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Costco Wholesale Corp (COST)On Apr 26: 38.09   0.00 (0.00%)  Reuters
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):17.48B
Enterprise Value (27-Apr-04)³:16.55B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):23.13
Forward P/E (fye 31-Aug-05)¹:19.34
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:1.94
Price/Sales (ttm):0.39
Price/Book (mrq):2.46
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:0.37
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:10.03
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Aug
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):29-Feb-04
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):1.72%
Operating Margin (ttm):2.72%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):5.84%
Return on Equity (ttm):11.89%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):45.30B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):94.31
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:9.80%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:5.31B
EBITDA (ttm):1.65B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):780.17M
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.647
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:3.00%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):2.29B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):4.98
Total Debt (mrq)²:1.36B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.191
Current Ratio (mrq):1.163
Book Value Per Share (mrq):15.502
Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:1.87B
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:1.18B
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.803
52-Week Change:10.50%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):-10.97%
52-Week High (2-Mar-04):40.42
52-Week Low (6-Aug-03):28.83
50-Day Moving Average:37.84
200-Day Moving Average:35.36
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):3,322,227
Average Volume (10 day):2,999,000
Shares Outstanding:458.99M
Float:449.10M
% Held by Insiders:2.16%
% Held by Institutions:74.95%
Shares Short (as of 8-Mar-04):12.61M
Daily Volume (as of 8-Mar-04):N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Mar-04):3.3
Short % of Float (as of 8-Mar-04):2.81%
Shares Short (prior month):11.55M
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 29-Feb-04)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 29-Feb-04)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Aug-03)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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