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Share-Based Payments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 30, 2026
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract] |
Schedule of Option Pricing Assumptions | The weighted average assumptions used in the Black-Scholes option-pricing model and weighted-average grant date fair value for options granted in 2025, 2024, and 2023 are as follows:
| Years Ended
| January 30, 2026 |  | January 31, 2025 |  | February 2, 2024
Weighted-average assumptions used: |  |  |  |  |
Expected volatility | 31.4 | % |  | 31.6 | % |  | 32.2 | %
Dividend yield | 1.80 | % |  | 1.79 | % |  | 1.74 | %
Risk-free interest rate | 4.03 | % |  | 4.33 | % |  | 3.59 | %
Expected term, in years | 7.00 |  | 7.00 |  | 6.50
Weighted-average grant date fair value | $ | 77.51 |  |  | $ | 84.76 |  |  | $ | 64.41 |
Schedule of Stock Option Activity | Transactions related to stock options for the fiscal year ended January 30, 2026, are summarized as follows:
(in thousands, except per share and years data) | Shares |  | Weighted-Average Exercise Price Per Share |  | Weighted-Average Remaining Term |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Outstanding as of January 31, 2025 | 1,625 |  |  | $ | 150.23 |  |  |  |  |
Granted | 138 |  |  | 234.01 |  |  |  |  |
Canceled, forfeited or expired | (4) |  |  | 200.43 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised | (181) |  |  | 115.75 |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding as of January 30, 2026 | 1,578 |  |  | $ | 161.38 |  |  | 5.42 |  | $ | 166,736 |
Vested and expected to vest as of January 30, 2026 1 | 1,572 |  |  | $ | 161.09 |  |  | 5.41 |  | $ | 166,533 |
Exercisable as of January 30, 2026 | 1,278 |  |  | $ | 145.59 |  |  | 4.73 |  | $ | 155,227 |
1 Includes outstanding vested options as well as outstanding nonvested options after a forfeiture rate is applied.
Schedule of Restricted Stock Awards Activity | Transactions related to restricted stock awards for the fiscal year ended January 30, 2026, are summarized as follows:
(in thousands, except per share data) | Shares |  | Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value Per Share
Nonvested as of January 31, 2025 | 1,277 |  |  | $ | 224.15 |
Granted | 764 |  |  | 234.64 |
Vested | (567) |  |  | 215.22 |
Canceled or forfeited | (119) |  |  | 232.46 |
Nonvested as of January 30, 2026 | 1,355 |  |  | $ | 233.07 |
Schedule of Awards Granted | Deferred stock units granted to non-employee Directors in 2025, 2024, and 2023 are as follows:
| Years Ended
(In thousands, except per share data) | January 30, 2026 |  | January 31, 2025 |  | February 2, 2024
Deferred shares granted to non-employee Directors | 11 |  | 12 |  | 11
Weighted-average grant date fair value per share | $ | 225.73 |  |  | $ | 221.29 |  |  | $ | 206.52 |
Schedule of Performance Share Units Pricing Assumptions | The weighted-average assumptions used in the Monte Carlo simulations for these awards granted in 2025, 2024, and 2023 are as follows:
| Years Ended
| January 30, 2026 |  | January 31, 2025 |  | February 2, 2024
Weighted-average assumptions used: |  |  |  |  |
Expected volatility | 25.4 | % |  | 27.1 | % |  | 29.3 | %
Dividend yield | 1.97 | % |  | 1.77 | % |  | 2.10 | %
Risk-free interest rate | 3.82 | % |  | 4.49 | % |  | 3.83 | %
Expected term, in years | 2.83 |  | 2.83 |  | 2.82
Schedule of Performance Share Units Activity | Transactions related to performance share units classified as equity awards for the fiscal year ended January 30, 2026, are summarized as follows:
(in thousands, except per share data) | Units 1 |  | Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value Per Unit
Nonvested as of January 31, 2025 | 454 |  |  | $ | 227.46 |
Granted | 146 |  |  | 225.57 |
Vested | (126) |  |  | 200.06 |
Canceled or forfeited | (24) |  |  | 217.78 |
Nonvested as of January 30, 2026 | 450 |  |  | $ | 235.07 |
1 As of January 30, 2026, the maximum number of nonvested units that could vest under the provisions of the agreements was 0.9 million.
Schedule of Restricted Stock Unit Activity | Transactions related to restricted stock units for the fiscal year ended January 30, 2026, are summarized as follows:
(in thousands, except per share data) | Shares |  | Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value Per Share
Nonvested as of January 31, 2025 | 452 |  |  | $ | 213.52 |
Granted | 292 |  |  | 221.68 |
Vested | (214) |  |  | 206.24 |
Canceled or forfeited | (59) |  |  | 219.93 |
Nonvested as of January 30, 2026 | 471 |  |  | $ | 221.09 |

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