,532			148,464	150,380				155,151	77,238	77,692	78,254
total costs and expenses						3,307,637.75	4,424,611	4,584,936	4,221,004	5,226,259	4,331,419	4,340,051	4,007,431	4,632,826	4,114,611	4,077,265	3,883,638	4,547,331	4,070,509	4,147,366	3,892,498	3,866,820	3,618,016	2,628,470	2,311,962	3,822,829	3,366,635	3,431,038	3,254,283	3,560,400	3,105,955	3,220,171	3,046,139	3,476,274	2,888,225	2,921,559	2,807,954	3,037,120	2,700,419	2,725,569	2,617,493	2,841,998	2,451,128	2,556,358	2,478,756	2,636,318	2,292,964	2,339,147	2,287,882	2,393,317	2,127,943	2,204,795	2,160,988	2,384,610	2,008,623	2,043,818	2,019,170	2,089,521	1,825,004	1,847,761	1,792,861	1,884,492	1,680,022	1,701,623	1,702,942	1,751,299	1,573,306	1,598,684	1,542,395	1,579,189	1,460,970	1,523,009	1,427,608	1,499,736	1,389,589	1,360,677	1,300,090	1,454,972	1,289,631	1,233,211	1,194,119	1,294,679	1,177,166	1,102,238	1,041,754	1,128,432	965,239	955,111	912,223	977,673	894,065
interest expense										-52,188	-43,319	-37,214	-31,397	-22,719	-2,802	10,667	17,696	17,828	18,744	18,707	19,049	19,152	28,740	28,855	6,666									386	1,780	2,341	3,169	3,755	4,156	4,213	4,364	4,530	4,427	1,652	2,003	2,407	777						209	946	1,643	2,086	2,232	2,693	2,565	2,569	2,495	2,513	2,232	2,436	2,388	2,604	1,943	1,390	1,656			-1,052				65										224.25	391	336
store count at end of period														504.75	2,019	1,980	1,951	481	1,924	1,896	1,866	467.25	1,869	1,832	1,832
stores open at end of period																										452.5	1,810	1,772	1,745	430	1,720	1,680	1,651	406.75	1,627	1,589	1,561	383.75	1,535	1,501	1,473	362	1,448	1,424	1,399	341.5	1,366	1,338	1,309	321.25	1,285	1,253	1,227	301.25	1,205	1,174	1,146	281.5	1,126	1,091	1,068	264.25	1,057	1,036	1,021	252	1,008	990	974	240.75	963	943	918	223.25	893	862	830	199.5	798	770	746	183.75	735	695	673	162.75	651	616	599	143.25	573	553	530
dividends
cash dividends declared per share																																0.225	0.225	0.12	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.101	0.135	0.135	0.135	0.088	0.118	0.118	0.235	0.15	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.085	0.17	0.17		0.31	0.14	0.14		0.03	0.22	0.22		0.38	0.16	0.16		0.27	0.11	0.11		0.205	0.1	0.1		0.17	0.08	0.08		0.135	0.06	0.06		0.12	0.05	0.05
costs of goods sold																																																		1,992,101	1,746,235	1,823,777	1,798,811	1,993,661	1,648,997	1,689,643	1,679,127	1,745,034	1,490,213	1,524,307	1,481,206	1,562,355	1,365,513	1,395,785	1,406,082	1,462,581	1,284,852	1,311,136	1,268,709
the accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
see notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
dividends per share
see notes to interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
weighted average shares outstanding
basic																																																																											134,429					140,348	141,710		143,753	145,102			146,199	148,106	149,890					78,123
diluted																																																																											136,215					142,698	144,193		145,659	147,321			148,604	150,903	153,371					79,746
interest (income) expense																																																																																	-1,884	-334.75	-461	-580	-298
cost of goods sold, including related buying, distribution and occupancy costs																																																																																		687,963.25	976,323	916,214	859,316	951,618	804,521	772,743					653,248
impairment/(gain on disposal) of long-lived assets																																																																																						3,954.5	-2,182
impairment of long-lived assets																																																																																								18,000
cost of goods sold, including related buying distribution and occupancy costs																																																																																									750,622	526,924.75	730,245	724,206
interest expense (income)																																																																																									170
general, selling and administrative																																																																																													145,139

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assets
current assets
cash and cash equivalents	4,130,980	4,594,392	4,061,173	3,847,016	3,783,413	4,730,744	4,349,262	4,668,137	4,654,316	4,872,446	4,499,497	4,583,606	4,416,480	4,551,876	3,906,490	3,903,670	4,015,567	4,922,365	5,259,595	5,569,071	5,367,006	4,819,293	4,416,124	3,793,043	2,669,535	1,351,205	1,142,709	1,382,025	1,366,592	1,412,912	1,349,196	1,386,935	1,302,836	1,290,294	1,144,169	1,150,932	1,244,219	1,111,599	878,811	927,718	910,025	761,602	485,703	630,288	761,356	696,608	761,602	571,578	549,784	595,950	423,168	372,270	550,565	714,174	646,761	623,822	721,046	741,117	649,835	552,924	512,716	671,005	833,924	732,798	772,671	823,652	768,343	576,162	520,424	459,302	321,355	231,241	309,554	305,804	257,580	151,548	132,808	199,123	367,388	122,069	59,351	145,230	191,767	177,753	119,397	144,381	115,331	57,787	108,353	184,951	201,546	117,717	176,860	116,544	150,649
accounts receivable	212,540	181,301	203,891	210,520	181,004	144,482	176,218	181,918	165,436	130,766	171,915	175,410	170,816	145,694	168,483	167,503	164,071	119,247	158,765	159,163	167,139	115,067	122,654	162,723	49,624	102,236	124,853	130,439	121,607	96,711	117,825	121,508	109,425	87,868	103,071	103,359	100,840	75,154	91,355	97,139	96,244	73,627	81,324	88,443	88,258	73,278		75,895	85,218	84,492	62,612	72,819	79,202	77,284	59,617	68,493	65,731	66,632	50,848	62,384	57,943	61,683	45,384	53,930	53,079	54,268	44,234	47,496	49,375	50,098	41,170	47,104	49,423	48,892	37,468	47,515	42,071	36,940	30,105	36,823	33,904	36,035	29,122	35,246	35,371	35,277	31,154	33,077	27,876	32,242	25,292	26,310	27,041	23,260	18,349
merchandise inventory	2,976,958	2,630,970	3,128,971	2,608,485	2,669,849	2,444,513	2,859,106	2,490,558	2,461,699	2,192,220	2,613,808	2,300,063	2,241,735	2,023,495	2,494,002	2,716,878	2,673,551	2,262,273	2,231,242	1,751,027	1,697,992	1,508,982	1,630,390	1,117,983	1,757,263	1,832,339	2,168,796	1,835,869	1,813,773	1,750,442	1,979,080	1,698,390	1,895,456	1,641,735	1,840,225	1,608,333	1,594,760	1,512,886	1,763,745	1,560,209	1,498,449	1,419,104	1,700,834	1,509,752	1,504,281	1,372,675	1,419,104	1,495,013	1,258,820	1,250,759	1,257,155	1,430,467	1,330,536	1,226,449	1,209,237	1,342,904	1,219,092	1,134,703	1,130,070	1,233,616	1,189,523	1,172,716	1,086,917	1,048,130	915,704	908,065	872,498	1,014,638	926,244	917,661	881,058	1,093,082	1,018,726	1,028,576	1,025,295	1,119,070	1,070,376	1,101,525	1,051,729	1,065,549	959,792	979,995	938,091	1,064,972	975,846	964,694	853,112	999,603	897,542	859,379	841,491	866,864	815,495	756,002	716,518
