Barbara Rentler | Chief Executive Officer |
Adam Orvos | Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer |
Michael Hartshorn | Group President & Chief Operating Officer |
Kimberly Greenberger | Morgan Stanley |
Mark Altschwager | Baird |
Matthew Boss | JPMorgan |
Chuck Grom | Gordon Haskett |
Lorraine Hutchinson | Bank of America |
Michael Binetti | Credit Suisse |
Marni Shapiro | Retail Tracker |
Beth Reed | Truist Securities |
Dana Telsey | Telsey Advisory Group |
Laura Champine | Loop Capital |
John Kernan | Cowen |
Ike Burochow | Wells Fargo |
Good afternoon, and welcome to the Ross Stores Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2021 Earnings Release Conference Call. The call will begin with prepared comments by management, followed by a question-and-answer session. [Operator instructions] Please be advised that today's call is being recorded.
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, COVID-related costs 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.