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Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST) On Apr 27: 54.36   0.00 (0.00%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES  
Market Cap (intraday): 25.62B
Enterprise Value (28-Apr-06)3: 22.70B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday): 24.54
Forward P/E (fye 28-Aug-07) 1: 20.36
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected): 1.74
Price/Sales (ttm): 0.46
Price/Book (mrq): 2.82
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3: 0.41
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3: 10.999
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS  
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends: 28-Aug
Most Recent Quarter (mrq): 12-Feb-06
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm): 1.93%
Operating Margin (ttm): 2.79%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm): 5.87%
Return on Equity (ttm): 12.18%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm): 55.68B
Revenue Per Share (ttm): 117.206
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy): 11.00%
Gross Profit (ttm): 6.59B
EBITDA (ttm): 2.06B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm): 1.08B
Diluted EPS (ttm): 2.22
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy): -3.00%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq): 3.52B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq): 7.464
Total Debt (mrq): 603.44M
Total Debt/Equity (mrq): 0.067
Current Ratio (mrq): 1.166
Book Value Per Share (mrq): 19.304001
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm): 1.96B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm): 524.99M
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TRADING INFORMATION  
Stock Price History
Beta: 1.33
52-Week Change3: 34.89%
S&P500 52-Week Change3: 14.56%
52-Week High (07-Apr-06)3: 57.38
52-Week Low (29-Apr-05)3: 40.02
50-Day Moving Average3: 54.69
200-Day Moving Average3: 50.86
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month)3: 2,748,460
Average Volume (10 day)3: 2,596,600
Shares Outstanding: 471.23M
Float: 465.58M
% Held by Insiders4: 1.21%
% Held by Institutions4: 77.40%
Shares Short (as of 10-Mar-06)3: 8.52M
Short Ratio (as of 10-Mar-06)3: 3
Short % of Float (as of 10-Mar-06)3: 1.80%
Shares Short (prior month)3: 6.87M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate5: 0.46
Forward Annual Dividend Yield5: 0.80%
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate3: 0.46
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3: 0.90%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield5: 0.30%
Payout Ratio5: 16%
Dividend Date3: 24-Feb-06
Ex-Dividend Date5: 07-Feb-06
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 12-Feb-06)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 12-Feb-06)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of 12-Feb-06)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 28-Aug-05)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 = Data provided by Thomson; 2 = Data provided by EDGAR Online;
3 = Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance;
4 = Data provided by Computershare; 5 = Data provided by Hemscott Americas