prepaid expenses and other	252,941	233,434	235,617	259,815	240,837	218,957	241,703	254,370	225,911	202,706	206,725	214,673	210,597	183,654	192,214	197,020	194,813	169,291	195,309	193,588	199,391	249,149	347,399	273,612	111,493	147,048	170,304	167,585	160,733	143,954	177,206	172,822	146,362	130,748	147,962	141,793	124,916	113,410	140,662	127,401	122,678	116,125	156,130	129,819	119,381	106,778		143,665	115,953	118,751	101,991	145,646	115,025	111,405	94,318	102,609	98,718	104,216	87,362	88,964	93,358	72,900	63,807	66,762	66,653	67,895	58,618	63,048	63,926	65,557	55,241	62,591	63,223	61,263	51,921	57,392	70,396	51,029	44,245	51,326	50,567	43,064	37,090	44,705	51,060	38,098	46,756	48,052	53,978	35,477	29,467	31,034	31,420	48,563	36,904
total current assets	7,573,419	7,640,097	7,629,652	6,925,836	6,875,103	7,538,696	7,626,289	7,594,983	7,507,362	7,398,138	7,491,945	7,273,752	7,039,628	6,904,719	6,761,189	6,985,071	7,048,002	7,473,176	7,844,911	7,672,849	7,431,528	6,692,491	6,516,567	5,347,361	4,587,915	3,432,828	3,606,662	3,515,918	3,462,705	3,404,019	3,623,307	3,379,655	3,454,079	3,151,157	3,235,945	3,004,417	3,064,735	2,813,049	2,875,376	2,713,680	2,629,123	2,372,195	2,434,590	2,370,033	2,486,366	2,262,790		2,302,493	2,023,865	2,063,022	1,867,159	2,050,089	2,098,477	2,153,196	2,031,427	2,150,870	2,117,992	2,058,985	1,924,371	1,958,100	1,869,862	1,997,241	2,043,239	1,904,844	1,814,847	1,859,744	1,745,447	1,714,060	1,574,773	1,507,138	1,313,715	1,456,656	1,464,630	1,466,921	1,398,001	1,414,349	1,377,856	1,424,954	1,514,956	1,300,638	1,131,045	1,267,410	1,228,847	1,331,644	1,216,442	1,275,768	1,122,721	1,161,261	1,110,491	1,134,791	1,120,538	1,041,925	1,050,816	944,369	922,420
property and equipment	4,147,666	4,088,760	3,987,247	3,906,340	3,827,541	3,792,403	3,657,679	3,583,535	3,515,193	3,531,901	3,397,519	3,310,605	3,224,733	3,181,527	3,008,738	2,929,774	2,887,926	2,898,527	2,784,286	2,746,208	2,713,873	2,710,496	2,706,884	2,706,105	2,696,718	2,653,436	2,565,882	2,505,040	2,436,372	2,475,201	2,418,226	2,384,301	2,369,215	2,382,464	2,348,186	2,327,113	2,308,689	2,328,048	2,310,670	2,310,481	2,318,456	2,342,906	2,307,665	2,289,478	2,276,747	2,273,752	2,342,906	2,201,620	1,979,288	1,924,038	1,875,299	1,740,879	1,646,457	1,526,564	1,493,284	1,352,166	1,295,097	1,246,601	1,241,722	1,088,244	1,042,679	1,005,674	983,776	966,191	945,335	933,654	942,999	945,734	942,745	942,432	951,656	931,891	906,533	870,556	868,315	828,487	790,298	762,345	748,233	740,385	733,905	633,225	639,852	629,304	608,874	550,581	556,178	501,969	472,513	490,462	484,199	466,797
land and buildings	1,838,070	1,836,167	1,833,302	1,821,855	1,494,018	1,493,496	1,487,579	1,486,214	1,482,432	1,486,557	1,491,023	1,490,681	1,490,584	1,495,006	1,491,927	1,486,450	1,481,622	1,240,246	1,194,125	1,189,666	1,186,579	1,187,045	1,185,442	1,177,863	1,177,847	1,177,262	1,173,131	1,162,269	1,129,049	1,126,051	1,117,801	1,117,895	1,110,278	1,109,173	1,112,212	1,106,845	1,102,815	1,101,334	1,094,932	1,091,246	1,090,045	1,084,328	1,085,367	1,083,430	948,551	952,428		951,774	626,708	625,371	478,973	478,330	449,604	373,073	372,659	345,892	343,638	342,356	338,027	265,829	261,937	241,184	241,138	241,107	240,706	240,381	239,688	238,902	238,141	202,004	201,385	169,938	162,972	143,860	140,725	155,763	143,513	137,677	134,804	141,098	138,036	75,408	74,298	71,601	70,029	28,593	28,572	29,342	28,759	57,143	57,057	54,772	54,772	54,772	54,772
fixtures and equipment	5,115,619	5,056,827	4,958,774	4,883,392	4,561,893	4,521,044	4,428,436	4,341,764	4,269,334	4,220,221	4,109,947	4,027,874	3,988,109	3,961,733	3,882,127	3,759,071	3,547,318	3,425,762	3,357,986	3,295,078	3,242,681	3,243,206	3,201,940	3,137,495	3,125,333	3,115,003	3,032,151	2,886,275	2,844,135	2,783,198	2,719,545	2,660,388	2,621,211	2,603,318	2,538,349	2,483,550	2,460,765	2,421,645	2,358,189	2,317,183	2,276,885	2,244,790	2,179,860	2,091,316	1,962,115	1,933,383		1,892,552	1,760,417	1,722,928	1,678,397	1,644,815	1,593,123	1,575,927	1,551,590	1,543,117	1,495,980	1,471,471	1,408,647	1,375,623	1,299,867	1,281,902	1,258,707	1,245,272	1,221,915	1,205,234	1,189,538	1,168,437	1,140,501	1,092,652	1,073,990	1,043,370	985,394	956,913	941,795	921,026	900,922	882,441	859,750	810,115	794,591	756,054	740,540	713,393	686,680	653,048	652,882	607,211	570,833	526,715	517,350	457,408	432,060	420,816	412,496
leasehold improvements	1,870,928	1,861,160	1,788,261	1,727,314	1,719,361	1,701,340	1,637,771	1,607,226	1,602,433	1,577,102	1,503,769	1,463,585	1,449,771	1,433,647	1,402,653	1,366,999	1,353,940	1,332,687	1,317,979	1,280,505	1,271,518	1,278,134	1,243,755	1,241,819	1,238,313	1,219,736	1,199,591	1,162,935	1,139,600	1,175,921	1,150,142	1,117,648	1,103,712	1,093,634	1,065,910	1,029,457	1,012,016	998,508	979,907	953,700	938,488	920,392	908,749	889,893	876,002	854,572		834,318	827,073	819,524	813,972	798,626	773,020	759,232	732,671	712,672	690,608	675,796	657,312	628,202	608,895	595,050	584,306	574,200	548,813	541,906	536,979	528,067	518,978	513,324	509,971	503,213	493,769	489,484	482,904	459,964	435,732	420,656	402,921	392,699	386,320	376,315	376,411	365,652	350,311	348,140	345,195	285,505	268,104	252,670	254,968	246,600	239,713	233,295	232,388
construction-in-progress	560,433	477,290	431,577	394,493	864,381	807,256	749,911	694,574	623,581	628,730	569,995	518,405	397,505	319,319	171,185	158,446	255,329	574,333	506,903	493,629	449,166	376,076	372,950	363,000	281,692	189,536	145,756	200,012	148,021	171,538	146,323	142,708	116,495	102,054	92,264	95,324	63,759	69,767	69,808	70,197	64,158	90,399	66,137	95,178	302,464	293,715		228,476	416,810	362,076	510,221	376,497	339,714	280,062	258,691	156,187	126,748	83,291	131,881	79,191	102,051	85,609	69,237	43,836	41,143	21,345	21,812	19,141	20,598	73,431	72,839	87,176	105,488	89,731	88,900	45,224	35,040	17,978	22,681	41,684	33,185	19,631	21,266	26,431	28,298	28,812	17,860	14,097	20,012	81,020	74,507	107,769	101,189	77,271	61,720
