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Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST)On Oct 11: 69.24   0.00 (0.00%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday)6:30.32B
Enterprise Value (12-Oct-07)3:28.72B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):30.12
Forward P/E (fye 03-Sep-08) 1:23.79
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected):1.93
Price/Sales (ttm):0.48
Price/Book (mrq):3.59
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.45
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:13.489
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:3-Sep
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):13-May-07
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):1.67%
Operating Margin (ttm):2.47%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):5.36%
Return on Equity (ttm):12.03%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):63.80B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):140.292
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):10.40%
Gross Profit (ttm):7.41B
EBITDA (ttm):2.13B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):1.07B
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.30
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-4.90%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):3.82B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):8.725
Total Debt (mrq):2.22B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.262
Current Ratio (mrq):1.129
Book Value Per Share (mrq):19.266001
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):2.15B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):753.54M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.56
52-Week Change3:28.46%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:14.06%
52-Week High (11-Oct-07)3:70.55
52-Week Low (20-Oct-06)3:51.07
50-Day Moving Average3:61.17
200-Day Moving Average3:58.26
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month)3:4,973,460
Average Volume (10 day)3:6,459,190
Shares Outstanding6:437.94M
Float:432.68M
% Held by Insiders4:1.08%
% Held by Institutions4:80.00%
Shares Short (as of 11-Sep-07)3:15.33M
Short Ratio (as of 11-Sep-07)3:3.2
Short % of Float (as of 11-Sep-07)3:3.50%
Shares Short (prior month)3:15.11M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate5:0.58
Forward Annual Dividend Yield5:0.80%
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate3:0.55
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.80%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield5:0.50%
Payout Ratio5:24%
Dividend Date3:24-Aug-07
Ex-Dividend Date5:25-Jul-07
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 13-May-07)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 13-May-07)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of 13-May-07)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 03-Sep-06)
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;
6 = Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report
and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.