Friday March 19, 2010 6:14 PM ET
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Share Price ($): 
60.72
Price Change: 
-0.55 (-0.90%)
Last 10 Quotes
What is this?
COST 
(Costco Wholesale Corp.)
Exchange: NASD     Industry: Discount, Variety Stores
Last Trade 4:00 PM ET 3/19/2010
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Volume:4,687,497
Day's Low:$60.49
52-wk Low:$44.00
Previous Close:$61.27
Dividend:$0.18
Market Cap: 26,989,900
Avg Volume: 3,402,700
Day's High:$61.50
52-wk High:$62.12
Open Price:$61.38
Yield: 1.18%
P/E (Forward): 21.13
Chart for COST
After-Hours Trading:
Last Trade:4:43 PM
Price:60.72
Volume:1553
Breaking News
12:23 PM  3/4/2010   3rd UPDATE: Retailers Beat Estimates On Feb Same-Store Sales
11:29 AM  3/4/2010   2nd UPDATE: Retailers Beat Estimates On Feb Same-Store Sales
11:19 AM  3/4/2010   Consolidated Summary Of February Retail Sales Results
9:55 AM  3/4/2010   UPDATE: Retailers Beating Estimates On Feb Same-Store Sales
8:25 AM  3/4/2010   Retailers Report February Sales Growth Despite Severe Weather
4:51 PM  3/3/2010   Consolidated Summary Of February Retail Sales Results
9:51 AM  3/3/2010   MARKET SNAPSHOT: U.S. Shares Open Higher
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3/18/2010  Take the temperature of your stock. (The Motley Fool)
3/16/2010  Is one outfitter swankier than the other? (The Motley Fool)
3/15/2010  Wal-Mart: Citigroup Ups to "Buy," $65 Target (Barrons.com)
3/13/2010  Economy Gets Boost From Consumer Spending (WSJ.com)
3/12/2010  MarketBeat: Retail Aphrodisiac for Analysts (Barrons.com)
Earnings & Forecast
Most Recent Quarter ($)Same Quarter Last Year ($)% Change
EPS, Pro Forma 0.70 0.55 27.27
EPS, GAAP 0.67 0.55 21.82
Consensus Estimate 0.71 0.60 18.33
Trailing 12 MonthsYear-Earlier Period% Change
EPS, Pro Forma 2.65 2.54 4.33
EPS, GAAP 2.60 2.72 -4.41
Consensus Estimate 2.61 NA NA
Key Statistics
COSTIndustry Average
P/E (TTM) 23.57 17.80
P/E (Forward) 21.13 18.30
PEG Ratio 1.57 1.30
Price/Sales 0.37 0.51
Beta 0.80 0.79
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