property and equipment - sum	9,385,050	9,231,444	9,011,914	8,827,054	8,639,653	8,523,136	8,303,697	8,129,778	7,977,780	7,912,610	7,674,734	7,500,545	7,325,969	7,209,705	6,947,892	6,770,966	6,638,209	6,573,028	6,376,993	6,258,878	6,149,944	6,084,461	6,004,087	5,920,177	5,823,185	5,701,537	5,550,629	5,411,491	5,260,805	5,256,708	5,133,811	5,038,639	4,951,696	4,908,179	4,808,735	4,715,176	4,639,355	4,591,254	4,502,836	4,432,326	4,369,576	4,339,909	4,240,113	4,159,817	4,089,132	4,034,098		3,907,120	3,631,008	3,529,899	3,481,563	3,298,268	3,155,461	2,988,294	2,915,611	2,757,868	2,656,974	2,572,914	2,535,867				2,153,388	2,104,415	2,052,577	2,008,866	1,988,017	1,954,547	1,918,218	1,881,411	1,858,185	1,803,697	1,747,623	1,679,988	1,654,324	1,581,977	1,515,207	1,458,752	1,420,156	1,385,596	1,352,132	1,227,408	1,212,515	1,177,077	1,135,318	1,058,593	1,044,509	936,155	887,708	917,548	903,882	866,549	827,734	786,154	761,376
less accumulated depreciation and amortization	5,237,384	5,142,684	5,024,667	4,920,714	4,812,112	4,730,733	4,646,018	4,546,243	4,462,587	4,380,709	4,277,215	4,189,940	4,101,236	4,028,178	3,939,154	3,841,192	3,750,283	3,674,501	3,592,707	3,512,670	3,436,071	3,373,965	3,297,203	3,214,072	3,126,467	3,048,101	2,984,747	2,906,451	2,824,433	2,781,507	2,715,585	2,654,338	2,582,481	2,525,715	2,460,549	2,388,063	2,330,666	2,263,206	2,192,166	2,121,845	2,051,120	1,997,003	1,932,448	1,870,339	1,812,385	1,760,346		1,705,500	1,651,720	1,605,861	1,606,264	1,557,389	1,509,004	1,461,730	1,422,327	1,405,702	1,361,877	1,326,313	1,294,145	1,260,601	1,230,071	1,198,071	1,169,612	1,138,224	1,107,242	1,075,212	1,045,018	1,008,813	975,473	938,979	906,529	871,806	841,090	809,432	786,009	753,490	724,909	696,407	671,923	645,211	618,227	594,183	572,663	547,773	526,444	508,012	488,331	434,186	415,195	427,086	419,683	399,752	384,650	370,602	358,693
operating lease assets	3,531,945	3,519,610	3,498,077	3,374,582	3,325,849	3,294,858	3,349,427	3,234,180	3,210,455	3,126,841	3,160,017	3,164,685	3,122,474	3,098,134	3,101,882	3,025,814	3,057,641	3,027,272	3,032,175	2,973,907	3,004,747	3,084,819	3,132,056	3,053,735	3,078,373	3,053,782	3,042,298	2,932,199	2,942,980
other long-term assets	301,542	300,270	299,990	288,761	276,123	279,375	271,791	265,323	258,772	243,229	221,139	238,260	232,069	232,083	228,286	239,263	240,129	241,281	254,362	248,436	245,715	230,061	215,159	215,044	365,040	208,321	200,999	198,790	207,063	194,346	193,759	199,091	196,833	187,718	182,132	181,690	178,284	166,966	162,525	168,748	165,265	152,687	159,326	162,180	169,795	163,482		161,495	161,019	160,864	150,629	151,543	159,336	158,699	141,476	140,504	142,534	146,286	129,514	129,616	136,491	86,888	75,107	74,556	72,146	73,352	63,339	62,702	61,379	59,139	52,126	55,020	63,078	66,486	64,240	67,979	68,249	69,299	64,266	60,267	58,057	58,902	58,837	53,593	53,025	54,080	57,100	58,005	58,007	58,126	52,473	50,850	50,327	39,833	36,242
total assets	15,554,572	15,548,737	15,414,966	14,495,519	14,304,616	14,905,332	14,905,186	14,678,021	14,491,782	14,300,109	14,270,620	13,987,302	13,618,904	13,416,463	13,100,095	13,179,922	13,233,698	13,640,256	13,915,734	13,641,400	13,395,863	12,717,867	12,570,666	11,322,245	10,728,046	9,348,367	9,415,841	9,151,947	9,049,120	6,073,691	6,235,767	5,963,756	6,020,836	5,722,051	5,766,978	5,514,479	5,552,975	5,309,351	5,349,887	5,194,234	5,114,177	4,869,119	4,903,771	4,824,304	4,936,049	4,703,134		4,669,242	4,167,832	4,151,594	3,896,797	3,946,723	3,908,485	3,842,761	3,670,561	3,647,937	3,560,163	3,457,486	3,301,209	3,181,944	3,055,275	3,101,994	3,116,204	2,962,589	2,850,863	2,882,607	2,768,633	2,741,470	2,600,649	2,542,120	2,355,511	2,482,639	2,478,417	2,444,393	2,371,322	2,343,642	2,268,879	2,290,146	2,358,591	2,132,128	1,936,147	1,973,637	1,938,738	2,014,541	1,878,341	1,880,429	1,735,999	1,721,235	1,641,011	1,683,379	1,657,210	1,559,572	1,544,227	1,399,754	1,361,345
liabilities and stockholders’ equity
current liabilities
accounts payable	2,653,741	2,386,418	2,645,234	2,205,613	2,163,954	2,126,317	2,346,479	2,217,227	2,119,114	1,955,850	2,280,278	2,150,999	2,061,529	2,009,924	1,927,757	2,085,680	2,175,350	2,372,302	2,652,881	2,588,551	2,574,780	2,256,928	2,426,390	1,009,704	706,267	1,296,482	1,480,205	1,359,829	1,296,183	1,177,104	1,394,029	1,184,422	1,299,145	1,059,844	1,289,620	1,172,847	1,178,029	1,021,735	1,149,136	1,125,836	1,056,257	945,559	1,053,013	1,044,875	1,128,808	1,000,700		1,131,717	967,915	930,576	779,455	908,797	938,059	859,595	807,534	886,629	885,892	830,044	761,717	759,708	709,143	742,600	767,455	767,741	745,461	748,779	658,299	767,771	702,977	682,251	536,745	686,401	682,565	661,847	637,158	654,341	598,953	608,789	698,063	670,578	537,928	546,329	474,614	653,936	534,253	554,934	451,861	512,672	471,651	463,585	448,044	448,029	467,126	396,230	397,193
accrued expenses and other	696,511	666,978	689,539	655,218	616,008	626,490	637,332	639,703	612,244	671,867	665,279	689,866	607,294	638,561	616,753	611,186	582,792	613,089	625,426	609,719	583,399	592,122	655,408	557,475	374,811	462,111	496,623	474,273	450,762	431,596	455,743	427,875	435,606	431,706	445,728	411,083	418,846	398,126	439,570	397,150	382,107	376,522	417,156	405,629	389,804	385,325		395,126	367,451	352,559	359,929	349,894	342,851	328,690	320,415	352,484	315,748	284,108	304,654	290,498	270,636	265,586	292,174	262,017	244,460	231,927	259,582	235,605	219,479	225,564	238,516	243,509	234,423	225,562	217,923	223,892	206,351	198,990	206,516	224,260	191,581	183,950	200,723	173,620	160,527	157,800	154,017	168,147	151,359	149,758	142,370	150,192	146,501	123,559	114,586
current operating lease liabilities	735,528	727,855	723,512	716,162	702,025	703,337	699,200	691,036	679,596	683,625	680,088	668,028	654,709	655,976	656,837	647,504	635,799	630,517	620,675	608,123	599,838	598,120	590,122	579,277	570,832	564,481	559,433	549,841	536,900
accrued payroll and benefits	376,760	484,407	438,989	315,893	274,877	462,284	459,094	353,980	313,305	548,371	509,484	435,300	299,465	279,710	251,479	300,611	272,760	588,772	512,336	445,307	323,165	400,273	269,709	204,109	166,707	364,435	321,977	295,465	220,376	363,035	317,525	280,861	209,570	349,879	320,894	245,031	209,138	316,492	299,238	228,195	201,830	280,766	279,310	225,153	198,081	256,141		240,081	189,585	171,535	235,324	238,006	190,904	168,088	241,129	227,475	199,937	148,770	248,552	217,238	184,952	141,268	235,030	213,103	181,611	148,913	218,234	193,221	172,913	134,571	170,878	168,845	153,077	118,094	133,706	134,671	125,485	111,631	145,101	152,688	131,082	121,985	128,060	117,858	112,455	96,629	105,683	97,367	103,056	94,401	112,284	99,834	83,707	71,846	99,115
