[COST] YoY 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
28/08/11 29/08/10 30/08/09 31/08/08 02/09/07 03/09/06 28/08/05 CAGR
Revenue 28,178,000 24,125,000 22,378,000 23,099,887 20,477,260 19,896,123 16,702,248 9.10%
PBT 772,000 684,000 580,000 607,023 581,759 554,709 498,853 7.54%
Tax 272,000 247,000 206,000 209,195 209,337 199,110 144,154 11.15%
NP 478,000 432,000 374,000 397,828 372,422 355,599 354,699 5.09%
Tax Rate -35.23% -36.11% -35.52% -34.46% -35.98% -35.89% -28.90% -
Total Cost 27,700,000 23,693,000 22,004,000 22,702,059 20,104,838 19,540,524 16,347,549 9.18%
Ratio Analysis
28/08/11 29/08/10 30/08/09 31/08/08 02/09/07 03/09/06 28/08/05 CAGR
NP Margin 1.70 1.79 1.67 1.72 1.82 1.79 2.12 -3.61%
Per Share
28/08/11 29/08/10 30/08/09 31/08/08 02/09/07 03/09/06 28/08/05 CAGR
EPS 1.09 0.99 0.85 0.90 0.83 0.75 0.72 7.15%
EPS Diluted 1.08 0.97 0.85 0.90 0.83 0.75 0.72 6.98%

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.