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Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)

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90.27 Down 0.23(0.25%) Mar 23, 4:00PM EDT|After Hours: 90.27 0.00 (0.00%) Mar 23, 4:28PM EDT

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:39.17B
Enterprise Value (Mar 24, 2012)3:35.67B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):26.30
Forward P/E (fye Aug 28, 2013)1:20.66
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.78
Price/Sales (ttm):0.42
Price/Book (mrq):3.21
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.38
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:10.53
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Aug 28
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Feb 12, 2012
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):1.62%
Operating Margin (ttm):2.68%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):5.88%
Return on Equity (ttm):12.68%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):93.40B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):214.40
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):10.00%
Gross Profit (ttm):11.18B
EBITDA (ttm)6:3.39B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):1.52B
Diluted EPS (ttm):3.43
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):13.20%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):5.78B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):13.33
Total Debt (mrq):2.28B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):17.79
Current Ratio (mrq):1.16
Book Value Per Share (mrq):28.19
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):3.00B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):1.17B
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.49
52-Week Change3:26.68%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:6.63%
52-Week High (Mar 15, 2012)3:91.60
52-Week Low (Aug 10, 2011)3:70.22
50-Day Moving Average3:86.83
200-Day Moving Average3:83.90
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:2,219,500
Avg Vol (10 day)3:1,920,120
Shares Outstanding5:433.97M
Float:429.85M
% Held by Insiders1:0.89%
% Held by Institutions1:78.20%
Shares Short (as of Feb 29, 2012)3:4.90M
Short Ratio (as of Feb 29, 2012)3:2.20
Short % of Float (as of Feb 29, 2012)3:1.10%
Shares Short (prior month)3:4.97M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.96
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:1.10%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.96
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.10%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:1.20%
Payout Ratio4:28.00%
Dividend Date3:Feb 23, 2012
Ex-Dividend Date4:Feb 8, 2012
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:2:1
Last Split Date3:Jan 14, 2000

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Feb 12, 2012)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Feb 12, 2012)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Feb 12, 2012)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Aug 28, 2011)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson Reuters
2 Data provided by EDGAR Online
3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance
4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.
5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.
6 EBITDA is calculated by Capital IQ using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting

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