income taxes payable	210,971	61,779	23,080		180,083	43,666	2,186	23,266	212,700	76,370	20,960	25,449	158,170	52,075	11,404		89,361	10,249		19,526	172,276	54,680				14,425			89,290	37,749			77,323				131,710	16,153			110,702				108,314	17,202			7,170	121,683	18,349			110,829	53,504		13,559	107,715	31,129	1,628		89,340	57,661	4,769	8,070	99,932	51,505	11,275	11,268	46,333	9,120			42,672	21,818			33,575	33,577			38,223	25,586			4,773			-2,248	20,981	9,146	37,785	40,199	30,580	15,790
current portion of long-term debt	241,344	499,743	499,432	499,122	498,812	699,731	699,407	949,028	948,590	249,713	249,598								64,991	64,964	64,937	64,910									84,997	84,989	84,981	84,973
total current liabilities	4,914,855	4,827,180	5,019,786	4,392,008	4,435,759	4,661,825	4,843,698	4,874,240	4,885,549	4,185,796	4,405,687	3,969,642	3,781,167	3,636,246	3,464,230	3,644,981	3,756,062	4,214,929	4,476,309	4,336,190	4,318,395	3,967,033	3,941,629	3,153,072	2,623,617	2,701,934	2,858,238	2,679,408	2,593,511	2,009,484	2,252,294	1,978,147	2,106,625	1,926,402	2,056,242	1,828,961	1,937,723	1,752,506	1,887,944	1,751,181	1,750,896	1,602,847	1,749,479	1,675,657	1,825,007	1,659,368		1,766,924	1,532,121	1,576,353	1,393,057	1,496,697	1,471,814	1,467,202	1,422,582	1,466,588	1,415,136	1,370,637	1,346,052	1,269,072	1,164,731	1,238,794	1,352,320	1,247,630	1,179,602	1,229,551	1,190,514	1,207,872	1,106,637	1,088,719	955,259	1,098,755	1,070,065	1,048,175	1,010,605	1,012,904	930,789	952,985	1,083,257	1,047,526	860,591	890,487	878,983	945,414	807,235	814,136	711,561	778,186	723,818	728,725	711,844	735,840	737,533	622,215	626,684
long-term debt	776,843	1,017,863	1,017,540	1,017,218	1,016,897	1,515,080	1,514,452	1,513,826	1,513,200	2,211,017	2,210,073	2,458,615	2,457,561	2,456,510	2,455,460	2,454,413	2,453,367	2,452,325	2,451,283	2,450,245	2,449,208	2,448,175	2,512,037	2,286,295	2,285,614	312,891	312,778	312,665	312,552	312,440	312,328	312,217	312,105	311,994	396,848	396,729	396,611	396,493	396,376	396,259	396,142	396,025	395,909	395,793	395,677	398,375		398,339	150,000	150,000	150,000	150,000	150,000	150,000	150,000	150,000	150,000	150,000	150,000	150,000	150,000	150,000	150,000	150,000	150,000	150,000	150,000	150,000	150,000	150,000	150,000	150,000	150,000	150,000	150,000	150,000	150,000	150,000	150,000					50,000	50,000	50,000	50,000	50,000	50,000	50,000	50,000	50,000	50,000	50,000	25,000
non-current operating lease liabilities	2,969,435	2,966,877	2,948,105	2,835,481	2,797,935	2,764,281	2,821,417	2,710,239	2,693,259	2,603,349	2,640,068	2,653,632	2,619,466	2,593,961	2,596,221	2,525,512	2,567,286	2,539,297	2,551,162	2,503,332	2,542,358	2,621,594	2,672,139	2,601,254	2,631,769	2,610,528	2,601,372	2,496,230	2,514,530
other long-term liabilities	292,944	287,947	295,257	279,258	268,698	267,911	265,673	254,487	245,096	232,383	218,970	231,945	222,463	224,104	223,162	231,285	236,211	236,013	296,819	292,715	285,762	268,558	290,795	258,869	206,504	214,086	225,934	227,842	226,788	321,713	371,844	374,587	362,445	348,541	325,587	319,770	309,339	290,950	293,997	296,867	286,897	268,168	284,799	287,406	296,490	279,500		278,254	283,584	286,672	287,567	279,654	270,776	261,301	246,815	223,477	215,910	211,777	203,625	204,105	198,234	200,575	189,989	187,772	184,324	185,375	174,543	171,666	168,558	163,687	156,726	162,134	168,814	169,487	161,169	170,214	169,045	166,165	129,303	128,503	123,760	123,600	122,926	119,955	115,127	114,381	116,668	69,092	68,251	65,041	60,238	57,693
deferred income taxes	295,492	261,427	250,276	238,985	209,249	187,040	196,583	194,697	206,726	196,238	212,866	218,726	227,851	217,059	214,022	196,780	166,875	137,642	156,944	154,932	147,319	121,867	135,029	155,556	163,150	149,679	140,740	139,538	134,213	124,308	112,138	114,195	109,373	85,806	129,782	129,135	131,556	121,385	122,048	135,597	140,801	130,088	9,186	10,732	12,590	12,951		16,342	14,090	13,070	10,227	16,871	23,136	22,846	20,407	11,509	11,949	11,854	5,598				10,003	1,426	4,249	3,923	2,894	11,737	13,669	13,487	14,093	19,805	20,883	20,149	19,639	32,647	30,942	29,516	16,242	20,014	20,014	20,014	20,014	8,968	8,968	8,968	8,968	22,742	22,742	22,742	22,742	25,021
commitments and contingencies
stockholders’ equity
common stock	3,210		3,237	3,255	3,274		3,303	3,321	3,339		3,370	3,390	3,410		3,448	3,475	3,503		3,537	3,557	3,571		3,564	3,560	3,559		3,594	3,622	3,653	3,682	3,711	3,739	3,771	3,796	3,824	3,859	3,894	3,919	3,944	3,971	4,001	4,023	4,053	4,087	2,060	2,075		2,088	2,102	2,119	2,134	2,152	2,170	2,189	2,207	2,226	2,241	2,258	2,269	1,145	1,158	1,171	1,181	1,192	1,207	1,223	1,229	1,240	1,251	1,265		1,296	1,316	1,328		1,354	1,373	1,387		1,406	1,421	1,437	1,448	1,454	1,469	1,481	1,472	1,472	1,478	1,501	1,512	757	761	767
additional paid-in capital	2,314,302	2,257,354	2,212,220	2,170,734	2,131,533	2,097,110	2,060,801	2,024,822	1,989,922	1,952,625	1,920,908	1,885,406	1,849,728	1,820,249	1,793,265	1,769,424	1,749,241	1,717,530	1,681,802	1,645,118	1,614,555	1,579,824	1,546,078	1,512,699	1,484,911	1,458,307	1,435,713	1,412,976	1,391,558	1,375,965	1,354,669	1,333,329	1,312,705	1,292,364	1,272,056	1,253,724	1,234,828	1,215,715	1,199,922	1,179,373	1,159,933	1,122,329	1,095,568	1,080,108	1,068,554	1,015,681		1,003,776	980,850	970,187	935,591	926,823	910,522	897,789	866,519	854,703	839,259	826,388	788,895	777,425	767,907	759,048	740,726	727,840	713,750	704,982	681,908	676,935	660,896	647,136	626,117	626,076	617,740	595,086	577,787	568,766	567,053	561,173	545,702	520,394	510,143	505,372	522,566	507,456	507,443	503,122	449,524	428,210	398,659	396,099	383,629	359,734	350,397	342,919	341,041
treasury stock	-933,459	-799,288	-799,288	-783,830	-779,541	-719,410	-719,410	-705,046	-703,798	-633,318	-633,318	-623,185	-622,272	-584,750	-581,267	-574,529	-574,008	-535,895	-535,642	-527,565	-525,928	-478,550	-478,419	-465,674	-465,645	-433,328	-429,583																														-86,865	-85,385	-62,262	-61,910		-59,245	-46,408	-45,995	-44,306	-43,640	-36,864	-36,248	-35,366	-34,892	-30,819	-29,470	-28,817	-28,452	-25,910	-25,660	-24,941	-24,614	-22,031	-21,180	-20,596	-20,434	-18,244	-17,682	-17,578	-17,451	-11,618	-11,188	-8,447	-3,750
