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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Ross Stores Inc. delivered a positive result and managed an all-around beat last quarter, with a 5% increase in comparable store sales primarily attributed to heightened customer traffic.</li><li>Despite remaining cautious due to ongoing challenges in the economic landscape, Ross Stores raised its outlook for the second half of the year, indicating an upward trend in comparable store sales for the upcoming quarters.</li><li>This resilient approach and the company's strategic planning position Ross Stores for continued growth and success in the retail industry.</li></ul>

Ross Stores Inc. delivered a positive result and managed an all-around beat last quarter, with a 5% increase in comparable store sales primarily attributed to heightened customer traffic.Despite remaining cautious due to ongoing challenges in the economic landscape, Ross Stores raised its outlook for the second half of the year, indicating an upward trend in comparable store sales for the upcoming quarters.This resilient approach and the company's strategic planning position Ross Stores for continued growth and success in the retail industry.

Ross Stores Inc.: Continued Addition Of New Locations Boosting Growth! - Major Drivers

Equity Capital Markets

<ul><li>Ross Stores managed to exceed analyst expectations in terms of revenue as well as earnings in its most recent quarterly result.</li><li>The operating margin declined slightly compared to the previous year, primarily due to increased incentive compensation.</li><li>Ross Stores plans to open new locations in the second quarter and anticipates a range for the operating margin.</li></ul>

Ross Stores managed to exceed analyst expectations in terms of revenue as well as earnings in its most recent quarterly result.The operating margin declined slightly compared to the previous year, primarily due to increased incentive compensation.Ross Stores plans to open new locations in the second quarter and anticipates a range for the operating margin.

Ross Stores: Collaboration With Adidas & Other Developments

<ul><li>Ross Stores delivered strong fourth-quarter sales and profitability results despite a very competitive holiday season, owing to customers' positive response to the company's expanded selection and value offerings.</li><li>The company delivered an all-around beat with earnings per share for Q4 reported at $1.31 on a net income of $447 million.</li><li>These figures compare to earnings per share of $1.04 on net earnings of $367 million for the 13 weeks ended January 29, 2022.</li></ul>

Ross Stores delivered strong fourth-quarter sales and profitability results despite a very competitive holiday season, owing to customers' positive response to the company's expanded selection and value offerings.The company delivered an all-around beat with earnings per share for Q4 reported at $1.31 on a net income of $447 million.These figures compare to earnings per share of $1.04 on net earnings of $367 million for the 13 weeks ended January 29, 2022.

Ross Stores Inc.: Collaboration With Adidas & Other Drivers

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

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Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/trial-holdings-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36821:1" rel="noopener">Trial Holdings (5882 JP)</a>, a discount store operator in Japan, is seeking to raise US$380 million at the IPO reference price of JPY2,000. Pricing on 26 March.</li>
<li>We previously discussed the IPO in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/trial-holdings-ipo-the-bull-case" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:97757" rel="noopener">Trial Holdings IPO: The Bull Case</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/trial-holdings-ipo-the-bear-case" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:97798" rel="noopener">Trial Holdings IPO: The Bear Case</a>.  </li>
<li>In this note, we discuss valuation. Our analysis suggests that Trial is attractively valued at the IPO reference price of JPY2,000. We would participate in the IPO.</li>
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Trial Holdings (5882 JP), a discount store operator in Japan, is seeking to raise US$380 million at the IPO reference price of JPY2,000. Pricing on 26 March.
We previously discussed the IPO in Trial Holdings IPO: The Bull Case and Trial Holdings IPO: The Bear Case.  
In this note, we discuss valuation. Our analysis suggests that Trial is attractively valued at the IPO reference price of JPY2,000. We would participate in the IPO.


Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

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<li>The SPX, $IWM, $QQQ continue to have trouble breaking above their 200-day MAs and YTD downtrends, while the DJIA has been unable to sustain a breakout above 34,280.</li>
<li>With that said, all four of these indexes are consolidating within tight ranges just below the aforementioned resistance levels, building energy for the eventual breakdown or breakout.</li>
<li>We still recommend shifting exposure to defensives (Staples,Utilities,Health Care) and/or taking profits following this rally, but we cannot rule out potential for major upside breakouts. We discuss specific levels below.</li>
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The SPX, $IWM, $QQQ continue to have trouble breaking above their 200-day MAs and YTD downtrends, while the DJIA has been unable to sustain a breakout above 34,280.
With that said, all four of these indexes are consolidating within tight ranges just below the aforementioned resistance levels, building energy for the eventual breakdown or breakout.
We still recommend shifting exposure to defensives (Staples,Utilities,Health Care) and/or taking profits following this rally, but we cannot rule out potential for major upside breakouts. We discuss specific levels below.


Today's Fed Day to Determine Next Big Market Move? SPX Key Levels: 4100 and 3910

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Ross Stores, Inc. operates two brands of off-price retail apparel and home accessories stores. Ross Stores offers name brand and designer apparel, accessories, footwear, and home fashions at discount prices.

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Ross Stores Inc.: Continued Addition Of New Locations Boosting Growth! - Major Drivers

Ross Stores Inc. delivered a positive result and managed an all-around beat last quarter, with a 5% increase in comparable store sales primarily...

Baptista Research

Ross Stores: Collaboration With Adidas & Other Developments

Ross Stores managed to exceed analyst expectations in terms of revenue as well as earnings in its most recent quarterly result. The operating...

Baptista Research

Ross Stores Inc.: Collaboration With Adidas & Other Drivers

Ross Stores delivered strong fourth-quarter sales and profitability results despite a very competitive holiday season, owing to customers'...

Baptista Research

Trial Holdings IPO: Valuation Insights

Our analysis suggests that Trial is attractively valued at the IPO reference price of JPY2,000. We would participate in the IPO.

Arun George

Today's Fed Day to Determine Next Big Market Move? SPX Key Levels: 4100 and 3910

4100 is clear resistance to watch on the $SPX, while support continues to be at 3910; this has been the range for a month. We lean breakdown below...

Vermilion Research

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