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Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)At 4:00PM EST: 84.60  Up 1.28 (1.54%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:36.79B
Enterprise Value (Jan 4, 2012)3:32.59B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):25.47
Forward P/E (fye Aug 28, 2013)1:19.23
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.62
Price/Sales (ttm):0.40
Price/Book (mrq):3.05
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.36
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:9.81
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Aug 28
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Nov 20, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):1.61%
Operating Margin (ttm):2.69%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):5.67%
Return on Equity (ttm):12.74%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):91.30B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):209.34
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):12.40%
Gross Profit (ttm):11.18B
EBITDA (ttm)6:3.32B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):1.47B
Diluted EPS (ttm):3.32
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):2.60%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):5.92B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):13.60
Total Debt (mrq):2.26B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):18.19
Current Ratio (mrq):1.13
Book Value Per Share (mrq):27.36
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):3.14B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):1.32B
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.63
52-Week Change3:19.17%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:0.04%
52-Week High (Dec 2, 2011)3:88.68
52-Week Low (Mar 16, 2011)3:69.54
50-Day Moving Average3:83.88
200-Day Moving Average3:81.28
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:2,486,070
Avg Vol (10 day)3:1,345,180
Shares Outstanding5:434.93M
Float:430.78M
% Held by Insiders1:0.89%
% Held by Institutions1:80.60%
Shares Short (as of Dec 15, 2011)3:5.49M
Short Ratio (as of Dec 15, 2011)3:2.30
Short % of Float (as of Dec 15, 2011)3:1.30%
Shares Short (prior month)3:6.51M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.96
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:1.20%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.93
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.10%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:1.20%
Payout Ratio4:28.00%
Dividend Date3:Nov 24, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4:Nov 8, 2011
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 Nov 20, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Nov 20, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Nov 20, 2011)
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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