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Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)

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102.88 Up 0.24(0.23%) 10:12AM EDT - Nasdaq Real Time Price

Key StatisticsGet Key Statistics for:
Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:44.39B
Enterprise Value (Sep 21, 2012)3:39.77B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):28.66
Forward P/E (fye Aug 28, 2013)1:23.18
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:2.07
Price/Sales (ttm):0.47
Price/Book (mrq):3.53
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.42
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:11.50
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Aug 28
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):May 6, 2012
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):1.66%
Operating Margin (ttm):2.70%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):5.86%
Return on Equity (ttm):12.79%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):95.10B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):218.71
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):8.20%
Gross Profit (ttm):11.18B
EBITDA (ttm)6:3.46B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):1.58B
Diluted EPS (ttm):3.58
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):19.10%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):5.98B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):13.82
Total Debt (mrq):1.37B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):10.42
Current Ratio (mrq):1.18
Book Value Per Share (mrq):29.05
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):3.27B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):1.30B
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.49
52-Week Change3:23.11%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:28.50%
52-Week High (Sep 13, 2012)3:102.89
52-Week Low (Oct 6, 2011)3:78.41
50-Day Moving Average3:97.92
200-Day Moving Average3:91.56
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:1,635,130
Avg Vol (10 day)3:1,785,720
Shares Outstanding5:432.34M
Float:428.16M
% Held by Insiders1:0.88%
% Held by Institutions1:78.10%
Shares Short (as of Aug 31, 2012)3:4.84M
Short Ratio (as of Aug 31, 2012)3:3.60
Short % of Float (as of Aug 31, 2012)3:1.10%
Shares Short (prior month)3:5.24M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.10
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:1.10%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.03
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.00%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:1.20%
Payout Ratio4:28.00%
Dividend Date3:Aug 23, 2012
Ex-Dividend Date4:Aug 8, 2012
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 6, 2012)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of May 6, 2012)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of May 6, 2012)
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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