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$ 60.06 0.42 0.69%
Nov. 20, 2009 Market Closed
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Costco Wholesale Corporation
COST | Costco Wholesale Corporation | Common Stock | Market : NASDAQ-GS

Last Sale
Change Net / %
Best Bid / Ask
1y Target Est: $ 65.00
Today's High / Low  / 
Share Volume
50 Day Avg. Daily Volume 4,264,033
Previous Close $ 60.48
52 Wk High / Low $ 61.25 / $ 38.1701
Shares Outstanding 434,880,000
Market Value $ 26,118,892,800
P/E Ratio 23.37
Forward P/E (1yr) 20.94
Earnings Per Share $ 2.57
Annualized Dividend $ 0.72
Ex Dividend Date Oct. 21, 2009
Dividend Payment Date Nov. 6, 2009
Current Yield 1.19 %
Beta 0.71
NASDAQ Official Open Price: $ 60.26
Date of NASDAQ Official Open Price: Nov. 20, 2009
NASDAQ Official Close Price: $ 60.06
Date of NASDAQ Official Close Price: Nov. 20, 2009

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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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Analyst Info

Annual EPS Est: $ 2.89
Quarterly EPS Est: $ 0.60
PEG Ratio: 1.62
Mean Recommendation:
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