Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Aug. 31, 2019	Mar. 02, 2019
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 983,847	$ 508,971
Short term investment securities	0	485,799
Merchandise inventories	2,334,936	2,618,922
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	301,368	296,280
Total current assets	3,620,151	3,909,972
Long term investment securities	20,520	20,010
Property and equipment, net	1,772,667	1,853,091
Operating lease assets	2,012,681
Goodwill	0	391,052
Other assets	490,359	396,416
Total assets	7,916,378	6,570,541
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	1,073,895	1,094,078
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	615,748	623,734
Merchandise credit and gift card liabilities	341,143	339,322
Current operating lease liabilities	456,324
Current income taxes payable	0	20,498
Total current liabilities	2,487,110	2,077,632
Other liabilities	182,700	395,409
Income taxes payable	41,683	49,235
Operating lease liabilities	1,813,015
Long term debt	1,488,167	1,487,934
Total liabilities	6,012,675	4,010,210
Shareholders' equity:
Preferred stock - $0.01 par value; authorized - 1,000 shares; no shares issued or outstanding	0	0
Common stock - $0.01 par value; authorized - 900,000 shares; issued 343,595 and 342,582, respectively; outstanding 126,566 and 132,233 shares, respectively	3,436	3,426
Additional paid-in capital	2,150,542	2,118,673
Retained earnings	10,521,658	11,112,887
Treasury stock, at cost; 217,029 and 210,349 shares, respectively	(10,714,012)	(10,616,045)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(57,921)	(58,610)
Total shareholders' equity	1,903,703	2,560,331
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$ 7,916,378	$ 6,570,541