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Exhibit 99.1

 

News from   LOGO

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER AND

FISCAL YEAR 2013 OPERATING RESULTS AND SEPTEMBER SALES RESULTS

ISSAQUAH, Wash., October 9, 2013 - Costco Wholesale Corporation (“Costco” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: COST) today announced its operating results for the 16-week fourth quarter and the 52-week fiscal year 2013 ended September 1, 2013, and its September sales results for the five weeks ended October 6, 2013.

Net sales for the 16-week fourth quarter were $31.77 billion, an increase of one percent from $31.52 billion in the 17-week fourth quarter of fiscal 2012 ended September 2, 2012. Net sales for the 52-week fiscal year 2013 were $102.87 billion, an increase of six percent from $97.06 billion in the prior 53-week fiscal year.

Comparable sales were as follows:

 

     16 Weeks     52 Weeks  

U.S.

     5     6

International

     4     6

Total Company

     5     6
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

For the 16-week period, changes in foreign exchange rates had a negative impact on comparable sales. Excluding this impact, comparable sales were as follows:

 

     16 Weeks     52 Weeks  

U.S.

     5     6

International

     7     6

Total Company

     5     6
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 was $617 million, or $1.40 per diluted share, compared to $609 million, or $1.39 per diluted share, during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012.

Net income for fiscal 2013 was $2.04 billion, or $4.63 per diluted share, compared to $1.71 billion, or $3.89 per diluted share, in fiscal year 2012. Net income for fiscal 2013 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.

For the five-week reporting month of September, ended October 6, 2013, the Company reported net sales of $9.86 billion, an increase of six percent from $9.33 billion during the similar five-week period last year.

 

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Comparable sales for the five-week period ended October 6, 2013, were as follows:

 

     5 Weeks  

U.S.

     4

International

     0

Total Company

     3
  

 

 

 

Comparable sales for the five-week period, excluding negative impacts from gasoline price deflation and foreign exchange, were as follows:

 

     5 Weeks  

U.S.

     5

International

     6

Total Company

     5
  

 

 

 

Costco currently operates 638 warehouses, including 454 in the United States and Puerto Rico, 85 in Canada, 34 in Mexico, 25 in the United Kingdom, 18 in Japan, 10 in Taiwan, nine in Korea, and three in Australia. The Company plans to open up to an additional 11 new warehouses before the end of calendar year 2013. Costco also operates electronic commerce web sites, at www.costco.com (U.S.), www.costco.ca (Canada), and www.costco.co.uk (United Kingdom).

A conference call to discuss these fiscal 2013 fourth quarter and year-end operating results and September sales is scheduled for 7:00 a.m. (PT) today, October 9, 2013, and is available via a webcast on www.costco.com (click on Investor Relations and “Play Webcast”).

Certain statements contained in this document constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For these purposes, forward-looking statements are statements that address activities, events, conditions or developments that the Company expects or anticipates may occur in the future. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual events, results or performance to differ materially from those indicated by such statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, domestic and international economic conditions, including exchange rates, the effects of competition and regulation, uncertainties in the financial markets, consumer and small business spending patterns and debt levels, conditions affecting the acquisition, development, ownership or use of real estate, amounts expected to be spent on expansion plans, actions of vendors, rising costs associated with employees (including health care costs), energy, and certain commodities, geopolitical conditions, and other risks identified from time to time in the Company’s public statements and reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

CONTACTS: Costco Wholesale Corporation
   Richard Galanti, 425/313-8203, Bob Nelson, 425/313-8255, Jeff Elliott, 425/313-8264

 

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COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(dollars in millions, except per share data)

(unaudited)

 

     16 Weeks
Ended
    17 Weeks
Ended
    52 Weeks
Ended
    53 Weeks
Ended
 
     September 1,
2013
    September 2,
2012
    September 1,
2013
    September 2,
2012
 

REVENUE

        

Net sales

   $ 31,771      $ 31,524      $ 102,870      $ 97,062   

Membership fees

     716        694        2,286        2,075   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenue

     32,487        32,218        105,156        99,137   

OPERATING EXPENSES

        

Merchandise costs

     28,418        28,210        91,948        86,823   

Selling, general and administrative

     3,098        3,044        10,104        9,518   

Preopening expenses

     17        15        51        37   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income

     954        949        3,053        2,759   

OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)

        

Interest expense

     (36     (22     (99     (95

Interest income and other, net

     36        38        97        103   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES

     954        965        3,051        2,767   

Provision for income taxes

     332        343        990        1,000   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income including noncontrolling interests

     622        622        2,061        1,767   

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

     (5     (13     (22     (58
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO COSTCO

   $ 617      $ 609      $ 2,039      $ 1,709   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO COSTCO:

        

Basic

   $ 1.41      $ 1.41      $ 4.68      $ 3.94   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted

   $ 1.40      $ 1.39      $ 4.63      $ 3.89   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares used in calculation (000’s)

        

Basic

     436,752        432,437        435,741        433,620   

Diluted

     441,907        438,344        440,512        439,373   

Cash dividends declared per common share

   $ 0.31      $ 0.55      $ 8.17      $ 1.03   

 

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COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(dollars in millions)

(unaudited)

Subject to Reclassifications

 

     September 1,
2013
     September 2,
2012
 
ASSETS      

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 4,644       $ 3,528   

Short-term investments

     1,480         1,326   

Receivables, net

     1,201         1,026   

Merchandise inventories

     7,894         7,096   

Deferred income taxes and other current assets

     621         550   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current assets

     15,840         13,526   

Property and equipment, net

     13,881         12,961   

Other assets

     562         653   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

   $ 30,283       $ 27,140   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY      

Accounts payable

   $ 7,872         7,303   

Accrued salaries and benefits

     2,037         1,832   

Other current liabilities

     2,181         2,024   

Deferred membership fees

     1,167         1,101   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     13,257         12,260   

Long-term debt, excluding current portion

     4,998         1,381   

Deferred income taxes and other liabilities

     1,016         981   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     19,271         14,622   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Costco stockholders’ equity

     10,833         12,361   

Noncontrolling interests

     179         157   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total equity

     11,012         12,518   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

   $ 30,283       $ 27,140   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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