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Income Taxes - Components of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Feb. 03, 2024 | Jan. 28, 2023
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Deferred tax assets: |  |
Operating lease ROU assets | $ 305,043 | $ 353,277
Employee compensation and benefits | 25,576 | 2,896
Net Operating Loss | 25,071 | 27,604
Capitalized research and development expenses | 22,014 | 4,120
Accruals not currently deductible | 10,041 | 11,442
Deferred compensation | 9,737 | 9,498
Inventories | 8,828 | 7,082
Other long-term assets | 8,169 | 8,201
State tax credits | 7,741 | 7,968
Gift card liability | 5,723 | 4,871
Capital loss | 4,673 | 4,210
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | 3,114 | 911
Foreign tax credits | 955 | 2,761
Other | 690 | 744
General Business Credits | 116 | 1,586
Disallowed business interest expense | 0 | 8,353
Gross deferred tax assets | 437,491 | 455,524
Valuation allowance | (27,466) | (25,902)
Total deferred tax assets | 410,025 | 429,622
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |
Operating lease liabilities | (253,229) | (287,061)
Property and equipment | (69,030) | (100,958)
Prepaid expenses | (3,572) | (2,988)
Goodwill | (1,981) | (1,996)
Other | (149) | (136)
Total deferred tax liabilities | (327,961) | (393,139)
Total deferred tax assets, net | $ 82,064 | $ 36,483

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