
Why Whole Foods is Hot


| Dec 2012 | Dec 2011 | Dec 2010 | Dec 2009 | |
| Sales | 7.60B | 7.38B | 6.99B | 6.20B |
| Cost of Sales | 3.75B | 3.37B | 2.81B | 2.39B |
| Gross Operating Profit | 3.85B | 4.02B | 4.19B | 3.81B |
| Selling, General, and Administrative Expenses | 909.62M | 928.38M | 914.92M | 814.39M |
| Research & Development | 127.69M | 119.65M | 112.29M | 99.17M |
| Operating Income before D & A (EBITDA) | 2.81B | 2.97B | 3.16B | 2.90B |
| Depreciation & Amortization | 1.13B | 1.10B | 1.18B | 1.14B |
| Interest Income | 25.62M | 23.15M | 16.41M | 14.97M |
| Other Income - Net | -43.71M | 20.33M | -6.88M | 11.88M |
| Special Income / Charges | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Total Income Before Interest Expenses (EBIT) | 1.69B | 1.93B | 2.00B | 1.79B |
| Interest Expense | 759.66K | 1.05M | 3.70M | 468.79K |
| Pre-Tax Income | 1.69B | 1.92B | 1.99B | 1.79B |
| Income Taxes | 271.34M | 292.04M | 315.41M | 398.26M |
| Minority Interest | 39.16M | 0.00 | 32.79M | 23.06M |
| Net Income From Continuing Operations | 1.42B | 1.63B | 1.64B | 1.37B |
| Net Income From Discontinued Operations | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Net Income From Total Operations | 1.42B | 1.63B | 1.64B | 1.37B |
| Extraordinary Income/Losses | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Income From Cum. Effect of Acct. Change | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Income From Tax Loss Carryforward | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Other Gains / Losses | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Total Net Income | 1.38B | 1.63B | 1.64B | 1.37B |
| Normalized Income (Net Income From Continuing Operations, Ex. Special Income / Charge) |
1.42B | 1.63B | 1.64B | 1.37B |
| Preferred Dividends | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Income Available To Common | 1.42B | 1.63B | 1.64B | 1.37B |
| Basic EPS from Continuing Ops. | 1.77 | 2.05 | 1.70 | 1.41 |
| Basic EPS from Discontinued Ops. | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Basic EPS from Total Operations | 1.77 | 2.05 | 1.70 | 1.41 |
| Basic EPS from Extraordinary Inc. | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Basic EPS from Cum Effect of Accounting Change | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Basic EPS from Tax Loss Carryf'd. | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Basic EPS from Other Gains (Losses) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Basic EPS, Total | 1.77 | 2.05 | 1.70 | 1.41 |
| Basic Normalized Net Income/Share | 1.77 | 2.05 | 1.70 | 1.41 |
| EPS fr Continuing Ops. | 1.77 | 2.05 | 1.69 | 1.41 |
| EPS fr Discontinued Ops | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| EPS fr Total Ops. | 1.77 | 2.05 | 1.69 | 1.41 |
| EPS fr Extraord. Inc. | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| EPS fr Cum Effect of Accounting Change | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| EPS fr Tax Loss Carfd. | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| EPS fr Other Gains (L) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| EPS, Total | 1.77 | 2.05 | 1.69 | 1.41 |
| Diluted Normalized Net Inc/Shr (Net Income From Continuing Operations, Ex. Special Income / Charge) |
1.77 | 2.05 | 1.69 | 1.41 |
| Dividends Paid per Share | 1.44 | 1.50 | 1.26 | 0.83 |