By Allison Prang 
 

Ross Stores Inc.'s (ROST) earnings and sales beat estimates in the third quarter.

Earnings rose to $370.9 million, up 9.7% from the third quarter a year ago. Earnings were $1.03 a share, up from 91 cents a share. Analysts polled by FactSet were expecting 98 cents a share.

Sales were $3.85 billion, up 8.4%. Analysts were expecting $3.77 billion.

Comparable-store rose 5%, beating analysts' estimates of 2.8%.

 

Write to Allison Prang at allison.prang@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

November 21, 2019 16:25 ET (21:25 GMT)

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