[COST] QoQ Quarter Result on 31-Aug-2008 [#Q4]

Stock
[COST] Costco Wholesale Corporation
Announcement Date
16-Oct-2008
Financial Year
2008
Quarter
31-Aug-2008 [#Q4]
Profit Trend
QoQ- 34.86%
YoY- 6.82%
Quarter Report
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Quarter Result
10/05/09 15/02/09 23/11/08 31/08/08 11/05/08 17/02/08 25/11/07 CAGR
Revenue 15,806,000 16,843,000 16,395,000 23,099,887 16,613,717 16,959,886 15,809,530 -0.01%
PBT 338,000 381,000 415,000 607,023 465,323 521,465 405,163 -11.69%
Tax 128,000 142,000 152,000 209,195 170,257 193,615 143,182 -7.40%
NP 210,000 239,000 263,000 397,828 295,000 327,850 262,000 -14.08%
Tax Rate -37.87% -37.27% -36.63% -34.46% -36.59% -37.13% -35.34% -
Total Cost 15,596,000 16,604,000 16,132,000 22,702,059 16,318,717 16,632,036 15,547,530 0.21%
Ratio Analysis
10/05/09 15/02/09 23/11/08 31/08/08 11/05/08 17/02/08 25/11/07 CAGR
NP Margin 1.33 1.42 1.60 1.72 1.78 1.93 1.66 -14.10%
Per Share
10/05/09 15/02/09 23/11/08 31/08/08 11/05/08 17/02/08 25/11/07 CAGR
EPS 0.48 0.55 0.61 0.90 0.68 0.75 0.60 -14.19%
EPS Diluted 0.48 0.55 0.60 0.90 0.67 0.74 0.59 -13.20%

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.