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Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST: NASDAQ)
$112.21 -1.17 | -1.03%
05/23/13 - 10:15 AM ET
Company Profile
| Price and Volume | |
|---|---|
| Recent Price | 113.38 |
| 52 Week High | 114.72 |
| 52 Week Low | 85.08 |
| Avg. Daily Vol. (Mil) | 1.90 |
| Beta (3 year) | 0.49 |
| Share Related Items | |
| Mkt Cap (Mil) | 49,475.79 |
| Shares Out (Mil) | 436.37 |
| Float (Mil) | 430.46 |
| Dividend Information | |
| Yield % | 1.10 |
| Annual Dividend | 1.24 |
| Payout Ratio | 182.00 |
| Financial Strength | |
| Quick Ratio | 0.50 |
| Current Ratio | 1.20 |
| LT Debt/ Equity | 0.48 |
| Total Debt / Equity | 0.48 |
| Valuation Ratios | |
| Price Earnings | 25.40 |
| Price/Sales | 0.48 |
| Price/Book | 4.89 |
| Price/Cash Flow | 33.50 |
| Per Share Data | |
| Earnings | 4.46 |
| Sales | 236.33 |
| Book Value | 23.17 |
| Cash Flow | 3.39 |
| Business Summary | |
|---|---|
| Costco Wholesale Corporation is engaged in the operation of membership warehouses in the United States (U.S.) and Puerto Rico, Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Japan, Australia, and through majority-owned subsidiaries in Taiwan and Korea. | |
| General Information | |
| 999 Lake Drive
Issaquah, WA 98027 |
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| www.costco.com | |
| Industry : Retail | |
| Sector: Services | |
| Employees: 96000 | |
| CEO: Mr. W. Craig Jelinek | |
| Short Interest | |
| Current Month (Mil) | 5.77 |
| Previous Month (Mil) | 5.48 |
| Short Interest Ratio (Days) | 3.10 |
| Management Effectiveness | |
| Return on Equity | 5.50 |
| Return on Assets | 1.90 |
| Return on Investments | 3.70 |
| Profitability | |
| Gross Margin | 13.40 |
| EBIT Margin | 3.00 |
| Profit Margin | 0.50 |
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Latest COST Headlines from TheStreet
- Have Weak Sales Hurt Wal-Mart's Value? 05.23.13 | 06:05 am
- 5 Services Stocks Pushing The Sector Higher 05.22.13 | 01:05 pm
- Benefiting From the Rotation To Cyclicals
05.22.13 | 11:05 am - Costco Wholesale Stock Hits New 52-Week High (COST) 05.22.13 | 11:05 am
- Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST): Today's Featured Retail Winner 05.21.13 | 05:05 pm
- Costco Wholesale Reaches New 52-Week High (COST) 05.15.13 | 11:05 am
- 4 Stocks Going Ex-Dividend Tomorrow: NXST, AIV, LLTC, COST 05.14.13 | 10:05 am
- Costco Wholesale Stock To Go Ex-dividend Tomorrow (COST) 05.14.13 | 09:05 am
- 5 Rocket Stocks to Buy for Dow 15,000 05.06.13 | 11:05 am
- Costco Wholesale Stock Hits New 52-Week High (COST) 05.03.13 | 10:05 am
Press Releases for COST
- Low Costs Keep COST Growing- Research Report On Costco Wholesale Corporation - PR Newswire 01.24.13 | 08:01 am
- Westfield And Costco Announce Multiple Center Agreement - PR Newswire 08.17.10 | 06:08 pm
Partner Headlines for COST
- Mike Bloomberg: Skip college, become a plumber - MSN Money 05.22.13 | 02:05 pm
- Executives cash in as cheap debt funds staff buybacks - Financial Times 05.21.13 | 07:05 pm
- Analog Devices Preview: Will It Miss? - Analyst Blog - Zacks 05.20.13 | 11:05 pm
- Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for May 15, 2013 - NASDAQ 05.14.13 | 01:05 pm
- TJX, Ross Lead Weak April Sales - Investor's Business Daily 05.09.13 | 03:05 pm
- TJX, Ross Lead Weak April Sales - Investor's Business Daily 05.09.13 | 03:05 pm
- Jobs news lifts Dow, S&P to record highs - MSN Money 05.07.13 | 04:05 pm
- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for May 08, 2013 - NASDAQ 05.07.13 | 01:05 pm
- 4 Select Dividend Increases Of Note - Seeking Alpha 05.07.13 | 08:05 am
- Cencosud S.A. (CNCO) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for May 07, 2013 - NASDAQ 05.06.13 | 01:05 pm
