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Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST)On Apr 12: 54.68   0.00 (0.00%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):24.42B
Enterprise Value (13-Apr-07)3:22.82B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):23.85
Forward P/E (fye 03-Sep-08) 1:18.73
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected):1.58
Price/Sales (ttm):0.39
Price/Book (mrq):2.80
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.37
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:9.938
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:3-Sep
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):18-Feb-07
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):1.73%
Operating Margin (ttm):2.55%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):6.25%
Return on Equity (ttm):12.07%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):62.42B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):135.401
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):7.50%
Gross Profit (ttm):7.41B
EBITDA (ttm):2.30B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):1.08B
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.29
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-15.80%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):2.23B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):5
Total Debt (mrq):629.14M
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.072
Current Ratio (mrq):0.955
Book Value Per Share (mrq):19.559
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):1.60B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):180.05M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.88
52-Week Change3:1.09%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:12.31%
52-Week High (20-Feb-07)3:58.70
52-Week Low (30-Aug-06)3:46.00
50-Day Moving Average3:54.74
200-Day Moving Average3:53.90
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month)3:3,695,590
Average Volume (10 day)3:3,452,900
Shares Outstanding:446.65M
Float:441.29M
% Held by Insiders4:1.14%
% Held by Institutions4:78.50%
Shares Short (as of 12-Mar-07)3:9.27M
Short Ratio (as of 12-Mar-07)3:2.3
Short % of Float (as of 12-Mar-07)3:2.10%
Shares Short (prior month)3:8.23M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate5:0.52
Forward Annual Dividend Yield5:1.00%
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate3:0.52
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.10%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield5:0.50%
Payout Ratio5:23%
Dividend Date3:18-May-07
Ex-Dividend Date5:12-Feb-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 18-Feb-07)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 18-Feb-07)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of 18-Feb-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