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 Dow Up 1.76% Nasdaq  0.00%
Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)On Nov 3: 84.70   0.00 (0.00%)  

Key StatisticsGet Key Statistics for:
Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:36.71B
Enterprise Value (Nov 4, 2011)3:33.41B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):25.65
Forward P/E (fye Aug 28, 2013)1:19.16
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.62
Price/Sales (ttm):0.41
Price/Book (mrq):3.06
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.38
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:10.14
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Aug 28
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Aug 28, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):1.64%
Operating Margin (ttm):2.74%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):6.03%
Return on Equity (ttm):13.12%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):88.92B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):203.88
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):16.80%
Gross Profit (ttm):11.18B
EBITDA (ttm)6:3.30B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):1.46B
Diluted EPS (ttm):3.30
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):10.60%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):5.61B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):12.95
Total Debt (mrq):2.32B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):18.44
Current Ratio (mrq):1.14
Book Value Per Share (mrq):27.64
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):3.20B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):996.50M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.67
52-Week Change3:29.35%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:3.28%
52-Week High (Sep 20, 2011)3:86.34
52-Week Low (Nov 4, 2010)3:63.89
50-Day Moving Average3:83.10
200-Day Moving Average3:80.26
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:3,117,330
Avg Vol (10 day)3:2,708,960
Shares Outstanding5:433.36M
Float:428.81M
% Held by Insiders1:0.89%
% Held by Institutions1:80.60%
Shares Short (as of Oct 14, 2011)3:7.81M
Short Ratio (as of Oct 14, 2011)3:2.60
Short % of Float (as of Oct 14, 2011)3:2.00%
Shares Short (prior month)3:8.64M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.96
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:1.10%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.69
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.80%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:1.20%
Payout Ratio4:27.00%
Dividend Date3:Nov 24, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4:Nov 8, 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 Aug 28, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Aug 28, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Aug 28, 2011)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Aug 28, 2011)
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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