Financial statement analysis and common stock valuation

Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

The liabilities and stockholders’ equity reports major classes and amounts of external claims on assets and owners’ capital contributions, and other internally generated sources of capital.

Analysis of Long-term (Investment) Activity Ratios
Quarterly Data

Measures how efficiently Costco Wholesale Corp. generates revenues from its investments in fixed or total assets.

• Long-term Activity Ratios (Summary)
• Net Fixed Asset Turnover
• Total Asset Turnover
• Equity Turnover

Aggregate Accruals

Financial reporting quality relates to the accuracy with which Costco Wholesale Corp. reported financial statements reflect its operating performance and to their usefulness for forecasting future cash flows.
Aggregate accruals deriving measures of the accrual component of Costco Wholesale Corp. earnings.

• Balance-Sheet-Based Accruals Ratio
• Cash-Flow-Statement-Based Accruals Ratio

Income Statement
Quarterly Data

The income statement (statement of earnings) reports on the performance of Costco Wholesale Corp., the result of its operating activities.

Balance Sheet: Assets
Quarterly Data

The assets reports major classes and amounts of resources owned or controlled by Costco Wholesale Corp..

Balance Sheet: Assets

The assets reports major classes and amounts of resources owned or controlled by Costco Wholesale Corp..

Common-Size Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

Liabilities and stockholders’ equity components shown as percentage of total liabilities and stockholders’ equity.

Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Quarterly Data

The liabilities and stockholders’ equity reports major classes and amounts of external claims on assets and owners’ capital contributions, and other internally generated sources of capital.

Statement of Comprehensive Income

Comprehensive income is the change in equity (net assets) of Costco Wholesale Corp. during a period from transactions and other events and circumstances from non-owners sources. It includes all changes in equity during a period except those resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners.

Analysis of Profitability Ratios
Quarterly Data

Measures the income of Costco Wholesale Corp. relative to its revenues and invested capital.

• Profitability Ratios (Summary)
• Gross Profit Margin
• Operating Profit Margin
• Net Profit Margin
• Return on Equity (ROE)
• Return on Assets (ROA)