Costco (COST) Tops Q1 EPS by 2c
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Costco Wholesale Corporation Reports First Quarter Fiscal Year 2018 Operating Results
December 14, 2017 4:15 PM ESTISSAQUAH, Wash., Dec. 14, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Costco Wholesale Corporation (Costco or the Company) (Nasdaq: COST) today announced its operating results for the first quarter (twelve weeks) of fiscal 2018, ended November 26, 2017.
Net sales for the first quarter were $31.12 billion, an increase of 13.3 percent from $27.47 billion during the first quarter last year.
While this years twelve-week first quarter included one less sales day in the U.S. than the first quarter last year (due to the shift of the Thanksgiving holiday this year), pre-Thanksgiving and Black... More