Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Nov. 30, 2019	Mar. 02, 2019
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 900,077	$ 508,971
Short term investment securities	0	485,799
Merchandise inventories	2,543,247	2,618,922
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	361,116	296,280
Total current assets	3,804,440	3,909,972
Long term investment securities	20,103	20,010
Property and equipment, net	1,749,543	1,853,091
Operating lease assets	1,947,008
Goodwill	0	391,052
Other assets	490,894	396,416
Total assets	8,011,988	6,570,541
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	1,210,274	1,094,078
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	690,890	623,734
Merchandise credit and gift card liabilities	337,515	339,322
Current operating lease liabilities	459,364
Current income taxes payable	0	20,498
Total current liabilities	2,698,043	2,077,632
Other liabilities	185,247	395,409
Income taxes payable	41,856	49,235
Operating lease liabilities	1,750,353
Long term debt	1,488,284	1,487,934
Total liabilities	6,163,783	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 344,077 and 342,582, respectively; outstanding 126,961 and 132,233 shares, respectively	3,440	3,426
Additional paid-in capital	2,155,500	2,118,673
Retained earnings	10,460,810	11,112,887
Treasury stock, at cost; 217,116 and 210,349 shares, respectively	(10,715,177)	(10,616,045)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(56,368)	(58,610)
Total shareholders' equity	1,848,205	2,560,331
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$ 8,011,988	$ 6,570,541