retained earnings	4,920,950	4,726,154	4,467,833	4,342,410	4,220,812	4,128,207	3,918,669	3,807,435	3,658,489	3,548,667	3,291,996	3,189,131	3,079,530	3,049,656	2,931,554	2,928,581	2,875,161	2,874,898	2,833,520	2,782,876	2,560,623	2,185,801	1,947,814	1,816,614	1,794,567	2,330,702	2,267,055	2,304,678	2,295,858	2,298,762	2,200,742	2,216,878	2,176,882	2,071,400	1,900,878	1,898,244	1,850,543	1,801,138	1,717,920	1,699,674	1,641,789	1,574,982	1,521,924	1,526,290	1,485,208	1,421,724		1,341,345	1,325,197	1,259,646	1,190,747	1,132,538	1,136,299	1,092,253	989,260	931,151	908,866	866,748	763,475	730,056	716,858	704,647	636,705	601,275	585,636	566,590	510,850	465,079	442,829	423,214	400,972	390,717	416,358	426,282	416,091	386,035	393,671	397,999	384,920	358,091	366,254	374,528	359,757	344,393	354,992	362,397	351,457	340,107	332,246	363,644	370,278	330,527	324,265	313,530	301,372
total stockholders’ equity	6,305,003	6,187,443	5,884,002	5,732,569	5,576,078	5,509,195	5,263,363	5,130,532	4,947,952	4,871,326	4,582,956	4,454,742	4,310,396	4,288,583	4,147,000	4,126,951	4,053,897	4,060,050	3,983,217	3,903,986	3,652,821	3,290,640	3,019,037	2,867,199	2,817,392	3,359,249	3,276,779	3,296,264	3,267,526	3,305,746	3,187,163	3,184,610	3,130,288	3,049,308	2,858,519	2,839,884	2,777,746	2,748,017	2,649,522	2,614,330	2,539,441	2,471,991	2,394,082	2,386,514	2,333,499	2,279,210		2,187,296	2,149,327	2,075,278	2,007,302	1,941,127	1,930,970	1,875,261	1,766,863	1,697,735	1,664,153	1,610,635	1,493,012	1,447,251	1,425,929	1,406,106	1,332,692	1,285,011	1,256,849	1,229,353	1,157,293	1,107,193	1,069,422	1,035,758	996,369	985,890	1,006,120	994,225	970,649	930,903	937,048	936,009	909,830	858,736	857,049	860,722	836,172	802,197	809,212	807,402	765,569	736,028	723,936	757,494	755,419	691,018	675,423	657,216
total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	15,554,572	15,548,737	15,414,966	14,495,519	14,304,616	14,905,332	14,905,186	14,678,021	14,491,782	14,300,109	14,270,620	13,987,302	13,618,904	13,416,463	13,100,095	13,179,922	13,233,698	13,640,256	13,915,734	13,641,400	13,395,863	12,717,867	12,570,666	11,322,245	10,728,046	9,348,367	9,415,841	9,151,947	9,049,120	6,073,691	6,235,767	5,963,756	6,020,836	5,722,051	5,766,978	5,514,479	5,552,975	5,309,351	5,349,887	5,194,234	5,114,177	4,869,119	4,903,771	4,824,304	4,936,049	4,703,134		4,669,242	4,167,832	4,151,594	3,896,797	3,946,723	3,908,485	3,842,761	3,670,561	3,647,937	3,560,163	3,457,486	3,301,209	3,181,944	3,055,275	3,101,994	3,116,204	2,962,589	2,850,863	2,882,607	2,768,633	2,741,470	2,600,649	2,542,120	2,355,511	2,482,639	2,478,417	2,444,393	2,371,322	2,343,642	2,268,879	2,290,146	2,358,591	2,132,128	1,936,147	1,973,637	1,938,738	2,014,541	1,878,341	1,880,429	1,735,999	1,721,235	1,641,011	1,683,379	1,657,210	1,559,572	1,544,227	1,399,754	1,361,345
common stock, par value 0.01 per share...		3,223				3,288				3,352				3,428				3,517				3,565				3,568
the accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
authorized 1,000,000,000 shares
issued and outstanding 335,172,000 and
342,753,000 shares, respectively
issued and outstanding 342,753,000 and
351,720,000 shares, respectively
issued and outstanding 351,720,000 and
356,503,000 shares, respectively
short-term debt																								802,507	805,000																																																										50,000
issued and outstanding 356,503,000 and
356,775,000 shares, respectively
issued and outstanding 356,775,000 and
368,242,000 shares, respectively
accumulated other comprehensive income																																4	7	27	40	59	75	91	124	159	170	182	213	223	248	330		324	342	356	389	436	439	586	585	644	652	626	635	535	571	485	488	699	562	198	170	187	-188		-1,174	-2,729	-477	-19	1,340	408	-108	64	-163	25	-173	-181	20
short-term investments																																		512	518				803	1,213	1,727	1,737	1,413	999	500	500					12,006	12,016	13	1,038	1,087	1,533	1,456	463	658	298	959	3,275	3,204	1,798	2,491	1,941	1,754	979	1,135	1,033	798	2,833	2,821	2,237	6,098	6,177	31,263	6,821	5,247	4,857	7,417	43,072	12,763		25,800	84,350	67,400
long-term investments																														125	475	709	709	712	715	1,259	1,267	1,288	1,316	1,325	1,333	1,331	2,190	2,613	3,141	3,110		3,634	3,660	3,670	3,710	4,212	4,215	4,302	4,374	4,397	4,540	5,614	5,602	5,984	6,243	12,191	14,082	16,998	18,535	15,857	16,848	18,974	21,752	33,411	38,014	39,072	44,176	40,430	40,766	32,827	32,476	33,548	31,136	30,838	13,140	14,100	11,202
issued and outstanding 368,242,000 and
379,618,000 shares, respectively
issued and outstanding 379,618,000 and
391,893,000 shares, respectively
issued and outstanding 391,893,000 and
402,339,000 shares, respectively
issued and outstanding 402,339,000 and
414,939,000 shares,respectively
authorized 600,000,000 shares
issued and outstanding 207,470,000 and
213,420,000 shares,respectively
financial position
total assets2, 3																																															4,869,119
return on average assets																																															21
working capital																																															769,348
current ratio																																															1.5
long-term debt2																																															396,025
long-term debt as a percent
of total capitalization																																															14
stockholders' equity																																															2,471,991
return on average
book value per common share
outstanding at year-end4																																															6.14
operating statistics
number of stores opened																																															90
number of stores closed																																															6
number of stores at year-end																																															1,446
comparable store sales increase5
sales per average square foot of
selling space																																															383
square feet of selling space
at year-end																																															31,900
number of employees at year-end																																															77,800
number of common stockholders
of record at year-end																																															842
¹ fiscal 2012 was a 53-week year; all other fiscal years presented were 52 weeks.
² reflects adoption of asu 2015-03 related to classification of debt issuance costs (see note a to the consolidated financial statements). unamortized debt issuance costs of 2.8 million, 0.3 million, 0.4 million, and 0.4 million at fiscal year end 2014, 2013, 2012, and 2011, respectively, were reclassified from other long-term assets to a reduction in long-term debt.
