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COSTCO WHOLESALE CP (NASD)
COST	60.06	-0.42	(-0.69%)	Vol. 2,696,336	16:00 ET

Costco Wholesale Corp. operates membership warehouses based on the concept that offering members very low prices on a limited selection of nationally branded and selected private label products in a wide range of merchandise categories will produce high sales volumes and rapid inventory turnover. This rapid inventory turnover enables Costco to operate profitably at significantly lower gross margins than traditional wholesalers, discount retailers and supermarkets.

General Information

COSTCO WHOLE CP

999 Lake Drive Issaquah, WA 98027 Phone: 425-313-8100 Fax: 425-313-8114 Web: www.costco.com Email: investor@costco.com

Industry	RETAIL-DISCOUNT
Sector:	Retail/Wholesale

Fiscal Year End	August
Last Reported Quarter	08/31/09
Next EPS Date	12/10/2009

Price and Volume Information

Zacks Rank
Yesterday's Close	60.48
52 Week High	61.25
52 Week Low	38.17
Beta	0.77
20 Day Moving Average	3,370,116.50
Target Price Consensus	62.83

% Price Change
4 Week	3.89
12 Week	16.01
YTD	14.40

% Price Change Relative to S&P 500
4 Week	2.77
12 Week	9.37
YTD	-5.32

Share Information
Shares Outstanding (millions)	435.99
Market Capitalization (millions)	26,185.50
Short Ratio	2.20
Last Split Date	01/14/2000

Dividend Information
Dividend Yield	1.20%
Annual Dividend	$0.72
Payout Ratio	0.28
Change in Payout Ratio	0.06
Last Dividend Payout / Amount	10/21/2009 / $0.18

EPS Information
Current Quarter EPS Consensus Estimate	0.59
Current Year EPS Consensus Estimate	2.87
Estimated Long-Term EPS Growth Rate	13.30
Next EPS Report Date	12/10/2009

Consensus Recommendations
Current (1=Strong Buy, 5=Strong Sell)	1.97
30 Days Ago	1.97
60 Days Ago	2.20
90 Days Ago	2.43

Fundamental Ratios

P/E
Current FY Estimate:	20.94
Trailing 12 Months:	23.55
PEG Ratio	1.57

EPS Growth
vs. Previous Year	-9.78%
vs. Previous Quarter	59.62%

Sales Growth
vs. Previous Year	-3.13%
vs. Previous Quarter:	41.58%

Price Ratios
Price/Book	2.61
Price/Cash Flow	14.11
Price / Sales	0.37

ROE
08/31/09	11.96
05/31/09	12.68
02/28/09	13.51

ROA
08/31/09	5.27
05/31/09	5.55
02/28/09	5.86

Current Ratio
08/31/09	1.11
05/31/09	1.09
02/28/09	1.08

Quick Ratio
08/31/09	0.53
05/31/09	0.52
02/28/09	0.52

Operating Margin
08/31/09	1.57
05/31/09	1.61
02/28/09	1.68

Net Margin
08/31/09	2.40
05/31/09	2.41
02/28/09	2.56

Pre-Tax Margin
08/31/09	2.40
05/31/09	2.41
02/28/09	2.56

Book Value
08/31/09	23.04
05/31/09	21.83
02/28/09	21.13

Inventory Turnover
08/31/09	11.54
05/31/09	11.89
02/28/09	12.01

Debt-to-Equity
08/31/09	0.22
05/31/09	0.23
02/28/09	0.24

Debt to Capital
08/31/09	18.62
05/31/09	19.10
02/28/09	20.04


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