[COST] QoQ Quarter Result on 25-Nov-2007 [#Q1]

Stock
[COST] Costco Wholesale Corporation
Announcement Date
21-Dec-2007
Financial Year
2008
Quarter
25-Nov-2007 [#Q1]
Profit Trend
QoQ- -29.65%
YoY- 10.60%
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Quarter Result
31/08/08 11/05/08 17/02/08 25/11/07 02/09/07 13/05/07 18/02/07 CAGR
Revenue 23,099,887 16,613,717 16,959,886 15,809,530 20,477,260 14,659,255 15,112,016 31.86%
PBT 607,023 465,323 521,465 405,163 581,759 355,887 394,234 32.48%
Tax 209,195 170,257 193,615 143,182 209,337 131,901 144,756 27.12%
NP 397,828 295,000 327,850 262,000 372,422 223,986 249,478 35.54%
Tax Rate -34.46% -36.59% -37.13% -35.34% -35.98% -37.06% -36.72% -
Total Cost 22,702,059 16,318,717 16,632,036 15,547,530 20,104,838 14,435,269 14,862,538 31.79%
Ratio Analysis
31/08/08 11/05/08 17/02/08 25/11/07 02/09/07 13/05/07 18/02/07 CAGR
NP Margin 1.72 1.78 1.93 1.66 1.82 1.53 1.65 2.74%
Per Share
31/08/08 11/05/08 17/02/08 25/11/07 02/09/07 13/05/07 18/02/07 CAGR
EPS 0.90 0.68 0.75 0.60 0.83 0.50 0.55 37.84%
EPS Diluted 0.90 0.67 0.74 0.59 0.83 0.49 0.54 39.50%

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.