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About Costco Wholesale Corporation
Costco Wholesale Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of membership warehouses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Japan, Korea, Australia, Spain, France, Iceland, China, and Taiwan. It offers branded and private-label products in a range of merchandise categories. The company provides dry and packaged foods, and groceries; snack foods, candies, alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages, and cleaning supplies; appliances, electronics, health and beauty aids, hardware, and garden and patio products; meat, bakery, and deli products, as well as produce; and apparel and small appliances. It also operates pharmacies, optical dispensing centers, food courts, and hearing-aid centers, as well as 615 gas stations; and offers business delivery, travel, same-day grocery, and various other services online in various countries. As of October 07, 2020, the company operated 796 warehouses, including 552 in the United States and Puerto Rico, 102 in Canada, 39 in Mexico, 29 in the United Kingdom, 27 in Japan, 16 in South Korea, 13 in Taiwan, 12 in Australia, 3 in Spain, 1 in Iceland, 1 in France, and 1 in China. It also operates e-commerce websites in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and Australia. The company was formerly known as Costco Companies, Inc. and changed its name to Costco Wholesale Corporation in August 1999. Costco Wholesale Corporation was founded in 1976 and is based in Issaquah, Washington.
General
| Name | Costco Wholesale Corporation |
| Ticker | COST |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Industry | Discount Stores |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | September |
| Full Time Employees | 156,000 |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 380.77 |
| Market Cap | 142,929,641,472 |
| PE Ratio | 53.11 |
| PEG Ratio | 3.40 |
| EBITDA | 8,173,000,192 |
Share Stats
| Shares Outstanding | 442,534,016 |
| Shares Float | 441,254,862 |
| Shares Short | 4,212,513 |
| Insider Holdings | 22% |
| Institution Holdings | 70.04% |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 380.77 |
| Market Cap | 142,929,641,472 |
| PE Ratio | 53.11 |
| PEG Ratio | 3.40 |
| EBITDA | 8,173,000,192 |
Valuation
| Trailing PE | 33.03 |
| Forward PE | 32.05 |
| Price/Sales (Trailing 12 Mt.) | 0.82 |
| Price/Book (Most Recent Quarter) | 9.51 |
Dividend
Costco Wholesale Corporation pays out a dividend of $2.80 per share, with a dividend yield of 0.48%.
COST's last dividend payment was made to shareholders on February 19, 2021.
They pay out 101.09% of their earnings out as a dividend.
Recent Dividends
| May 10, 2024 | $1.16 |
| Feb 16, 2024 | $1.02 |
| Jan 12, 2024 | $15 |
| Nov 17, 2023 | $1.02 |
| Sep 8, 2023 | $1.02 |
| May 19, 2023 | $1.02 |
| Feb 17, 2023 | $0.90 |
| Nov 10, 2022 | $0.90 |
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