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Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)On Mar 11: 72.55  Down 0.83 (1.13%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:31.68B
Enterprise Value (Mar 12, 2011)3:28.45B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):23.07
Forward P/E (fye Aug 29, 2012)1:19.04
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.68
Price/Sales (ttm):0.39
Price/Book (mrq):2.77
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.35
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:9.14
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Aug 29
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Feb 13, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):1.70%
Operating Margin (ttm):2.81%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):5.87%
Return on Equity (ttm):12.67%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):82.02B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):187.66
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):11.40%
Gross Profit (ttm):9.95B
EBITDA (ttm):3.11B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):1.40B
Diluted EPS (ttm):3.15
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):16.40%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):5.38B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):12.32
Total Debt (mrq):2.14B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):17.69
Current Ratio (mrq):1.22
Book Value Per Share (mrq):26.53
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):N/A
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):N/A
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.77
52-Week Change3:20.58%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:13.42%
52-Week High (Feb 18, 2011)3:75.48
52-Week Low (Jul 7, 2010)3:53.41
50-Day Moving Average3:73.43
200-Day Moving Average3:67.60
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:2,539,050
Avg Vol (10 day)3:3,050,690
Shares Outstanding5:436.68M
Float:432.12M
% Held by Insiders6:0.96%
% Held by Institutions6:78.70%
Shares Short (as of Feb 28, 2011)3:7.45M
Short Ratio (as of Feb 28, 2011)3:3.40
Short % of Float (as of Feb 28, 2011)3:1.90%
Shares Short (prior month)3:7.38M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.82
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:1.10%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.82
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.10%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:1.20%
Payout Ratio4:26.00%
Dividend Date3:Feb 24, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4:Feb 9, 2011
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 13, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Feb 13, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Feb 13, 2011)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Aug 29, 2010)
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.
6 Data provided by Computershare

Currency in USD.