Calculate the following

What was Costcos Return on Equity in

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What was Costcos Return on Assets in

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What was Costcos Current Ratio in

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What was Costcos long-term debt-to-equity ratio in 2015 __________

2016 __________

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What are Costcos financial strengths? What are Costcos financial weaknesses?

Fiscal years ending on Sunday closest to August 31 2016 2015 2014 2005 2000 2017 $126,172 2,853 129,025 $116,073 2,646 118,719 $113,666 2,533 116,199 $110,212 2,428 112,640 $51,862 1,073 52.935 $31,621 544 32,164 111,882 12,950 102,901 12,068 101,065 11,445 98,458 10,899 46,347 5,044 28,322 2.755 82 78 65 63 53 16 42 7 Selected Income Statement Data Net sales Membership fees Total revenue Operating expenses Merchandise costs Selling, general and administrative Preopening expenses Provision for impaired assets and store closing costs Total operating expenses Operating income Other income (expense) Interest expense Interest income and other, net Income before income taxes Provision for income taxes Net income Diluted net income per share Dividends per share (not including special dividend of $7.00 in 2017 and $5.00 in 2015) Millions of shares used in per share calculations 124,914 4,111 115,047 3,672 112,575 3,624 109,420 3,220 51,460 1,474 31,126 1,037 (133) 80 (34) (134) 62 4,039 1,325 $ 2,714 $ 6.08 $ 1.90 (124) 104 3,604 1,195 2,377 $5.37 $1.51 3,619 1,243 $ 2,350 $5.33 $1.70 (113) 90 3,197 1,109 2,058 $4.65 $1.33 (39) 54 1,052 421 109 1,549 486 $ 1,063 $2.18 0.43 $ $ $ $ 631 1.35 0.00 440.9 441.3 442.7 442.5 492.0 475.7 2017 2016 2015 2014 2005 2000 $ 4,546 9.834 17,317 17,485 18,161 36,347 6.573 10,778 $ 3,379 8,969 15,218 15,575 17,043 33,163 4,061 12,079 $ 4,801 8,908 16.779 16,539 15,401 33,017 4,852 10.617 $ 5,738 8,456 17,588 14,412 14,830 33,024 5,093 12,515 $ 2.063 4,015 8.238 6,761 7.790 16,514 711 8,881 $ 525 2.490 3,470 3,404 4.834 8,634 790 4,240 $ 6,726 $ 3,292 $ 4,285 $3,984 $ 1.773 $ 1,070 715 686 663 634 417 292 28 33 26 30 21 25 Balance Sheet Data Cash and cash equivalents Merchandise inventories Current assets Current liabilities Net property and equipment Total assets Long-term debt Stockholders' equity Cash Flow Data Net cash provided by operating activities Warehouse Operations Warehouses in operation at beginning of year New warehouses opened (including relocations) Existing warehouses closed (including relocations) Warehouses at end of year Net sales per warehouse open at year-end (in Millions) Average annual growth at warehouses open more than a year (excluding the impact of changing gasoline prices and foreign exchange rates) Members at year-end Businesses, including add-on members (000s) Gold Star members (000s) Total paid members Household cardholders that both business and Gold Star members were automatically entitled to receive Total cardholders (2) (4) (3) (1) (5) (4) 741 170 715 162 686 166 663 166 433 120 313 101 $ $ $ $ $ $ $ 4% 4% 7% 6% 7% 11% 10,800 10,800 10.600 10,400 5,000 4,200 34,000 38,600 49,400 42,600 36,800 47,600 42,600 31,600 42,000 34,400 16,200 21,200 10,500 14,700 44,600 40,200 n.a. n.a. 90,300 86,700 81,300 76,400