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Costco Wholesale Corporation operates membership warehouses that offer a selection of branded and private label products in a range of merchandise categories in no-frills, self-service warehouse facilities. The company's product categories include candy, snack foods, tobacco, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, and cleaning and institutional supplies; appliances, electronics, health and beauty aids, hardware, office supplies, garden and patio, sporting goods, furniture, and automotive supplies; dry and institutionally packaged foods; apparel, domestics, jewelry, housewares, media, home furnishings, cameras, and small appliances; meat, bakery, deli, and produce; and gas stations, pharmacy, food court, optical, one-hour photo, hearing aid, and travel. It offers Business and Gold Star (individual) memberships. As of February 15, 2009, Costco operated a chain of 550 warehouses comprising 403 in 40 states and Puerto Rico, 76 in Canada, 21 in the United Kingdom, 6 in Korea, 5 in Taiwan, and 8 in Japan, as well as 31 warehouses in Mexico through a 50%-owned joint venture. It also offers its products through Web sites costco.com in the U.S. and costco.ca in Canada. The company, formerly known as Costco Companies, Inc., was founded in 1976 and is based in Issaquah, Washington.

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Key Statistics

Closing Price	90.90
Volume	(mio) 2.07
Volume Avg	(mio) 2.27
52 Week High	90.00
52 Week Low	69.54
PE	26.22
PE (group average)	40
EPS Year	3.43
EPS change Q/Q	-7.5%
EPS change Q/Q Yr ago	7.25%
EPS change Q/Q next Q est	-43.08%
EPS change Y/Y	-11.04%
REV change Q/Q	0%
REV change Q/Q Yr ago	17.65%
EPS next Q est	1.30
EPS next Y est	4.37
Divident Annual	0.96
Dividend Yield	1.06%