197.27+0.69 (+0.35%)

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Valuation Measures

Market Cap (intraday) 5	86.56B
Enterprise Value 3	86.06B
Trailing P/E	29.40
Forward P/E 1	25.58
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected) 1	2.33
Price/Sales (ttm)	0.64
Price/Book (mrq)	7.37
Enterprise Value/Revenue 3	0.63
Enterprise Value/EBITDA 6	14.77

Financial Highlights

Fiscal Year

Fiscal Year Ends	Sep 3, 2017
Most Recent Quarter (mrq)	Feb 18, 2018

Profitability

Profit Margin	2.18%
Operating Margin (ttm)	3.22%

Management Effectiveness

Return on Assets (ttm)	7.37%
Return on Equity (ttm)	24.24%

Income Statement

Revenue (ttm)	135.96B
Revenue Per Share (ttm)	310.14
Quarterly Revenue Growth (yoy)	10.80%
Gross Profit (ttm)	17.14B
EBITDA	5.82B
Net Income Avi to Common (ttm)	2.96B
Diluted EPS (ttm)	6.71
Quarterly Earnings Growth (yoy)	36.10%

Balance Sheet

Total Cash (mrq)	5.83B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq)	13.29
Total Debt (mrq)	6.5B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq)	53.97
Current Ratio (mrq)	1.00
Book Value Per Share (mrq)	26.78

Cash Flow Statement

Operating Cash Flow (ttm)	5.55B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm)	2.72B

Trading Information

Stock Price History

Beta	1.06
52-Week Change 3	10.53%
S&P500 52-Week Change 3	11.79%
52 Week High 3	199.88
52 Week Low 3	150.00
50-Day Moving Average 3	188.09
200-Day Moving Average 3	183.04

Share Statistics

Avg Vol (3 month) 3	2.38M
Avg Vol (10 day) 3	1.63M
Shares Outstanding 5	438.82M
Float	432M
% Held by Insiders 1	0.65%
% Held by Institutions 1	74.27%
Shares Short 3	15.13M
Short Ratio 3	5.37
Short % of Float 3	3.47%
Shares Short (prior month) 3	14.04M

Dividends & Splits

Forward Annual Dividend Rate 4	2
Forward Annual Dividend Yield 4	1.04%
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 3	2.00
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 3	1.02%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield 4	1.05
Payout Ratio 4	29.81%
Dividend Date 3	Mar 2, 2018
Ex-Dividend Date 4	Feb 15, 2018
Last Split Factor (new per old) 2	2/1
Last Split Date 3	Jan 14, 2000

find 2017 financial statements for Costco (Ticker COST) from UHV Mergent Online database, Yahoo! Finance, Google Finance, or other financial data sources.

(1) Evaluate the companys financial situation (e.g., liquidity, leverage, profitability).

(1)Estimate the weights of capital (debt, preferred stock, and common stock) for the company.

(2) Estimate the before-tax and after-tax component cost of debt for the firm.

(3) Estimate the component cost of preferred stock (if applicable) for the firm.

(4) Estimate the component cost of common equity using CAPM for the firm.

(5) Compute the firms weighted average cost of capital (WACC). Discuss your findings.