How well have off-price retail stores done in this economy?

Compared to department stores, off-price retail stores have done very well (You can see a write-up on Macy’s and J. C. Penny on my blog).  Let’s look at the numbers behind one of the off-price stores Ross Stores, Inc (ROST).  Ross owns both Ross Dress for Less and dd’s DISCOUNTS.

Exhibit 1: Ross Stores Revenue (Q1 2013 to Q3 2015)

Exhibit 2: Comparable Quarter Year-over-Year Revenue Growth for Ross Stores

Exhibit 3: Ross Stores Total Yearly Sales Revenue (2012-2014)

Exhibit 4: Yearly Sales Revenue Growth %

Exhibit 5: Ross Stores Earnings Per Share Basic (USD)

Exhibit 6: Weighted Average Basic Shares Outstanding

June 12th, 2015 Ross Stores had done a 2:1 split of its shares there by increasing the number of shares outstanding in Q2 of 2015.

Ross Stores is scheduled to release its Q4 2015 earnings on March 1st, 2016.

Disclaimer:  I just love learning about companies.  I am not an investment advisor and this blog post should not be considered investment advice.