Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST)

Sector:

Retailers

Index:

Nasdaq 100

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$ 84.48
   
  • Change Today:
    $0.00
  • 52 Week High: $91.84
  • 52 Week Low: $70.39
  • Currency: US Dollars
  • Shares Issued: 433.97m
  • Volume: 2,379,533
  • Market Cap: $36,662m
  • RiskGrade: 73
  • Beta: 0.54

COST Overview

Costco’s principal activity is to operate membership warehouses. These warehouses offer members very low prices on a limited selection of nationally branded and selected private label products in a wide range of merchandise categories and self service warehouse facilities.

1 Day Chart (25-05-2012)

6 Month Chart

Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 1.1%
Div Cover 3.8
Op Mrgn 2.8%
ROCE 16.2%
Latest F'cast
P/E 25.2
PEG 2.0
Pr/Revenue 0.4
Pr/Book 2.9
Latest F'cast
Revenue 14.2%
PBT 16.0%
EPS 12.8%
DPS 15.6%

COST Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
02-Sep-07 63,087.60 1,709.99 242.00¢ 25.5 8.5 +3% 55.00¢ 0.9%
31-Aug-08 72,483.00 1,999.00 295.00¢ 22.7 1.0 +22% 61.00¢ 0.9%
30-Aug-09 71,422.00 1,727.00 250.00¢ 20.7 n/a -15% 68.00¢ 1.3%
29-Aug-10 76,255.00 2,054.00 297.00¢ 18.9 1.0 +19% 77.00¢ 1.4%
28-Aug-11 87,048.00 2,383.00 335.00¢ 23.0 1.8 +13% 89.00¢ 1.2%

COST Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Aug-12 97,925.31 2,724.89 385.31¢ 21.9 1.3 +17% 100.22¢ 1.2%
31-Aug-13 104,037.79 3,052.31 437.25¢ 19.3 1.4 +14% 113.13¢ 1.3%

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COST ShareCast News

US close: Bernanke dampener 29-Feb-2012 ShareCast
US pre-open: Futures point to subdued start afte... 29-Feb-2012 ShareCast
Costco beats expectations 29-Feb-2012 ShareCast

COST Top Newspaper Links

Retailers report solid gains, but inflation a wo... 04-Mar-2011 USA Today
Target, RadioShack buy back iPhones, other used ... 02-Feb-2011 USA Today
Wal-Mart, Target must face organic milk label suit 16-Sep-2010 LA Times

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Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

COST Market Data

Currency US Dollars
Share Price $ 84.48
Change Today $ 0.00
% Change 0.00 %
52 Week High $91.84
52 Week Low $70.39
Volume 2,379,533
Shares Issued 433.97m
Market Cap $36,662m
Beta 0.54
RiskGrade 73

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 10
Buy 2
Neutral 10
Sell 3
Strong Sell 2
Total 27
buy
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Trades for 25-May-2012

Time Volume / Share Price
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