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Costco Wholesale Corp (COST)On Nov 29: 49.43  Down 0.21 (0.42%)  Reuters
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):23.19B
Enterprise Value (30-Nov-04)³:21.48B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):26.70
Forward P/E (fye 29-Aug-06)¹:20.77
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:1.91
Price/Sales (ttm):0.48
Price/Book (mrq):3.01
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:0.45
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:11.76
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:29-Aug
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):31-Aug-04
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):1.83%
Operating Margin (ttm):2.88%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):6.17%
Return on Equity (ttm):12.50%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):48.11B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):99.732
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:9.80%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:6.01B
EBITDA (ttm):1.83B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):882.39M
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.851
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:3.00%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):3.13B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):6.67
Total Debt (mrq)²:1.32B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.173
Current Ratio (mrq):1.178
Book Value Per Share (mrq):16.481001
Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:2.10B
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:1.39B
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.788
52-Week Change:45.53%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):28.74%
52-Week High (5-Nov-04):50.46
52-Week Low (17-May-04):35.05
50-Day Moving Average:45.89
200-Day Moving Average:40.94
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):3,882,000
Average Volume (10 day):3,556,000
Shares Outstanding:469.07M
Float:458.90M
% Held by Insiders:2.17%
% Held by Institutions:77.62%
Shares Short (as of 8-Nov-04):14.36M
Daily Volume (as of 8-Nov-04):N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Nov-04):3.745
Short % of Float (as of 8-Nov-04):3.13%
Shares Short (prior month):15.29M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:0.40
Dividend Yield:0.81%
Dividend Date:26-Nov-04
Ex-Dividend Date: 3-Nov-04
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:2:1
Last Split Date:14-Jan-00
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Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 31-Aug-04)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 31-Aug-04)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 29-Aug-04)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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