3 reflects adoption of asu 2015-17 related to classification of deferred taxes (see note a to the consolidated financial statements). deferred tax assets of 13.0 million, 10.2 million, 20.4 million, and 5.6 million at fiscal year end 2014, 2013, 2012, and 2011, respectively, previously presented in current assets were reclassified to long-term deferred tax liabilities.
4 all per share amounts have been adjusted for the two-for-one stock splits effective june 11, 2015 and december 15, 2011.
5 comparable stores are stores open for more than 14 complete months.
issued and outstanding 213,420,000 and
220,721,000 shares, respectively
issued and outstanding 220,721,000 and
226,864,000 shares, respectively
the accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
issued and outstanding 226,864,000 and
236,126,000 shares, respectively.
current deferred income taxes																																																												19,914	15,363	15,662
property at cost																																																												2,348,845	2,272,750	2,203,745
long-term deferred income taxes																																																												111,516	116,381	106,519
issued and outstanding 118,063,000 and
122,929,000 shares, respectively.
see notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
issued and outstanding 122,929,000 and
127,346,000 shares, respectively.
accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income																																																																						-965
liabilities and stockholders' equity
issued and outstanding 127,346,000 and
134,096,000 shares, respectively																																																																							1,273
see notes to interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
issued and outstanding 134,096,000 and 139,356,000 shares, respectively																																																																											1,341
issued and outstanding 139,356,000 and
144,112,000 shares, respectively																																																																															1,402
deferred compensation																																																																																			-29,375	-33,424	-37,114	-42,147	-25,266	-22,573
total liabilities																																																																																				1,212,344	1,069,129	1,073,027	970,430	985,207	917,075	925,885	901,791
stockholders’ equity 1
deferred income taxes and other long-term liabilities																																																																																													81,271	70,323	66,473
authorized 300,000,000 shares
issued and outstanding 77,491,000 and 78,960,000 shares																																																																																															775
stockholders' equity - sum																																																																																															643,188

Cashflow Statements:

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Annual

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cash flows from operating activities
net earnings	649,964	645,865	511,935	507,995	479,249	586,784	488,808	527,148	487,990	609,683	447,327	446,319	371,191	447,043	342,036	384,517	338,445	366,822	385,030	494,258	476,479	237,980	131,197	22,047	-305,842	456,133	370,932	412,721	421,142	441,693	338,108	389,404	418,252	450,747	274,449	316,539	321,018	300,568	244,546	281,906	290,634		215,656	258,639	282,205		192,720	239,561	243,913		171,618	213,121	234,612		159,524	182,024	208,613	191,952	143,969	148,276	172,973		121,378	129,276	142,347		105,080	103,407	91,387		57,270	71,299	79,485		48,682	50,863	67,044		43,933	45,377	59,217	70,978	36,325	42,279	50,050		38,066	32,575	48,518		50,471	54,586	49,309
adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities:
depreciation and amortization	132,599	134,867	132,187	126,399	115,938	117,204	111,803	108,595	109,186	119,066	102,442	98,545	99,379	104,090	101,384	97,073	92,108	98,525	88,045	86,584	87,510	96,052	88,567	89,028	90,598	95,803	88,191	84,141	82,757	84,206	83,748	82,606	79,797	85,908	76,350	75,085	75,820	78,379	75,506	74,752	73,878		73,445	65,413	63,316		59,651	54,205	56,465		50,558	50,127	48,726		46,140	44,548	43,136	42,555	39,921	37,482	39,934		39,962	40,317	39,844		39,686	37,946	37,556		36,788	32,241	31,890		30,465	29,484	28,522		27,765	26,654	24,261	29,391	28,693	26,711	26,053		23,139	23,184	20,092		19,007	18,119	17,614
stock-based compensation	59,120	47,172	44,943	43,943	39,296	39,086	38,744	38,021	40,447	34,121	38,877	39,429	33,063	29,569	29,493	26,803	36,071	37,442	38,517	29,584	28,674	27,301	27,370	22,158	24,739	24,838	25,987	24,924	19,689	24,224	23,781	23,820	23,760	22,480	22,218	22,481	20,238	18,065	20,283	18,490	17,716		15,692	15,593	14,288		13,681	13,060	12,035		11,461	12,423	11,788		13,139	12,654	11,587	9,993	11,131	9,386	9,894		9,270	9,343	8,910		6,215	6,520	6,497		5,826	6,134	5,196		6,486	6,679	6,370		6,500	6,716	6,905
deferred income taxes	34,065	11,151	11,291	29,736	22,209	-9,543	1,886	-12,029	10,488	-16,628	-5,860	-9,125	10,792	3,037	17,242	29,905	29,233	-19,302	2,012	7,613	25,452	-13,162	-20,527	-7,594	13,471	8,939	1,202	5,325	16,543	12,170	-2,057	4,822	16,842		648	-2,421	10,847			-5,204	10,713								1,577				2,257			432	-339	11,320	-9,416	10,161	9,657		14,910	-8,565	-14,772		438	1,995	7,405		3,520	178	3,097		-4,082	-4,416	-14,489		2,596	-1,822	-1,270	-7,364	208	2,257	2,309
change in assets and liabilities:
merchandise inventory	-345,988	498,001	-520,486	61,364	-225,336	414,593	-368,548	-28,859	-269,479	421,588	-313,745	-58,328	-218,240	470,507	222,876	-43,327	-411,278	-31,031	-480,215	-53,035	-189,010	121,408	-512,407	639,280	75,076	336,457																							6,396							-84,389	-4,633	103,546			-85,799		-132,426	-7,639	-35,567		-88,394	-8,583	-36,603		-74,356	9,850	-3,281		-48,694	31,149	-49,796		-105,757	20,203	-41,904	126,881	-89,126	-11,152	-111,582		-102,061	-38,163	-17,888
other current assets	-50,547	28,326	16,341	-33,623	-58,426	35,474	18,570	-23,678	-57,685	46,542	11,628	-8,517	-51,914	32,592	-789	-959	-70,331	51,559	13,281	13,826	-77,246	-7,674	20,192	-140,210	88,286	35,846																														4,045	-28,890	13,816			-25,392		-960	2,431	-19,311		2,757	2,354	-19,244		3,985	-2,491	-20,766		7,560	-24,498	-13,619		-3,678	-5,372	-12,887	13,739	6,480	-13,056	4,535		725	-14,135	-12,960
accounts payable	262,115	-252,315	435,622	34,755	67,182	-235,734	118,816	92,206	179,376	-324,432	114,330	98,198	46,577	87,706	-164,514	-98,566	-189,888	-286,966	61,386	11,351	349,540	-187,737	1,416,284	311,208	-600,918	-191,495	118,598	64,396	122,654	-217,579	206,054	-116,669	238,677	-230,204	116,698	-7,960	162,788	-130,083	20,558	68,724	123,886		8,913	-78,236	143,038		163,288	32,642	157,254		-29,263	78,464	89,620		737	55,849	100,177	-29,841			1,120		22,280	-3,318	110,149		64,794	20,726	159,514		3,837	20,717	37,428		55,388	-9,836	-78,829		132,650	-8,401	80,355	-187,962	119,683	-20,681	110,408		41,021	8,066	21,967		-19,097	70,896	3,493
other current liabilities	-57,344	-21,472	155,391	90,811	-173,946	-40,256	114,285	72,388	-269,973	11,991	49,499	219,154	16,336	3,748	-42,803	59,676	-325,075	37,611	83,021	149,586	-71,623	52,765	163,350	224,254	-268,925	-13,455				39,071				-2,499			41,900	-23,709			54,415		65,691	-63,106	63,217				71,446				8,077		50,709	-10,289	-33,792	63,852			-80,429		46,403	-46,214	-43,557		37,242	5,777	-6,455		25,446	3,580	19,620		26,984	-10,028	-36,889		51,888	-23,989	-12,754	62,891	18,496	13,781	-498		13,346	-12,973	1,340		16,958
income taxes	153,136	28,431	42,869	-193,225	139,086	36,559	-17,308	-185,667	138,959	48,455	-1,372	-129,377	105,225	30,479	17,338	-95,566	81,625	15,863	-32,846	-148,851	121,255	159,319	25,488	30,141	-175,142	7,380			56,206
operating lease assets and liabilities	-2,104	1,582	-3,521	2,950	1,351	1,570	4,095	4,695	2,267	-6	3,164	5,274	-102	627	3,974	1,758	2,902	2,880	2,113	100	2,554	4,690	3,410	2,568	3,001	2,720	4,635	5,421	2,855
