Costco Wholesale (COST) Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)

: 445 Mil (As of Feb. 2024)

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Shares outstanding are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them. Costco Wholesale's average diluted shares outstanding for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 445 Mil.

Costco Wholesale Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) Historical Data

The historical data trend for Costco Wholesale's Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) can be seen below:

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Costco Wholesale Annual Data

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Aug23

Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)

442.92

443.90

444.35

444.76

444.45

Costco Wholesale Quarterly Data
	May19	Aug19	Nov19	Feb20	May20	Aug20	Nov20	Feb21	May21	Aug21	Nov21	Feb22	May22	Aug22	Nov22	Feb23	May23	Aug23	Nov23	Feb24
Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)																444.48	444.36	444.44	444.40	444.75

Costco Wholesale Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) Calculation

Shares outstanding are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them. They have voting rights and represent ownership in the corporation by the person that holds the shares. They should be distinguished from treasury shares, which are shares held by the corporation itself, having no exercisable rights.

Shares outstanding can be calculated as either basic or fully diluted. The fully diluted shares outstanding count includes diluting securities, such as options, warrants or convertibles.

Please note: GuruFocus named Shares Outstanding (EOP) is the shares for that exact time point. It is usually used to calculate balance sheet related items, such as Book Value per Share, etc. While Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) and Shares Outstanding (Basic Average) are the weighted average shares over a period of time (a year, a quarter, or so). They are usually used to calculate income statement or cashflow statement related items, such as Earnings per Share (Diluted), etc.

Costco Wholesale (NAS:COST) Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) Explanation

A company may buy back shares or issue shares in any fiscal period. If a company buys back shares, we should observe that the total number of shares decline. If the company issues new shares, the number of shares outstanding increases.

Be Aware

Usually the presence of treasury shares and a history of buyback are good indicators that company has competitive advantage. But studies have shown that companies usually buy back at wrong time. Buying back shares below its intrinsic value increases value for remaining shareholders. Buying back overvalued shares destroys value for existing shareholders.

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Costco Wholesale (COST) Business Description

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Address

999 Lake Drive, Issaquah, WA, USA, 98027

Website

https://www.costco.com

Costco operates a membership-based, no-frills retail model, predicated on offering a select product assortment in bulk quantities at bargain prices. The firm avoids maintaining costly product displays by keeping inventory on pallets and limits distribution expenses by storing its inventory at point of sale in the warehouse. Given Costco's frugal cost structure, the firm is able to price its merchandise below competing retailers, driving high sales volume per warehouse and allowing the retailer to generate strong profits on thin margins. Costco operates nearly 600 warehouses in the United States and boasts over 60% market share in the domestic warehouse club industry. Internationally, Costco operates another 270 warehouses, primarily in markets such as Canada, Mexico, Japan, and the U.K.

Executives

W Craig Jelinek	officer: Executive VP	999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Yoram Rubananko	officer: Executive VP	999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Caton Frates	officer: Executive Vice President	999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Daniel M. Hines	other: Principal Acctg Officer	999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Richard A Galanti	director, officer: Executive VP and CFO	999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Pierre Riel	officer: EVP	999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Russell D Miller	officer: Executive Vice President	999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Claudine Adamo	officer: Executive Vice President	999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
James C Klauer	officer: Executive Vice President	999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Patrick J Callans	officer: Executive VP	999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Helena Foulkes	director	ONE CVS DRIVE, WOONSOCKET RI 02895
Susan L Decker	director	C/O YAHOO INC, 701 FIRST AVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Roland Michael Vachris	officer: Executive VP	999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
James P. Murphy	officer: Executive VP	999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Kenneth D Denman	director