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Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST)On Feb 23: 57.47  Down 0.62 (1.07%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):25.99B
Enterprise Value (24-Feb-07)3:24.23B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):24.27
Forward P/E (fye 03-Sep-08) 1:19.75
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected):1.69
Price/Sales (ttm):0.43
Price/Book (mrq):2.95
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.40
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:10.366
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:3-Sep
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):26-Nov-06
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):1.83%
Operating Margin (ttm):2.71%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):6.32%
Return on Equity (ttm):12.47%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):61.37B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):131.622
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):9.40%
Gross Profit (ttm):7.41B
EBITDA (ttm):2.34B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):1.12B
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.37
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):9.80%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):2.61B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):5.779
Total Debt (mrq):570.86M
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.064
Current Ratio (mrq):0.991
Book Value Per Share (mrq):19.702
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):2.10B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):785.90M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.96
52-Week Change3:13.38%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:12.55%
52-Week High (20-Feb-07)3:58.70
52-Week Low (30-Aug-06)3:46.00
50-Day Moving Average3:56.20
200-Day Moving Average3:52.79
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month)3:3,005,200
Average Volume (10 day)3:2,774,100
Shares Outstanding:452.31M
Float:446.89M
% Held by Insiders4:1.14%
% Held by Institutions4:61.10%
Shares Short (as of 09-Jan-07)3:8.63M
Short Ratio (as of 09-Jan-07)3:2.5
Short % of Float (as of 09-Jan-07)3:1.90%
Shares Short (prior month)3:10.05M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate5:0.52
Forward Annual Dividend Yield5:0.90%
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate3:0.52
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.90%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield5:0.50%
Payout Ratio5:21%
Dividend Date3:28-Feb-07
Ex-Dividend Date5:12-Feb-07
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:2:1
Last Split Date3:14-Jan-00


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Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 26-Nov-06)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 26-Nov-06)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of 26-Nov-06)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 03-Sep-06)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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4 = Data provided by Computershare; 5 = Data provided by Hemscott Americas