secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW (COST)
CIK:        0000909832
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-03-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-22-065629
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Costco Q2 net sales up 16.1% to $50.94B; diluted EPS $2.92 vs $2.14
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- Net income $1.299B, up from $951M a year ago; last year included $0.41 EPS COVID wage costs.
- Total company comparable sales rose 14.4% (adjusted 11.1%); US comps up 15.8% (adjusted 11.3%).
- February net sales $16.29B, +15.9% YoY; Lunar New Year shift negatively impacted Other International ~4%.
- First 24-week net sales $100.35B (+16.4%); net income $2.62B ($5.90 diluted EPS).
- Warehouse count 828 globally; e-commerce comparable sales +12.5% in Q2.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000119312522065629/0001193125-22-065629-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000119312522065629/d264475d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-065629

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