Costco Wholesale Corp (COST) Company Profile & Statistics

Costco Wholesale Corp
COST
(Nasdaq - US)
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718.12
-13.19 (-1.80%)
in:usd•As of: Apr 15, 2024 15:59 UTC -4
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About Costco Wholesale Corp

CEO

W. Craig Jelinek

Headquarters

999 lake drive

issaquah, wa 98027, united states

Auditor

KPMG LLP

Employees

316,000

Share Holders

10,331

Website

www.costco.com

Industry

specialty stores

Sector

retail trade

Company Overview

Costco Wholesale Corporation sells high volumes of foods and general merchandise at discounted prices through membership warehouses. The company also operates e-commerce websites in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Korea, Taiwan, Japan and Australia. The company's warehouses offer an array of low-priced nationally branded and select private labeled products in a wide range of merchandise categories. Costco offers three types of memberships to its customers: Business, Gold Star, and Executive. Costco generates revenue from two sources: 1) Store sales and 2) Membership fees. Costco offers myriad varieties of food products as well as a vast range of household and lifestyle products, stationeries and appliances. The company also sells gasoline to customers at cheap prices and offers merchandise in the following categories: Food and Sundries, Hardlines, Fresh Foods, Softlines, Ancillary.

Costco Wholesale Corp Statistics

Valuation Measures

Market Capitalization ²	318.49B
Enterprise Value	316.34B
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)	29.62
Price to Earnings Ratio (ttm)	47.24
Price to Book (mrq)	15.62
Price to Sales (ttm)	1.30
Price to Cash (ytd)	37.66

Profitability

Gross Margin (ttm)	12.39%
Operating Margin (ttm)	2.76%
Profit Margin (ttm)	2.72%
Return on Equity (ttm)	28.80%
Return on Invested Capital (ttm)	22.94%
Return on Assets (ttm)	9.98%

Income Statement

Revenue (ttm)	248.83B
Revenue Per Share (ttm)	561.05
Gross Profit (ttm)	30.84B
EBITDA (ttm)³	10.68B
Net Income Avi to Common (ttm)	6.79B
Diluted EPS (ttm)	15.29

Share Statistics

Beta (5Y Monthly)	0.77
52-Week Change	49.78%
S&P500 52-Week Change	21.93%
S&P500 Member	Yes
Stock Optionable	Yes
Total Shares Outstanding ¹	443.50M
Dividend Yield	0.56%
Float ⁴	442.71M
% Held by Insiders	0.18%
% Held by Institutions	68.48%

Balance Sheet

Total Cash (mrq)	10.32B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq)	23.27
Total Debt (mrq)	6.95B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq)	33.45%
Current Ratio (mrq)	0.93%
Quick Ratio (mrq)	0.43%
Book Value Per Share (mrq)	46.80

Cash Flow

Operating Cash Flow Per Share (ytd)	12.10
Free Cash Flow (ytd)	3.31B

Table Key

mrq = Most Recent Quarter

ttm = Trailing Twelve Months

ytd = Year To Date

Footnotes

Data provided by Zacks Investment Research or calculated by FXEmpire. Stock price provided by Xignite. All numbers are rounded to the closest decimal.

¹ Total Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report.

² Market Cap is calculated using total shares outstanding and the most recent share price.

³ EBITDA is calculated using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting.

⁴ The float is a measure of the number of shares available for trading by the public. It's calculated by taking the number of issued and outstanding shares minus any restricted stock, which might not be publicly traded.

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