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Costco Wholesale Corporation and its subsidiaries (“Costco” or the “Company”) began operations in 1983 in Seattle, Washington. In October 1993, we merged with The Price Company, which had pioneered the membership warehouse concept, to form Price/Costco, Inc., a Delaware corporation. In January... More
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- Thursday, May 30, 3:40 AM More on Costco (COST) FQ3: net profit +19% to $459M. Comparable sales +5%, hurt by changes in gasoline prices and forex rates; U.S. +6%, International +4%. Operates 627 warehouses, including 571 in North America and Puerto Rico. Plans to open nine new warehouses by the end of the fiscal year. (PR) 2 Comments [Earnings, Consumer]
- Thursday, May 30, 3:12 AM Costco (COST): FQ3 EPS of $1.04 beats by $0.01. Revenue of $23.55B (+8% Y/Y) misses by $0.68B. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
- Thursday, May 30, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday’s open: BIG, COST, EXPR, FRO, GLNG, JOY, YGE 2 Comments [Earnings]
- Wednesday, May 29, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Thursday’s open: BIG, COST, EXPR, FRO, JOY, YGE Comment! [Earnings]
- Thursday, April 11, 4:37 AM Costco's (COST) net sales +7% in March to $9.67B; comparable sales +4% vs consensus of +5.2%, with U.S. +5% and international +2%. Changes in gasoline prices and forex rates hurt comparable sales. Excluding these two factors, comparable sales +6%, with U.S. +6% and international +5%. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Consumer]
- Tuesday, March 12, 3:24 AM More on Costco (COST) FQ2: net profit +39% to $547M, boosted by a $62M ($0.14/share) tax benefit. Comparable sales +5%, with U.S. +5%, international +6%. Excluding positive impact of forex and gasoline prices, comparable sales +5%, U.S. +5%, international +4%. Operates 622 warehouses, plans to open another 14 by end of FY. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Consumer, Top Stories]
- Tuesday, March 12, 3:04 AM Costco (COST): FQ2 EPS of $1.24. Revenue of $24.34B (+8% Y/Y) misses by $0.79B. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
- Tuesday, March 12, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Tuesday’s open: AMED, BONT, BPI, COST, EJ, TICC Comment! [Earnings]
- Monday, March 11, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Tuesday’s open: AMED, BONT, BPI, COST, EJ, TICC Comment! [Earnings]
- Thursday, February 7, 4:52 AM Costco (COST) comparable sales +4% in January vs consensus of +3.9%, and despite the month containing one fewer day of trading vs last year. Net sales +7% to $9.35B. U.S. comparable sales +3%, international +5%. Excluding gasoline and forex effects, total comparable revenue +4%, U.S. +4%, international +3%. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Consumer]
- Thursday, January 3, 4:20 AM Costco's (COST) net sales +12% in December to $11.2B, helped by an extra day of trading that boosted the figure by around 2%. Same-store sales +9%, above consensus of +6.5%. Excluding fuel and forex fluctuations, comparable sales +8%. (PR) 1 Comment [Earnings, Consumer]
- Wednesday, December 12, 2012, 4:00 AM More on Costco (COST) FQ1: net profit +30% to $416M. Membership fee revenue +14.3% to $511M after it raised U.S. and Canadian membership fees 10% last year. Comparable sales +7%, boosted by gasoline prices and forex fluctuations, with U.S. +7%, international +9%. Costco operates 621 warehouses, including 448 in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Plans to open outlet in Korea before the end of the month. (PR) Comment! [Consumer, Earnings]
- Wednesday, December 12, 2012, 3:51 AM Costco (COST): FQ1 EPS of $0.95 beats by $0.02. Revenue of $23.2B (+9.5% Y/Y) misses by $500M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Consumer]
- Wednesday, December 12, 2012, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Wednesday’s open: COST, JOY Comment! [Earnings]
- Tuesday, December 11, 2012, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Wednesday’s open: COST, JOY Comment! [Earnings]
- Wednesday, November 28, 2012, 4:37 AM Costco (COST) same-store sales +6% Y/Y in November vs consensus of +5.4%, helped by higher gasoline prices and the weakness of the dollar. Excluding the impact of fuel and forex, sales +5%. Overall net sales +9% to $8.15B. To pay special dividend of $3B, or $7/share. For shareholders of record Dec 10. Payable Dec 18. (PR) 7 Comments [Dividends, Earnings, Consumer]
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The Aristos
A really great article about $COST's employee welfare approach in Bloomberg BusinessWeek http://buswk.co/18fpeAV Fantastic company. - View all 0 replies
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Seraphim Blentzas
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Seraphim Blentzas
Costco $COST Surpasses Kroger $KR To Become America's Second Largest Food Retailer (revenue) http://bit.ly/XPTFa8 $WMT - View all 0 replies
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Tony Kau
I love $COST long term, but it looks like it's running out of momentum here, short term. http://ow.ly/i/1LQRE - View all 0 replies
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Seraphim Blentzas
http://bit.ly/1086CuM Briefing on Sysco Corporation $SYY, meat sales 19%, history, latest financials $CAG $COST frozen 13.6% sales - View all 0 replies
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Seraphim Blentzas
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djamison: Quick question? Is COST still a good buy before the End of 2nd QTR ?
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Chris DeMuth Jr.
$DJCO meeting was typically thrilling. $DJCO, $GM, $COST, $BYDDY discussed. Li Lu spoke about $BYDDY. Munger was brilliant Munger. - View all 4 replies
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SKS1586: Awesome. Thanks a million for giving your precious time, in finding VALUE & distributing it to us selflessly.
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Ocean Man: Good example los, thanks. Short answer is there is no free money. -
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Seraphim Blentzas
Kroger $KR fantastic Quarterly Earnings Results& Costco $COST 'icing on the cake' Special Dividend $7 http://bit.ly/U7JUh3 - View all 4 replies
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DAG1996: I just need another round of pundits convincing people that new competition will put Kroger out of business so I can finish loading up. lol -
Seraphim Blentzas: Kroger $KR definitely suprising a lot of people but how ? Change in spending/person beats $COST but that's due to unsustainably low prices
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Joe Springer: This seems both the right time to borrow nearly free and the safer time to return cash to shareholders - I say good on management -
1980XLS-2.0: Borrowing money to pay dividends or buy back stock, seems kinda Ponzi-Like. Sustainable?
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FortSumter
COST Popped up on my radar. Friend who works p/t there offered f/t. Sign of strong company? - View all 1 replies
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Ocean Man: Sign of holiday rush? Macy's is hiring an additional 80,000 people for the holidays.
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Seraphim Blentzas
Full report on Costco Wholesale COST sales by segment,competition,# locations (gas,health), members http://bit.ly/NYz0vY WMT TGT - View all 1 replies
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Seraphim Blentzas: Costco's renewal rates are also solid, led by business class 93.6% as of the May 2012 quarter, up from 93.3% 4Q2011 (fiscal year end August)
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John Rayhall: Ya KORS could get hit short term I believe that they will blow out earnings again guess we'll see -
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