On Aug 19, 2016 the shares registered one year high at $66.28 and the one year low of $43.47 was seen on Nov 13, 2015. The payout date was reported to be 2016-09-30 and ex-dividend date was 2016-08-31. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 22,118 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock worth $1,281,000 after buying an additional 985 shares during the last quarter. Gateway Investment Advisers LLC raised its stake in Ross Stores by 20.7% in the second quarter. Zurich Insurance Group Ltd FI now owns 67,802 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock worth $3,926,000 after buying an additional 12,050 shares during the last quarter.
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Ross Stores (NASDAQ:ROST) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 18th. The analysts targeted EPS of $0.67 for the quarter. Carroll Financial Associates Inc. now owns 2,605 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock worth $147,000 after buying an additional 17 shares during the period. Finally, Cim LLC increased its stake in Ross Stores by 1.5% in the second quarter. It has a dividend yield of 0.86%.
Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. MKM Partners restated a “buy” rating and set a $72.00 price target (up previously from $65.00) on shares of Ross Stores in a research note on Monday, August 22nd. Deutsche Bank AG reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Ross Stores in a research report on Tuesday, June 14th. Zacks Investment Research upgraded Ross Stores from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $73.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Monday, August 22nd. If a firm surpasses its consensus projections, it is typically rewarded with a jump in stock price.
AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) now has mean rating of 3.0 while 0 analyst have recommended the shares as “BUY”, 0 commented as “OUTPERFORM” and 0 commented as “HOLD”. The mean price target is calculated keeping in view the consensus of 11 brokerage firms. Following the transaction, the director now owns 506,750 shares in the company, valued at approximately $29,148,260. Also, CEO Barbara Rentler sold 20,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 19th. The shares were sold at $62.54 per share for a total value of $1,250,790.00, the company said in a SEC Form 4 Filing. The disclosure for this sale can be found here.
Together, Ross Dress for Less® and dd’s DISCOUNTS presently operate about 1,500 off-price apparel and home fashion stores in 34 states, the District of Columbia and Guam.
Together, Ross Dress for Less® and dd’s DISCOUNTS now operate approximately 1,500 off-price apparel and home fashion stores in 34 states, the District of Columbia and Guam. The average analysts gave this company a mean recommendation of 2.20.
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The Company also now operates dd’s DISCOUNTS with locations in 14 states that feature a more moderately-priced assortment of first-quality, in-season, name brand apparel, accessories, footwear and home fashions for the entire family at savings of 20% to 70% off moderate department and discount store regular prices every day.
