Tuesday February 9, 2010 9:37 PM ET
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Share Price ($): 
58.76
Price Change: 
0.62 (1.07%)
Last 10 Quotes
What is this?
COST 
(Costco Wholesale Corp.)
Exchange: NASD     Industry: Discount, Variety Stores
Last Trade 4:00 PM ET 2/9/2010
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Volume:3,486,817
Day's Low:$58.20
52-wk Low:$38.17
Previous Close:$58.14
Dividend:$0.18
Market Cap: 25,542,800
Avg Volume: 3,281,500
Day's High:$59.00
52-wk High:$61.25
Open Price:$58.80
Yield: 1.24%
P/E (Forward): 20.12
Chart for COST
After-Hours Trading:
Last Trade:5:00 PM
Price:58.14
Volume:100
Breaking News
10:15 AM  2/4/2010   Consolidated Summary Of January Retail Sales Results
8:58 AM  2/4/2010   Retailers Show Mixed January Sales; Macy's, Costco Standouts
2:57 PM  2/2/2010   UPDATE: Costco May Be Planning For CEO Succession
12:04 PM  2/2/2010   Costco May Be Planning For CEO Succession
9:15 AM  10/14/2009   Best Buy Free TV Delivery Among Tactics Fighting Discounters
Stories & Blogs: Around the Web
2/9/2010  Say It Ain't So, Fred! Discount Chain Sees 2010 Below Estimates (Barrons.com)
2/9/2010  Teen Apparel Beats Big In January (Barrons.com)
2/9/2010  Looking for a megatrend? Then follow the leaders. (The Motley Fool)
2/5/2010  Retailers Enjoy Solid January, Led by Luxury Set (Blogging Stocks)
2/4/2010  Macy's Monthly Sales Rise 3.4% (WSJ.com)
2/4/2010  January Retail Sales Move Into Positive Territory (Fox Business)
2/4/2010  U.S. stock futures drop amid Europe health woes (MarketWatch.com)
2/4/2010  European Debt Worries, Commodities Pressure U.S. Futures (Fox Business)
Earnings & Forecast
Most Recent Quarter ($)Same Quarter Last Year ($)% Change
EPS, Pro Forma 0.60 0.65 -7.69
EPS, GAAP 0.60 0.60 0.00
Consensus Estimate 0.59 0.62 -4.84
Trailing 12 MonthsYear-Earlier Period% Change
EPS, Pro Forma 2.50 2.54 -1.57
EPS, GAAP 2.48 2.91 -14.78
Consensus Estimate 2.50 NA NA
Key Statistics
COSTIndustry Average
P/E (TTM) 23.44 16.70
P/E (Forward) 20.12 16.30
PEG Ratio 1.49 1.16
Price/Sales 0.36 0.51
Beta 0.79 0.78
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