Costco (COST) May Total Comps Increase 4.2%
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Costco Wholesale Corporation (“Costco” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: COST) today reported net sales of $11.67 billion for the retail month of May, the four weeks ended June 2, 2019, an increase of 5.9 percent from $11.02 billion last year.
For the thirty-nine weeks ended June 2, 2019, the Company reported net sales of $111.56 billion, an increase of 8.0 percent from $103.26 billion during the similar period last year.
Comparable sales were as follows:
4 Weeks | 39 Weeks | |||||||
U.S. | 5.7% | 8.3% | ||||||
Canada | -0.3% | 0.9% | ||||||
Other International | 0.9% | 2.0% | ||||||
Total Company | 4.2% | 6.3% | ||||||
E-commerce | 20.2% | 24.2% | ||||||
Comparable sales excluding the impacts from changes in gasoline prices, foreign exchange, and a previously disclosed accounting change concerning revenue recognition (ASC 606) were as follows:
4 Weeks | 39 Weeks | |||||||
U.S. | 4.4% | 6.7% | ||||||
Canada | 3.9% | 5.3% | ||||||
Other International | 4.8% | 5.7% | ||||||
Total Company | 4.3% | 6.3% | ||||||
E-commerce | 19.9% | 23.5% | ||||||
Additional discussion of these results is available in a pre-recorded telephone message. It can be accessed by dialing 1-855-859-2056 (conference ID 6089562). This message will be available through 5:00 p.m. (PT) on Wednesday, June 12, 2019.
Costco currently operates 773 warehouses, including 536 in the United States and Puerto Rico, 100 in Canada, 39 in Mexico, 28 in the United Kingdom, 26 in Japan, 16 in Korea, 13 in Taiwan, 11 in Australia, two in Spain, and one each in Iceland and France. Costco also operates e-commerce sites in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Korea, and Taiwan.
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