other long-term	993	110	516	-2,743	3,112	-1,605	2,238	-699	-2,655	-1,625	3,164	1,557	845	7,308	2,695	-1,312	-79	-38,207	-2,086	1,559	-765	-28,316	28,009	37,983	-2,786	-2,550	630	896	457		2,566	10,268	4,369	10,214	4,651	7,297	7,269	-5,910	645	6,712	6,333		400	-1,321	7,948						9,910	8,790	5,961		7,428	1,827	1,010	-928	7,681	1,710	-1,201		1,030	149	810		1,755	2,603	-82		-400	3,301	7,184				24,902		2,859	1,769	1,001	-1,409	2,779	884	263		-1,480
net cash from operating activities	836,009	1,121,718	827,088	668,362	409,715	882,557	513,389	592,121	368,921	948,755	449,454	703,129	413,152	1,216,706	528,932	360,002	-416,267	235,196	158,258	592,575	752,820	462,810	1,610,702	1,230,863	-1,058,442	760,616	327,467	574,476	508,987	616,605	435,888	542,134	472,050	515,645	367,703	277,092	520,838	529,623	249,674	310,474	469,080		171,656	176,383	413,988		240,191	237,214	504,577		148,893	179,469	352,859		142,107	206,833	297,330			120,614	41,051								240,732		62,277	145,721	160,835		124,757	73,693	-66,045		161,153	63,631	105,465	110,990	124,210	44,745	95,246		10,574	26,704	62,940
capital expenditures	-208,954	-200,909	-209,261	-201,727	-207,378	-205,982	-180,387	-197,486	-136,249	-222,354	-176,999	-196,206	-167,253	-236,169	-174,555	-133,498	-109,848	-179,924	-123,479	-117,500	-136,937	-65,888	-89,498	-110,318	-139,729	-154,232	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	-94,112	-57,993			0	-70,096								-33,914		-61,996	-71,194	-42,278		-69,505	-59,904	-47,381		0	0	-18,024	-36,520	-43,131	-80,175	-16,025		-49,191	-33,401	-23,065
free cash flows	627,055	920,809	617,827	466,635	202,337	676,575	333,002	394,635	232,672	726,401	272,455	506,923	245,899	980,537	354,377	226,504	-526,115	55,272	34,779	475,075	615,883	396,922	1,521,204	1,120,545	-1,198,171	606,384	327,467	574,476	508,987	616,605	435,888	542,134	472,050	515,645	367,703	277,092	520,838	529,623	249,674	310,474	469,080		171,656	176,383	413,988		240,191	237,214	504,577		148,893	179,469	352,859		142,107	112,721	239,337			120,614	-29,045								206,818		281	74,527	118,557		55,252	13,789	-113,426		161,153	63,631	87,441	74,470	81,079	-35,430	79,221		-38,617	-6,697	39,875
cash flows from investing activities
additions to property and equipment	-208,954	-200,909	-209,261	-201,727	-207,378	-205,982	-180,387	-197,486	-136,249	-222,354	-176,999	-196,206	-167,253	-236,169	-174,555	-133,498	-109,848	-179,924	-123,479	-117,500	-136,937	-65,888	-89,498	-110,318	-139,729	-154,232																														-94,112	-57,993	-184,922			-70,096		-61,537	-52,603	-35,519		-43,444	-46,817	-33,914		-61,996	-71,194	-42,278		-69,505	-59,904	-47,381				-18,024	-36,520	-43,131	-80,175	-16,025		-49,191	-33,401	-23,065
net cash from investing activities	-208,954	-200,909	-209,261	-201,727	-207,378	-123,340	-180,387	-197,486	-136,249	-222,354	-176,999	-196,206	-167,253	-236,169	-174,555	-133,498	-109,848	-179,924	-123,479	-117,500	-136,937	-65,888	-89,498	-110,318	-139,729	-154,232																														-85,586	-71,209				-68,282								-29,327		-59,155	-75,973	-39,332		-44,256	-83,445	-51,140		-49,512	-91,476	-51,432	-60,465	-17,331	-21,625	-32,975		-31,791	-33,401	-23,065
cash flows from financing activities
issuance of common stock related to stock plans	6,616	6,420	6,530	6,237	6,143	6,316	6,351	6,194	6,224	6,310	6,232	6,209	6,149	6,404	6,406	5,975	5,917	6,443	6,092	6,471	6,063	6,446	6,013	5,631	5,444	5,758	5,545	5,611	5,295	5,197	5,098	5,135	4,682	4,800	4,511	4,753	4,404	4,357	4,320	4,362	5,500		4,335	4,276	7,036		9,087	3,650	5,668		5,856	4,447	5,766		3,850	3,512	7,955						9,623	5,362	15,004		13,647	12,056	19,689		9,129	19,650	16,820		928	2,998	8,863		5,441	1,973	6,577	14,744	2,847	5,761	22,630		2,291	6,002	12,689		7,870	7,314	1,879
treasury stock purchased	-134,171	0	-15,458	-4,289	-60,131	0	-14,364	-1,248	-70,480	0	-10,133	-913	-37,522	-3,483	-6,738	-521	-38,113	-253	-8,077	-1,637	-47,378	-131	-12,745	-29	-32,317	-3,745																														-1,480	-23,123	-352			-12,837		-1,689	-666	-6,776		-882	-473	-4,073		-653	-365	-2,542		-719	-327	-2,592		-583	-162	-2,190	-561	-105	-127	-5,833
repurchase of common stock	-318,750	-262,500	-262,500	-262,500	-262,521	-262,500	-262,500	-262,500	-262,479	-246,596	-238,510	-230,422	-234,468	-231,303	-243,693	-235,435	-239,565	-233,018	-241,195			0	0	0	-132,467	-309,091																														-113,129	-110,614	-107,267			-112,500		-94,293	-98,684	-94,298		-75,446	-77,200	-77,171		-78,773	-75,439	-77,192		-52,020	-49,710	-50,868		-48,859	-49,985	-48,882	-42,024	-43,967	-46,372	-42,637		-26,294	-64,859	-58,988
dividends paid	-143,559	-130,891	-131,557	-132,337	-133,300	-121,229	-121,741	-122,453	-123,298	-112,682	-113,333	-114,005	-114,794	-106,647	-107,455	-108,285	-108,908	-100,603	-101,136	-101,865	-101,519	7	3	0	-101,414	-91,423																														-31,543	-31,719	-25,053			-25,905		-19,211	-19,491	-19,613		-13,735	-13,858	-13,967		-12,274	-12,391	-12,532		-10,114	-10,231	-10,309		-8,188	-8,556	-8,622	-8,670	-7,298	-7,366	-7,381		-6,261	-6,347	-6,421
payment of long-term debt	-500,000	0	0	0	-700,000	0
net cash from financing activities	-1,089,864	-386,971	-402,985	-402,332	-1,149,809	-377,413	-651,052	-380,007	-450,033	-352,968	-355,744	-339,131	-380,635	-335,029	-351,480	-338,266	-380,669	-392,431	-344,316	-272,815	-142,834	5,005	-823,277	3,004	2,517,127	-398,501																														-141,318	-134,839				-135,688								-73,458		-81,435	-65,998	-73,279		-61,761	-56,563	-51,080		-48,923	-58,034	-100,570	-36,511	-48,523	-48,104	-33,221		-29,349	-69,901	-56,470
net decrease in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash and cash equivalents	-462,809		214,842	64,303	-947,472				-217,361				-134,736
cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash and cash equivalents:
beginning of period	4,661,973		0	0	4,796,462		0	0	4,935,441		0	0	4,612,241		0	0	4,982,382		0	0	4,953,769		0	0	1,411,410		0	0	1,478,079						0	0	1,111,599		0	0	761,602		0	0	696,608		0	0	423,168		0	0	646,761		0	0	649,835		0	0	833,924		0	0	768,343		0	0	321,355		0	0	257,580		0	0	367,388		0	0	191,767		0	0	115,331		0	0	201,546		0	0	150,649
end of period	4,199,164		214,842	64,303	3,848,990		-318,050	14,628	4,718,080		-83,289	167,792	4,477,505		2,897	-111,762	4,075,598		-309,537	202,260	5,426,818		697,927	1,123,549	2,730,366		-239,874	10,884	1,432,517		-37,942	84,393	1,365,138		-6,763	-93,287	1,244,219		-48,907	17,693	910,025		-144,585	-131,068	761,356		21,794	-46,166	595,950		-178,295	-163,609	714,174		-97,224	-20,071	741,117		40,208	-158,289	671,005		-39,873	-50,981	823,652		55,738	61,122	459,302		-78,313	3,750	305,804		18,740	-66,315	199,123		62,718	-85,879	145,230		58,356	-24,984	144,381		-50,566	-76,598	184,951		-59,143	60,316	116,544
supplemental cash flow disclosures
interest paid	19,839	0	19,839	0	35,939	0	40,158	0	40,158	0	40,158	0	40,158	0	40,158	0	40,158	2,122	40,158	2,122	39,929	2,124	60,278	5,834	4,235	2,122	4,219	2,122	4,219	4,834	4,218	4,834	4,219	4,834	4,218	4,834	4,219	4,834	4,218	4,834	4,219		4,219	4,834	4,148		0				0				0			4,834	0				0				0				0				0
income taxes paid	309	162,814	116,302			156,966	173,357			154,733	153,335	287,037	47	100,847	74,262	186,887	160	109,934	149,837	304,588	396	-1,286	335			118,165	121,773	218,185	48,468	84,082	111,320	215,470	17,058	161,846	173,566	332,635	46,519	145,640	169,659	286,379	26,763		143,254	278,992	43,302		161,346	270,826	28,936		119,220	245,808	59,232		109,426	205,002	30,258	69,250	75,559	170,560	54,705		56,789	178,378	47,250		61,370	95,146	9,866		30,116	87,138	21,961		23,139
adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash from operating activities:
gain on sale of property
proceeds from sale of property
excise tax paid on repurchase of common stock		0	0			0
net increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash and cash equivalents														645,508	2,897	-111,762	-906,784	-337,159	-309,537	202,260	473,049	401,927	697,927	1,123,549	1,318,956	207,883				66,490	-37,942	84,393	11,866
cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash and cash equivalents:
