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 Dow Down 2.20% Nasdaq Down 2.58%
Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)On Sep 2: 78.56  Down 0.92 (1.16%)  

Key StatisticsGet Key Statistics for:
Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:34.39B
Enterprise Value (Sep 3, 2011)3:30.33B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):24.54
Forward P/E (fye Aug 29, 2012)1:20.51
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.88
Price/Sales (ttm):0.41
Price/Book (mrq):2.91
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.36
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:9.48
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Aug 29
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):May 8, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):1.67%
Operating Margin (ttm):2.79%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):5.82%
Return on Equity (ttm):12.58%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):84.86B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):194.61
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):16.00%
Gross Profit (ttm):9.95B
EBITDA (ttm):3.20B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):1.42B
Diluted EPS (ttm):3.20
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):5.90%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):6.22B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):14.20
Total Debt (mrq):2.15B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):17.13
Current Ratio (mrq):1.13
Book Value Per Share (mrq):27.33
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):2.87B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):1.38B
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.77
52-Week Change3:34.13%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:7.52%
52-Week High (May 20, 2011)3:83.95
52-Week Low (Sep 3, 2010)3:58.19
50-Day Moving Average3:77.12
200-Day Moving Average3:77.42
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:2,660,400
Avg Vol (10 day)3:2,683,160
Shares Outstanding5:437.81M
Float:433.26M
% Held by Insiders1:0.89%
% Held by Institutions1:80.60%
Shares Short (as of Aug 15, 2011)3:6.19M
Short Ratio (as of Aug 15, 2011)3:2.00
Short % of Float (as of Aug 15, 2011)3:1.60%
Shares Short (prior month)3:4.69M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.96
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:1.20%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.89
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.10%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:1.20%
Payout Ratio4:27.00%
Dividend Date3:Aug 18, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4:Aug 3, 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 May 8, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of May 8, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of May 8, 2011)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Aug 29, 2010)
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.

Currency in USD.