Costco Wholesale Corp (COST)

Industry Discount Stores

This stock can be held in an Investment ISA and an Investment Account

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$964.02

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$966.00

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Costco Wholesale Corp and its subsidiaries operate membership warehouses. The company offers its members low prices on a limited selection of nationally branded and select private-label products in merchandise categories.

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Income statement

Year chevron-l-regular chevron-r-regular	2023	2024
	242,290m	254,453m
	29,704m	32,095m
	8,114m	9,285m
	3.35	3.65
	6,292m	7,367m
	10,724m	12,146m
Sales, General and administrative	21,590m	22,810m
Interest expenses	160m	169m
Provision for income taxes	2,195m	2,373m
Operating expenses	21,590m	22,810m
Income before taxes	8,487m	9,740m
Net income available to common shareholders	6,292m	7,367m
	14.69	16.59
Net interest income	344m	429m
Advertising and promotion	-	-
Net investment income, net	-	-
Realised capital gains (losses), net	-	-
Total benefits, claims and expenses	-	-
Earnings per share (diluted)	14.67	16.56
Free cash flow per share	19.8078	14.9047
Book value/share	58.9257	53.3139
Debt equity ratio	0.311398	0.345822

Balance sheet

Year chevron-l-regular chevron-r-regular	2023	2024
Current assets	35,879m	34,246m
Current liabilities	33,583m	35,464m
Total capital	30,435m	29,416m
Total debt	8,884m	8,272m
Total equity	25,058m	23,622m
Total non current liabilities	-	-
Loans	5,377m	5,794m
Total assets	68,994m	69,831m
Total liabilities	-	-
Cash and cash equivalents	13,700m	9,906m
Common stock	443m	443m

Cash flow

Year chevron-l-regular chevron-r-regular	2023	2024
Cash at beginning of period	10,203m	13,700m
Cash dividends paid	-1,251m	-9,041m
	6,745m	6,629m
Investments (gains) losses	-4,972m	-4,409m
	13,700m	9,906m
Net income	-	-
	11,068m	11,339m
	-4,323m	-4,710m

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