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| Best Bid / Ask | |
| 1y Target Est: | $ 65.00 |
| Today's High / Low | / |
| Share Volume | |
| 50 Day Avg. Daily Volume | 3,525,327 |
| Previous Close | $ 58.14 |
| 52 Wk High / Low | $ 61.25 / $ 38.1701 |
| Shares Outstanding | 435,989,000 |
| Market Value | $ 25,540,235,620 |
| P/E Ratio | 23.25 |
| Forward P/E (1yr) | 18.07 |
| Earnings Per Share | $ 2.52 |
| Annualized Dividend | $ 0.72 |
| Ex Dividend Date | Oct. 21, 2009 |
| Dividend Payment Date | Nov. 6, 2009 |
| Current Yield | 1.24 % |
| Beta | 0.55 |
| NASDAQ Official Open Price: | $ 58.51 |
| Date of NASDAQ Official Open Price: | Feb. 9, 2010 |
| NASDAQ Official Close Price: | $ 58.14 |
| Date of NASDAQ Official Close Price: | Feb. 8, 2010 |
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Company Description (as filed with the SEC)
Costco Wholesale Corporation (“Costco” or the “Company”) began operations in 1983 in Seattle, Washington. In October 1993, we merged with The Price Company, which had pioneered the membership warehouse concept, to form Price/Costco, Inc., a Delaware corporation. In January 1997, after the spin-off of most of our non-warehouse assets to Price Enterprises, Inc., we changed our name to Costco Companies, Inc. On August 30, 1999, we reincorporated from Delaware to Washington and changed our name to Costco Wholesale Corporation. Our common stock trades on the NASDAQ under the symbol “COST.” General We operate membership warehouses based on the concept that offering our 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. ... More ...
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Chain Store Sales Maintain Trends - Seeking Alpha 02/09/2010 4:56AM |
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Has Retail Finally Turned the Corner? - Seeking Alpha 02/04/2010 4:29PM |
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Target January Comps Up 0.5% - Update - RTT News 02/04/2010 2:05PM |
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Consolidated Summary Of January Retail Sales Results - Dow Jones Business News 02/04/2010 10:15AM |
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Retailers Show Mixed January Sales; Macy's, Costco Standouts - Dow Jones Business News 02/04/2010 8:58AM |
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| Annual EPS Est: | $ 2.91 |
| Quarterly EPS Est: | $ 0.71 |
| PEG Ratio: | 1.46 |
| Mean Recommendation: View Summary/View All |
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