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Exhibit 99.1

 

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COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION REPORTS THIRD QUARTER AND YEAR-TO-DATE

OPERATING RESULTS FOR FISCAL 2018

ISSAQUAH, Wash., May 31, 2018—Costco Wholesale Corporation (“Costco” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: COST) today announced its operating results for the third quarter (twelve weeks) and the thirty-six weeks ended May 13, 2018.

Net sales for the quarter increased 12.1 percent, to $31.62 billion, from $28.22 billion last year. Net sales for the first thirty-six weeks of fiscal 2018 increased 12.0 percent, to $95.02 billion, from $84.82 billion last year.

Comparable sales for the third quarter and the thirty-six weeks were as follows:

 

     12 Weeks     12 Weeks     36 Weeks     36 Weeks  
           w/o gas inflation & FX           w/o gas inflation & FX  

U.S.

     9.7     7.7     9.0     7.3

Canada

     11.3     4.8     10.4     3.8

Other International

     11.8     5.8     12.6     7.1

Total Company

     10.2     7.0     9.7     6.8
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

E-commerce

     36.8     35.5     36.1     34.8
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income for the quarter was $750 million, or $1.70 per diluted share, compared to $700 million, or $1.59 per diluted share, last year. Net income last year was positively impacted by an $82 million ($0.19 per diluted share) tax benefit in connection with the $7.00 per share special cash dividend declared in the third quarter of last year. Net income for the first thirty-six weeks of fiscal year 2018 was $2.09 billion, or $4.74 per diluted share, compared to $1.76 billion, or $3.99 per diluted share, last year.

Costco currently operates 750 warehouses, including 520 in the United States and Puerto Rico, 98 in Canada, 38 in Mexico, 28 in the United Kingdom, 26 in Japan, 14 in Korea, 13 in Taiwan, nine in Australia, two in Spain, one in Iceland, and one in France. Costco also operates e-commerce web sites in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Korea, and Taiwan.

A conference call to discuss these results is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. (PT) today, May 31, 2018, and is available 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, breaches of security or privacy of member or business information, conditions affecting the acquisition, development, ownership or use of real estate, capital spending, actions of vendors, rising costs associated with employees (generally including health care costs), energy and certain commodities, geopolitical conditions (including tariffs), and other risks identified from time to time in the Company’s public statements and


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reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and the Company does not undertake to update these statements, except as required by law.

 

CONTACTS: Costco Wholesale Corporation

Richard Galanti, 425/313-8203

Bob Nelson, 425/313-8255

David Sherwood, 425/313-8239

 

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COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(dollars in millions, except per share data)

(unaudited)

 

     12 Weeks Ended     36 Weeks Ended  
     May 13,
2018
    May 7,
2017
    May 13,
2018
    May 7,
2017
 

REVENUE

        

Net sales

   $ 31,624     $ 28,216     $ 95,020     $ 84,815  

Membership fees

     737       644       2,145       1,910  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenue

     32,361       28,860       97,165       86,725  

OPERATING EXPENSES

        

Merchandise costs

     28,131       24,970       84,481       75,185  

Selling, general and administrative

     3,155       2,907       9,613       8,827  

Preopening expenses

     8       15       37       52  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income

     1,067       968       3,034       2,661  

OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)

        

Interest expense

     (37     (21     (111     (81

Interest income and other, net

     41       18       70       40  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES

     1,071       965       2,993       2,620  

Provision for income taxes

     309       259       867       838  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income including noncontrolling interests

     762       706       2,126       1,782  

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

     (12     (6     (35     (22
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO COSTCO

   $ 750     $ 700     $ 2,091     $ 1,760  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO COSTCO:

        

Basic

   $ 1.71     $ 1.59     $ 4.77     $ 4.01  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted

   $ 1.70     $ 1.59     $ 4.74     $ 3.99  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares used in calculation (000’s):

        

Basic

     438,740       438,817       438,576       438,650  

Diluted

     441,715       441,056       441,383       440,745  

CASH DIVIDENDS DECLARED PER COMMON SHARE

   $ 0.57     $ 7.50     $ 1.57     $ 8.40  


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COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(amounts in millions, except par value and share data)

(unaudited)

Subject to Reclassifications

 

     May 13,
2018
    September 3,
2017
 
ASSETS     

CURRENT ASSETS

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 5,877     $ 4,546  

Short-term investments

     1,167       1,233  

Receivables, net

     1,593       1,432  

Merchandise inventories

     10,626       9,834  

Other current assets

     430       272  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     19,693       17,317  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

    

Land

     6,093       5,690  

Buildings and improvements

     15,786       15,127  

Equipment and fixtures

     7,161       6,681  

Construction in progress

     1,070       843  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     30,110       28,341  

Less accumulated depreciation and amortization

     (10,932     (10,180
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net property and equipment

     19,178       18,161  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

OTHER ASSETS

     734       869  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

   $ 39,605     $ 36,347  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY     

CURRENT LIABILITIES

    

Accounts payable

   $ 10,705     $ 9,608  

Accrued salaries and benefits

     2,697       2,703  

Accrued member rewards

     1,041       961  

Deferred membership fees

     1,679       1,498  

Other current liabilities

     3,289       2,725  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     19,411       17,495  

LONG-TERM DEBT, excluding current portion

     6,492       6,573  

OTHER LIABILITIES

     1,255       1,200  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     27,158       25,268  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

    

EQUITY

    

Preferred stock $.01 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding

            

Common stock $.01 par value; 900,000,000 shares authorized; 438,602,000 and 437,204,000 shares issued and outstanding

     4       4  

Additional paid-in capital

     6,001       5,800  

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (1,038     (1,014

Retained earnings

     7,176       5,988  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Costco stockholders’ equity

     12,143       10,778  

Noncontrolling interests

     304       301  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity

     12,447       11,079  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

   $ 39,605     $ 36,347  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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