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Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST)At 11:23AM ET: 56.13  Up 0.87 (1.57%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):25.07B
Enterprise Value (8-Jun-07)3:23.39B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):24.48
Forward P/E (fye 03-Sep-08) 1:19.22
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected):1.62
Price/Sales (ttm):0.39
Price/Book (mrq):2.83
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.38
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:10.185
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:0.77
52-Week Change3:2.81%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:19.11%
52-Week High (20-Feb-07)3:58.70
52-Week Low (30-Aug-06)3:46.00
50-Day Moving Average3:55.36
200-Day Moving Average3:54.95
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month)3:4,194,030
Average Volume (10 day)3:4,342,790
Shares Outstanding:446.65M
Float:441.29M
% Held by Insiders4:1.16%
% Held by Institutions4:78.90%
Shares Short (as of 10-Apr-07)3:12.60M
Short Ratio (as of 10-Apr-07)3:3.5
Short % of Float (as of 10-Apr-07)3:2.90%
Shares Short (prior month)3:9.27M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate5:0.58
Forward Annual Dividend Yield5:1.00%
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate3:0.54
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.10%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield5:0.50%
Payout Ratio5:23%
Dividend Date3:18-May-07
Ex-Dividend Date5:25-Apr-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