[COST] QoQ Quarter Result on 20-Nov-2005 [#Q1]

Stock
[COST] Costco Wholesale Corporation
Announcement Date
21-Dec-2005
Financial Year
2006
Quarter
20-Nov-2005 [#Q1]
Profit Trend
QoQ- -39.15%
YoY- 11.73%
Quarter Report
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Quarter Result
03/09/06 07/05/06 12/02/06 20/11/05 28/08/05 08/05/05 13/02/05 CAGR
Revenue 19,896,123 13,273,175 14,054,576 12,927,353 16,702,248 11,996,900 12,658,077 33.79%
PBT 554,709 385,779 463,618 347,311 498,853 337,822 405,694 22.31%
Tax 199,110 150,184 167,415 131,493 144,154 128,034 100,242 55.54%
NP 355,599 235,595 296,203 215,818 354,699 209,788 305,452 10.28%
Tax Rate -35.89% -38.93% -36.11% -37.86% -28.90% -37.90% -24.71% -
Total Cost 19,540,524 13,037,580 13,758,373 12,711,535 16,347,549 11,787,112 12,352,625 34.34%
Ratio Analysis
03/09/06 07/05/06 12/02/06 20/11/05 28/08/05 08/05/05 13/02/05 CAGR
NP Margin 1.79 1.77 2.11 1.67 2.12 1.75 2.41 -17.42%
Per Share
03/09/06 07/05/06 12/02/06 20/11/05 28/08/05 08/05/05 13/02/05 CAGR
EPS 0.75 0.50 0.63 0.46 0.72 0.44 0.64 10.74%
EPS Diluted 0.75 0.49 0.62 0.45 0.72 0.43 0.62 13.03%

PBT = Profit before Tax, NP = Net Profit, NP Margin = Net Profit Margin, EPS = Earning Per Share, EPS Diluted = Earning Per Share Diluted.

NP Margin, QoQ ⃤ & YoY ⃤ figures in Percentage; EPS & EPS Diluted figures in Cent.

All figures in '000 unless specified.