Earnings Per Share

6 Months Ended

Aug. 02, 2025

The Company computes and reports both basic earnings per share (“EPS”) and diluted EPS. Basic EPS is computed by dividing net earnings by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS is computed by dividing net earnings by the sum of the weighted-average number of common shares and dilutive common stock equivalents outstanding during the period. Diluted EPS reflects the total potential dilution that could occur from outstanding equity plan awards and unvested shares of both performance and non-performance based awards of restricted stock and restricted stock units.

Shares are excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS if their effect would have been anti-dilutive to the calculation of diluted EPS. For the three and six month periods ended August 2, 2025, approximately 28,000 and 57,000 weighted-average shares were excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS, respectively. For the three and six month periods ended August 3, 2024, approximately 2,000 and 3,000 weighted-average shares were excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS, respectively.

The following is a reconciliation of the number of shares (denominator) used in the basic and diluted EPS computations:


	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
Shares in (000s)	Basic EPS		Effect of dilutive common stock equivalents		Diluted EPS		Basic EPS		Effect of dilutive common stock equivalents		Diluted EPS
August 2, 2025
Shares	323,000		1,796		324,796		323,938		1,971		325,909
Amount	$	1.57	$	(0.01)	$	1.56	$	3.05	$	(0.02)	$	3.03

August 3, 2024
Shares	329,392		2,119		331,511		330,325		2,295		332,620
Amount	$	1.60	$	(0.01)	$	1.59	$	3.07	$	(0.02)	$	3.05

ROSS STORES, INC. 10-Q