Barbara Rentler | Chief Executive Officer |
Michael Hartshorn | Group President & Chief Operating Officer |
Travis Marquette | Group Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer |
Matthew Boss | JPMorgan |
Lorraine Hutchinson | Bank of America |
Mark Altschwager | Baird |
Paul Trussell | Deutsche Bank |
Kate Fitzsimons | RBC Capital Markets |
Kimberly Greenberger | Morgan Stanley |
Adrienne Yih | Barclays |
Michael Binetti | Credit Suisse |
Ike Boruchow | Wells Fargo |
Marni Shapiro | Retail Tracker |
Laura Champine | Loop Capital |
Bob Drbul | Guggenheim |
Jamie Merriman | Bernstein |
John Kernan | Cowen |
Mike Baker | Nomura |
Simeon Siegel | BMO Capital |
Dana Telsey | Telsey Advisory Group |
Good afternoon, and welcome to the Ross Stores Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2019 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 forecast of aspects of its future business. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical performance or current expectations.