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Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)

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114.39 Up 1.20(1.06%) May 24, 4:00PM EDT|After Hours : 114.38 Down 0.01 (0.01%) May 24, 6:00PM EDT

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:49.92B
Enterprise Value (May 25, 2013)3:48.55B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):25.63
Forward P/E (fye Sep 2, 2014)1:22.65
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.85
Price/Sales (ttm):0.48
Price/Book (mrq):4.88
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.47
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:12.54
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Sep 1
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Feb 17, 2013
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):1.90%
Operating Margin (ttm):2.86%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):6.51%
Return on Equity (ttm):17.33%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):103.13B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):237.74
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):8.30%
Gross Profit (ttm):12.31B
EBITDA (ttm)6:3.87B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):1.96B
Diluted EPS (ttm):4.46
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):38.80%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):5.65B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):12.95
Total Debt (mrq):4.87B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):47.37
Current Ratio (mrq):1.16
Book Value Per Share (mrq):23.17
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):3.34B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):1.78B
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow
Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.49
52-Week Change3:32.03%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:23.80%
52-Week High (May 22, 2013)3:114.72
52-Week Low (May 29, 2012)3:85.08
50-Day Moving Average3:108.73
200-Day Moving Average3:103.05
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:1,905,300
Avg Vol (10 day)3:1,894,010
Shares Outstanding5:436.37M
Float:432.00M
% Held by Insiders1:0.84%
% Held by Institutions1:77.00%
Shares Short (as of Apr 30, 2013)3:5.77M
Short Ratio (as of Apr 30, 2013)3:3.10
Short % of Float (as of Apr 30, 2013)3:1.30%
Shares Short (prior month)3:5.48M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.24
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:1.10%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:8.14
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:7.20%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:1.20%
Payout Ratio4:182.00%
Dividend Date3:May 30, 2013
Ex-Dividend Date4:May 15, 2013
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 Feb 17, 2013)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Feb 17, 2013)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Feb 17, 2013)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Sep 2, 2012)
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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