Barbara Rentler | Chief Executive Officer |
Michael O'Sullivan | President, Chief Operating Officer |
Gary Cribb | Group Executive Vice President, Stores and Loss Prevention |
John Call | Executive Vice President, Finance and Legal |
Michael Hartshorn | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer |
Connie Kao | VP Investor Relations |
Matthew Boss | JP Morgan |
Lorraine Hutchinson | Bank for America |
Paul Trussell | Deutsche Bank |
Ike Boruchow | Wells Fargo |
Kimberly Greenberger | Morgan Stanley |
John Morris | D.A. Davidson |
Daniel Hofkin | William Blair |
Marni Shapiro | Retail Tracker |
Paul Lejuez | Citi |
Michael Binetti | Credit Suisse |
Laura Champine | Loop Capital |
Alexandra Walvis | Goldman Sachs |
Bob Drbul | Guggenheim |
Good afternoon, and welcome to the Ross Stores Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2018 Earnings Release Conference Call. The call will begin with prepared comments by management followed by a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions].
Before we get started, on behalf of Ross Stores I would like to note that the comments made on this call will contain forward-looking statements regarding expectations about future growth and financial results, including sales and earnings forecasts, new store openings, and other matters that are based on the company's current forecasts of aspects of its future business. These forward-looking statements are subject to risk and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical performance or current expectations.