Saturday November 7, 2009 11:55 AM ET
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Share Price ($): 
59.41
Price Change: 
0.00 (0.00%)
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What is this?
COST 
(Costco Wholesale Corp.)
Exchange: NASD     Industry: Discount, Variety Stores
Last Trade 4:00 PM ET 11/6/2009
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Volume:2,749,263
Day's Low:$58.80
52-wk Low:$38.17
Previous Close:$59.41
Dividend:$0.18
Market Cap: 25,902,100
Avg Volume: 4,382,500
Day's High:$59.66
52-wk High:$60.30
Open Price:$59.15
Yield: 1.21%
P/E (Forward): 20.77
Chart for COST
Breaking News
4:37 PM  11/5/2009   UPDATE: Retail Oct Same-Store Sales Miss Expectations
12:42 PM  11/5/2009   2nd UPDATE: Retail Oct Same-Store Sales Are Mixed
9:46 AM  11/5/2009   Consolidated Summary Of October Retail Sales Results
9:22 AM  11/5/2009   Costco's Oct. Sales Beat Projections On Developing Tailwinds
9:02 AM  11/5/2009   Retailers' Oct Same-Store Sales Mixed, Teen Retailers' Down
12:16 PM  11/3/2009   US Retailers Looking At Same-Store-Sales Gain For October
11:20 AM  10/23/2009   Moody's: US Supermarkets' Revenues To Remain Weak
Stories & Blogs
11/6/2009  Retail sales: Signs of life, but not yet a rising tide
11/5/2009  Updates, advisories and surprises
11/5/2009  Retailers post best monthly sales in over a year
11/5/2009  Retail shares rise slightly on Oct. sales data
11/5/2009  Consumer Products to the Rescue
11/3/2009  5 Ways to Cut Down on Gas Costs
10/30/2009  Halloween stocks offer investors a chance at financial treats
Earnings & Forecast
Most Recent Quarter ($)Same Quarter Last Year ($)% Change
EPS, Pro Forma 0.83 0.92 -9.78
EPS, GAAP 0.85 0.90 -5.56
Consensus Estimate 0.77 0.92 -16.30
Trailing 12 MonthsYear-Earlier Period% Change
EPS, Pro Forma 2.55 2.54 0.39
EPS, GAAP 2.48 2.90 -14.48
Consensus Estimate 2.53 NA NA
Key Statistics
COSTIndustry Average
P/E (TTM) 23.96 15.40
P/E (Forward) 20.77 14.30
PEG Ratio 1.75 1.10
Price/Sales 0.37 0.48
Beta 0.77 0.79
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