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Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST)On Feb 2: 45.30   0.00 (0.00%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday)5:19.63B
Enterprise Value (3-Feb-09)3:19.17B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):15.62
Forward P/E (fye 31-Aug-10) 1:14.34
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected):1.19
Price/Sales (ttm):0.27
Price/Book (mrq):2.22
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.26
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:7.113
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Aug
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):23-Nov-08
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):1.76%
Operating Margin (ttm):2.78%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):6.04%
Return on Equity (ttm):14.58%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):73.07B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):168.444
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):3.70%
Gross Profit (ttm):8.98B
EBITDA (ttm):2.70B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):1.28B
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.90
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):0.40%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):2.82B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):6.502
Total Debt (mrq):2.37B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.267
Current Ratio (mrq):1.059
Book Value Per Share (mrq):20.433001
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):1.87B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):-143.31M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.82
52-Week Change3:-32.37%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:-40.22%
52-Week High (14-May-08)3:75.23
52-Week Low (21-Nov-08)3:43.88
50-Day Moving Average3:49.97
200-Day Moving Average3:57.74
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month)3:6,207,380
Average Volume (10 day)3:4,916,960
Shares Outstanding5:433.24M
Float:427.21M
% Held by Insiders1:1.05%
% Held by Institutions1:82.10%
Shares Short (as of 12-Jan-09)3:18.49M
Short Ratio (as of 12-Jan-09)3:3.9
Short % of Float (as of 12-Jan-09)3:4.30%
Shares Short (prior month)3:18.08M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.64
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:1.40%
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate3:0.63
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.40%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:0.90%
Payout Ratio4:26%
Dividend Date3:26-Feb-09
Ex-Dividend Date4:11-Feb-09
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:2:1
Last Split Date3:14-Jan-00


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mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 23-Nov-08)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 23-Nov-08)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of 23-Nov-08)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Aug-08)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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