beginning of year
end of year
the accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
income taxes paid (refunded)					334
income taxes (refunded) paid									-375																-1,777
payments of long-term debt																						0
adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
loss on early extinguishment of debt																						184
net proceeds from issuance of short-term debt																						0	0	0	805,601
payments of short-term debt																						-629	-801,878	-2,479	-615
net proceeds from issuance of long-term debt																						0	989,085	0	1,976,030
payments of debt extinguishment and debt issuance costs																						-688
adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
proceeds from investments																										0	0	0	517	2,750	234	0	505	2	19			815	400				1	1	601		0	0	12,022		11	1,032	107		105	86	618	-6,376	797	8,354	1,814		2,441	4,172	848						-14,238	4,568	43,503		41,544	14,361	5,257
payments of debt issuance costs																								-119	-3,135
gain on sale of assets
proceeds from sale of property and equipment																																																																					10
beginning of year 1
1 as the result of the adoption of asu 2016-18, statement of cash flow (topic 230): restricted cash, in fiscal 2018, the prior year amounts were retrospectively adjusted to include restricted cash and cash equivalents. see note a.
adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash providedby operating activities:
excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation																																						-1,227	1,876	2,144	20,538		2,054	97	37,255		6,318	812	22,943		4,875	2,009	20,114		50,981	-1,322	-22,662	-4,818	-25,191	21,556	-9,727		-2,869	-2,115	-6,482		-2,176	-1,944	-2,064
1 as the result of the adoption of asu 2016-18, statement of cash flow (topic 230): restricted cash, the prior year amounts were retrospectively adjusted to include restricted cash and cash equivalents. see note a.
beginning of period1																															0	0	1,353,272
decrease in restricted cash and investments																																		1,482				-108
purchases of investments																																																								0	-424						0								17,079	-9,356	-40,665		-16,295	-37,902	-9,016
net increase in cash and cash equivalents																																		146,125	-6,763	-93,287	132,620	232,788	-48,907	17,693	148,423				64,748	64,851,590	21,794	-46,166	172,782				67,413								-162,919	-184,064,455	-39,873	-50,981	55,309	65,345,193	55,738	61,122	137,947			3,750	48,224					-109,807,930,302	62,718	-85,879	-46,537	14,014	58,356	-24,984	29,050
cash and cash equivalents:
increase in restricted cash and investments																																																								8,440	-13,410	6,419
cash from operating activities
cash from investing activities
cash from financing activities
tax benefit from equity issuance																																						-1,227	1,876	2,144	20,538		2,055	111	37,320		6,587	920	23,141		5,134	2,203	20,341		3,137	1,454	23,123	4,967	1,737	2,315	10,021		2,946	1,991	6,810		2,517	2,435	2,821		1,497	3,459	3,149		96	940	4,565		5,663	1,192	5,088	3,845	672	3,722	13,708
adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash providedby operating activities
net decrease in cash and cash equivalents																																																																											18,740	-66,315	-168,265												-16,595
non-cash investing activities
increase in fair value of investment securities																																																			-4	-229	2		-11			154	-56	132	-4		210	560	44		576	677	209
increase in fair value of investment
securities
the accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided
by operating activities:
net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents																																																									91,282
decrease in fair value of investment securities																																																									-13
adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash
provided by operating activities:
proceeds from sales of property and equipment																																																																			0				0	9	108
net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
net cash provided by operating activities																																																																115,656	189,181																											143,268	11,561
net cash used in investing activities																																																																-55,273	-34,671
proceeds from issuance of common stock related to stock plans																																																											3,738	4,495	5,827
net cash used in financing activities																																																																-111,364	-99,201
see notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
cash flows used in investing activities
cash flows used in financing activities
net proceeds from (purchases of) investments
net proceeds from investments																																																																					4,577
adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net
cash from operating activities:
purchase of assets under lease																																																																															0
payment of term debt
proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
change in fair value of investment securities –
unrealized gain
excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation																																																																							-1,136	-2,547	-2,167		-164	-707	-3,826		-3,266	1,304	-2,547
change in fair value of investment securities – unrealized																																																																									-1,359
(loss) gain
adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash from (used in) operating activities:
change in fair value of investment securities – unrealized gain
by (used in) operating activities:
see notes to interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
other additions to property and equipment																																																																															-34,571
straight-line rent capitalized in build-out period
change in fair value of investment securities																																																																											515	-172	227		197	9	-201
other																																																																																									1,871		785	317	120
impairment of long-lived assets																																																																																							-2,182
sales (purchases) of investments
repayment of term debt																																																																															0	0	-50,000
straight-line rent capitalization in build-out period																																																																																			1,451	997	611
sales of investments
purchase of investments																																																																																	-33,408
proceeds from sale of newark facility
proceeds from long-term debt																																																																																											0	0	25,000
sales of short-term investments
sales (purchases) of short-term investments
purchases of short-term investments																																																																																					-16,950
treasury stock related to tax withholding																																																																																							915	-4,697	-3,750
new stores
store renovations and improvements
information systems
distribution centers, corporate office and other
total capital expenditures
repayments under lines of credit
depreciation and amortization of property
and equipment
other amortization
other current assets – net
borrowings (repayments) under lines of credit
net increase in cash and
cash equivalents

Ross Stores, Inc(NASDAQ:ROST)

Ross Stores, Inc
(NASDAQ:ROST)