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Costco Wholesale Corp (COST)On Oct 24: 33.72  Down 0.34 (1.00%)  Reuters
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):15.41B
Enterprise Value (26-Oct-03)³:15.51B
Trailing P/E (ttm):22.01
Forward P/E (fye 1-Sep-04)¹:18.21
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:1.76
Price/Sales (ttm):0.37
Price/Book (mrq):2.47
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:0.36
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:10.06
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:1-Sep
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):31-Aug-03
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):1.70%
Operating Margin (ttm):2.83%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):5.91%
Return on Equity (ttm):12.08%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):38.76B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):89.284
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:11.40%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:4.78B
EBITDA (ttm):1.54B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):721.00M
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.532
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:16.30%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):1.29B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):2.82
Total Debt (mrq)²:1.39B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.221
Current Ratio (mrq):1.102
Book Value Per Share (mrq):13.76
Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:1.24B
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:358.70M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.954
52-Week Change:-6.31%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):-18.26%
52-Week High (28-May-03):39.02
52-Week Low (5-Mar-03):27.00
50-Day Moving Average:32.17
200-Day Moving Average:32.79
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):6,452,090
Average Volume (10 day):3,139,000
Shares Outstanding:457.09M
Float:447.30M
% Held by Insiders:2.14%
% Held by Institutions:77.00%
Shares Short (as of 8-Sep-03):10.43M
Daily Volume (as of 8-Sep-03):N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Sep-03):1.655
Short % of Float (as of 8-Sep-03):2.33%
Shares Short (prior month):10.62M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:N/A
Dividend Yield:0.00%
Dividend Date:13-Jan-00
Ex-Dividend Date:14-Jan-00
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-03)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 31-Aug-03)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 1-Sep-02)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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