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Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST)

On Apr 21: 53.97   0.88 (1.60%)

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted. VALUATION MEASURES   Market Cap (intraday): 25.43B Enterprise Value (22-Apr-06)3: 22.52B Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday): 24.37 Forward P/E (fye 28-Aug-07) 1: 20.21 PEG Ratio (5 yr expected): 1.75 Price/Sales (ttm): 0.46 Price/Book (mrq): 2.84 Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3: 0.40 Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3: 10.91 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS   Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Ends: 28-Aug Most Recent Quarter (mrq): 12-Feb-06 Profitability Profit Margin (ttm): 1.93% Operating Margin (ttm): 2.79% Management Effectiveness Return on Assets (ttm): 5.87% Return on Equity (ttm): 12.18% Income Statement Revenue (ttm): 55.68B Revenue Per Share (ttm): 117.206 Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy): 11.00% Gross Profit (ttm): 6.59B EBITDA (ttm): 2.06B Net Income Avl to Common (ttm): 1.08B Diluted EPS (ttm): 2.22 Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy): -3.00% Balance Sheet Total Cash (mrq): 3.52B Total Cash Per Share (mrq): 7.464 Total Debt (mrq): 603.44M Total Debt/Equity (mrq): 0.067 Current Ratio (mrq): 1.166 Book Value Per Share (mrq): 19.304001 Cash Flow Statement Operating Cash Flow (ttm): 1.96B Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm): 524.99M View Financials (provided by EDGAR Online): Income Statement - Balance Sheet Cash Flow		TRADING INFORMATION   Stock Price History Beta: 1.33 52-Week Change3: 34.35% S&P500 52-Week Change3: 13.81% 52-Week High (07-Apr-06)3: 57.38 52-Week Low (22-Apr-05)3: 39.48 50-Day Moving Average3: 54.57 200-Day Moving Average3: 50.50 Share Statistics Average Volume (3 month)3: 2,769,970 Average Volume (10 day)3: 2,517,800 Shares Outstanding: 471.23M Float: 465.58M % Held by Insiders4: 1.21% % Held by Institutions4: 77.40% Shares Short (as of 10-Mar-06)3: 8.52M Short Ratio (as of 10-Mar-06)3: 3 Short % of Float (as of 10-Mar-06)3: 1.80% Shares Short (prior month)3: 6.87M Dividends & Splits Forward Annual Dividend Rate5: 0.46 Forward Annual Dividend Yield5: 0.80% Trailing Annual Dividend Rate3: 0.46 Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3: 0.80% 5 Year Average Dividend Yield5: 0.30% Payout Ratio5: 16% Dividend Date3: 24-Feb-06 Ex-Dividend Date5: 07-Feb-06 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 12-Feb-06) ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 12-Feb-06) yoy = Year Over Year (as of 12-Feb-06) lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 28-Aug-05) 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