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Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)

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103.31 Feb 5, 4:00PM EST

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:45.01B
Enterprise Value (Feb 6, 2013)3:40.81B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):25.12
Forward P/E (fye Sep 2, 2014)1:20.58
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.75
Price/Sales (ttm):0.44
Price/Book (mrq):3.54
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.40
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:10.82
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Sep 1
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Nov 25, 2012
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):1.78%
Operating Margin (ttm):2.82%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):6.23%
Return on Equity (ttm):14.72%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):101.22B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):233.55
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):9.60%
Gross Profit (ttm):12.31B
EBITDA (ttm)6:3.77B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):1.80B
Diluted EPS (ttm):4.11
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):30.00%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):5.58B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):12.80
Total Debt (mrq):1.38B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):10.75
Current Ratio (mrq):1.09
Book Value Per Share (mrq):29.13
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):3.50B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):2.28B
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.45
52-Week Change3:22.58%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:11.95%
52-Week High (Dec 5, 2012)3:105.97
52-Week Low (May 8, 2012)3:81.98
50-Day Moving Average3:101.07
200-Day Moving Average3:98.81
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:2,726,560
Avg Vol (10 day)3:1,883,990
Shares Outstanding5:435.64M
Float:431.27M
% Held by Insiders1:0.91%
% Held by Institutions1:77.80%
Shares Short (as of Jan 15, 2013)3:7.46M
Short Ratio (as of Jan 15, 2013)3:3.20
Short % of Float (as of Jan 15, 2013)3:1.70%
Shares Short (prior month)3:7.22M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.10
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:1.10%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:8.07
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:7.80%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:1.20%
Payout Ratio4:26.00%
Dividend Date3:Feb 21, 2013
Ex-Dividend Date4:Feb 6, 2013
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 Nov 25, 2012)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Nov 25, 2012)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Nov 25, 2012)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Sep 2, 2012)
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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