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Costco Wholesale Corp (COST)

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The Company operates membership warehouses that offer low prices on a limited selection of nationally branded and selected private label products in a range of merchandise categories in no-frills, self-service warehouse facilities.

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Costco Wholesale Corp At A Glance

Current Price: $58.76
Last Trade Time: 2/9/2010 4:00 PM
Open: $0.00
Previous Close: $58.14
Daily Range: $58.20 - $59.00
52-Week Range: $38.17 - $61.25
Volume: 3,486,817
Market Cap: $25.81B
P/E Ratio: 23.26
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Costco Wholesale Corp (COST)

Avatar KJHValue (56.75) Submitted: 1/10/10 11:13 PM

Run extremely well. Management believes that if you keep your eye on running a good business the stock price will take care of itself. This is the kind of long term view that makes a company truly great. I bought in at $45, but at $59 I think this stock is still undervalued. Above all else custo...More

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Avatar SuperPicks (99.44) Submitted: 2/10/09 12:44 AM

here we are in a new economy - within a deleveraging landscape. these companies are the biggest & baddest that have beaten the S&P 500, however, upon closer look these companies valuations appear too high, future growth is constricted by debt levels, and already have pretty high institutional owners...More

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Avatar TomFoolNC (98.47) Submitted: 2/08/10 11:40 AM : Outperform Start Price: $58.29 COST Score: 0.76

taking adv of downturn to gain market share

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Avatar ElleRB (< 20) Submitted: 2/07/10 5:56 PM : Outperform Start Price: $58.26 COST Score: 0.40

More and more people are shopping there for value. And value-based buying is the future. High quality products at low prices.....as Costco expands its offerings and expands its locations...the stock will just keep rising. Long-term winner.

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Avatar NotMyRealName123 (41.61) Submitted: 2/04/10 6:19 PM : Outperform Start Price: $58.46 COST Score: -0.55

One of the best in store execution, and efficiency. The right mix of value without feeling your bargain slumming.

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Avatar Dirtybird703 (68.98) Submitted: 1/26/10 9:50 PM : Outperform Start Price: $57.71 COST Score: 3.61

Up and down low Div growth

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Avatar edwjm (99.43) Submitted: 1/19/10 2:29 PM : Outperform Start Price: $59.07 COST Score: 6.12

Costco Wholesale (COST) operates membership warehouses that offer low prices on a limited selection of nationally branded and selected private label products in a range of merchandise categories in no-frills, self-service warehouse facilities. At the current price of 59.09 the p/e is over 23 and the dividend is 4.2%. A good pick in the retail sector.

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TrackJimCramer < 20 11/12/09 Outperform 3W $60.12-2.26%-1.66%-0.60
TrackRWBaird 87.00 10/03/09 Outperform NS $55.75+5.40%+5.10%+0.30
TrackWMBlair 69.55 09/21/09 Outperform NS $57.43+2.31%+1.26%+1.05
TrackCreditSuiss 93.62 05/28/09 Outperform NS $47.62+23.40%+19.77%+3.63
TrackJefferies 82.08 03/17/09 Outperform NS $42.63+37.82%+43.50%-5.68
TrackMcAdamsWrig 66.58 03/05/09 Outperform NS $39.43+49.03%+57.60%-8.57
TrackChrisDavis < 20 06/03/08 Outperform 1Y $69.06-14.91%-20.18%+5.27 Toggle the visibility of 60-Second Pitch and replies
TrackGaryBSmith 74.46 03/28/08 Outperform 3W $62.97-6.69%-15.45%+8.76
TrackBuffett 80.73 09/30/07 Outperform NS $59.77-1.69%-26.38%+24.68 Toggle the visibility of 60-Second Pitch and replies
TrackEveillard 93.31 09/30/07 Outperform NS $59.77-1.69%-26.38%+24.68 Toggle the visibility of 60-Second Pitch and replies
Track2007Wired40 93.34 03/27/07 Underperform 1Y $52.45+12.02%-20.65%-32.68
TrackMatrix 90.36 09/25/06 Outperform NS $49.11+19.66%-13.61%+33.27
TrackWellsFargo 80.02 09/19/06 Outperform NS $48.29+21.67%-13.87%+35.54
TrackHSBC 86.09 08/31/06 Underperform NS $45.84+28.19%-12.65%-40.84
Track2006Wired40 95.53 06/27/06 Outperform 1Y $53.80+9.21%-7.73%+16.94

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