Ross Stores authorizes $2.5B for stock buybacks

How big is it?

Ross Stores bought back $1.2B of stock in the twelve months to Aug 1, 2026. At that pace, $2.5B covers about 2.2 years of buybacks.

The amount equals 91% of its free cash flow over the same twelve months ($2.8B).

Its diluted share count is down 1.6% from a year earlier.

An authorization is permission, not a promise: the company can buy less, more slowly, or not at all, and usually doesn't have to say when it buys.

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