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Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)

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112.08 19 Jun 1:30AM

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:48.95B
Enterprise Value (19-Jun-2013)3:46.85B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):24.25
Forward P/E (fye 02-Sep-2014)1:22.20
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.82
Price/Sales (ttm):0.47
Price/Book (mrq):4.67
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.45
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:11.74
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:2 Sep
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):12-May-2013
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):1.94%
Operating Margin (ttm):2.91%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):6.59%
Return on Equity (ttm):17.30%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):104.89B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):241.42
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):7.90%
Gross Profit (ttm):12.31B
EBITDA (ttm)6:3.99B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):2.03B
Diluted EPS (ttm):4.62
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):18.90%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):6.51B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):14.91
Total Debt (mrq):4.89B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):45.90
Current Ratio (mrq):1.17
Book Value Per Share (mrq):23.98
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):3.60B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):1.51B
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Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.51
52-Week Change3:21.60%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:12.95%
52-Week High (28-May-2013)3:115.77
52-Week Low (28-Jun-2012)3:89.91
50-Day Moving Average3:110.90
200-Day Moving Average3:104.68
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:1,829,560
Avg Vol (10 day)3:1,323,430
Shares Outstanding5:436.68M
Float:432.32M
% Held by Insiders1:0.84%
% Held by Institutions1:77.00%
Shares Short (as of 31-May-2013)3:6.16M
Short Ratio (as of 31-May-2013)3:3.40
Short % of Float (as of 31-May-2013)3:1.40%
Shares Short (prior month)3:5.65M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.24
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:1.10%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:8.14
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:7.30%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:1.20%
Payout Ratio4:176.00%
Dividend Date3:31-May-2013
Ex-Dividend Date4:15-May-2013
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:2:1
Last Split Date3:14-Jan-2000

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 12-May-2013)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 12-May-2013)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of 12-May-2013)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 02-Sep-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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