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Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted. VALUATION MEASURES   Market Cap (intraday)5: 26.41B Enterprise Value (24-Nov-09)3: 24.98B Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday): 24.54 Forward P/E (fye 30-Aug-11) 1: 18.81 PEG Ratio (5 yr expected): 1.64 Price/Sales (ttm): 0.37 Price/Book (mrq): 2.58 Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3: 0.35 Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3: 9.867 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS   Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Ends: 30-Aug Most Recent Quarter (mrq): 30-Aug-09 Profitability Profit Margin (ttm): 1.52% Operating Margin (ttm): 2.53% Management Effectiveness Return on Assets (ttm): 5.29% Return on Equity (ttm): 11.31% Income Statement Revenue (ttm): 71.42B Revenue Per Share (ttm): 164.571 Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy): -3.10% Gross Profit (ttm): 9.09B EBITDA (ttm): 2.53B Net Income Avl to Common (ttm): 1.09B Diluted EPS (ttm): 2.47 Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy): -6.00% Balance Sheet Total Cash (mrq): 3.73B Total Cash Per Share (mrq): 8.548 Total Debt (mrq): 2.30B Total Debt/Equity (mrq): N/A Current Ratio (mrq): 1.114 Book Value Per Share (mrq): 23.437 Cash Flow Statement Operating Cash Flow (ttm): 2.09B Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm): 568.00M View Financials (provided by EDGAR Online): Income Statement - Balance Sheet Cash Flow PrecisionIR Presents Free Annual Report for COST		TRADING INFORMATION   Stock Price History Beta: 0.79 52-Week Change3: 22.49% S&P500 52-Week Change3: 29.87% 52-Week High (16-Nov-09)3: 61.25 52-Week Low (06-Mar-09)3: 38.17 50-Day Moving Average3: 58.90 200-Day Moving Average3: 51.93 Share Statistics Average Volume (3 month)3: 4,306,320 Average Volume (10 day)3: 2,834,970 Shares Outstanding5: 435.99M Float: 431.17M % Held by Insiders1: 1.09% % Held by Institutions1: 79.50% Shares Short (as of 30-Oct-09)3: 10.81M Short Ratio (as of 30-Oct-09)3: 2.4 Short % of Float (as of 30-Oct-09)3: 2.90% Shares Short (prior month)3: 11.41M Dividends & Splits Forward Annual Dividend Rate4: 0.72 Forward Annual Dividend Yield4: 1.20% Trailing Annual Dividend Rate3: 0.70 Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3: 1.20% 5 Year Average Dividend Yield4: 1.10% Payout Ratio4: 28% Dividend Date3: 05-Nov-09 Ex-Dividend Date4: 21-Oct-09 Last Split Factor (new per old)2: 2:1 Last Split Date3: 14-Jan-00
Add to Portfolio     Set Alert     Email to a Friend Get Key Statistics for Another Symbol: Symbol Lookup • Annual Reports • Sector Analysis See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used. Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 30-Aug-09) ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 30-Aug-09) yoy = Year Over Year (as of 30-Aug-09) lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 30-Aug-09) 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 Morningstar, Inc.; 5 = Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.