Costco (COST) Tops Q2 EPS by 13c, Feb Comps Increase 10.5%
Costco (NASDAQ: COST) reported Q2 EPS of $1.59, $0.13 better than the analyst estimate of $1.46. Revenue for the quarter came in at $33 billion versus the consensus estimate of $32.72 billion.
Comparable sales for the February four-week and twenty-six-week year-to-date periods ended March 4, 2018, were as follows:
| 4 Weeks | 4 Weeks | 26 Weeks | 26 Weeks | |||||||
| Retail Month | Retail Month | Fiscal Year | Fiscal Year | |||||||
| w/o gas inflation & FX | w/o gas inflation & FX | |||||||||
| U.S. | 9.0% | 7.5% | 8.6% | 7.1% | ||||||
| Canada | 8.4% | 3.2% | 9.8% | 3.3% | ||||||
| Other International | 22.2% | 14.1% | 13.1% | 7.7% | ||||||
| Total Company | 10.5% | 7.7% | 9.4% | 6.6% | ||||||
| E-commerce | 38.1% | 37.0% | 35.3% | 33.9% |
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