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Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)

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101.56 Up 1.92(1.92%) 4:00PM EDT|After Hours : 100.25 Down 1.31 (1.29%) 7:02PM EDT

Key StatisticsGet Key Statistics for:
Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:43.91B
Enterprise Value (Oct 11, 2012)3:38.48B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):28.35
Forward P/E (fye Aug 28, 2013)1:22.82
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:2.00
Price/Sales (ttm):0.45
Price/Book (mrq):3.43
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.41
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:11.12
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Aug 28
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):May 6, 2012
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):1.66%
Operating Margin (ttm):2.70%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):5.86%
Return on Equity (ttm):12.79%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):95.10B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):218.71
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):8.20%
Gross Profit (ttm):11.18B
EBITDA (ttm)6:3.46B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):1.58B
Diluted EPS (ttm):3.58
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):19.10%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):5.98B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):13.82
Total Debt (mrq):1.37B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):10.42
Current Ratio (mrq):1.18
Book Value Per Share (mrq):29.05
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):3.27B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):1.30B
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.46
52-Week Change3:24.35%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:19.02%
52-Week High (Oct 10, 2012)3:104.43
52-Week Low (Jan 9, 2012)3:78.81
50-Day Moving Average3:99.92
200-Day Moving Average3:92.71
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:1,625,400
Avg Vol (10 day)3:2,264,460
Shares Outstanding5:432.34M
Float:427.87M
% Held by Insiders1:0.91%
% Held by Institutions1:77.80%
Shares Short (as of Sep 14, 2012)3:5.14M
Short Ratio (as of Sep 14, 2012)3:3.60
Short % of Float (as of Sep 14, 2012)3:1.20%
Shares Short (prior month)3:4.84M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.10
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:1.10%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.03
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.00%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:1.20%
Payout Ratio4:28.00%
Dividend Date3:Aug 23, 2012
Ex-Dividend Date4:Aug 8, 2012
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 May 6, 2012)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of May 6, 2012)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of May 6, 2012)
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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