Costco Q3'FY14 net income grow 3% to $473mn

29 May '14

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Costco Wholesale Corporation announced its operating results for the third quarter (twelve weeks) and the first thirty-six-weeks of fiscal 2014, ended May 11, 2014.

Net sales for the quarter increased seven percent, to $25.23 billion, from $23.55 billion last year. Net sales for the first thirty-six weeks increased six percent, to $75.46 billion, from $71.10 billion last year.

Net income for the quarter was $473 million, or $1.07 per diluted share, compared to $459 million, or $1.04 per diluted share, last year. Net income for the first thirty-six weeks was $1.36 billion, or $3.07 per diluted share, compared to $1.42 billion, or $3.23 per diluted share, last year.

Net income for the thirty-six week period last year was positively impacted by a second quarter $62 million ($.14 per diluted share) tax benefit in connection with the portion of the special cash dividend paid in December 2012 to the Company 401(k) plan participants.

Costco currently operates 655 warehouses, including 464 in the United States and Puerto Rico, 87 in Canada, 33 in Mexico, 25 in the United Kingdom, 19 in Japan, 10 in Taiwan, 10 in Korea, six in Australia, and one in Spain. The Company plans to open up to an additional eight new warehouses prior to the end of its fiscal year on August 31, 2014. Costco also operates electronic commerce web sites in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom and Mexico.

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