.Enterprise Value (EV)
Difficulty: Intermediate
Current Enterprise Value (EV)
Costco Wholesale Corp., current enterprise value calculation
| Current share price (P) | $ |
| No. shares of common stock outstanding | |
| USD $ in millions | |
| Common equity (market value) | |
| Add: Preferred stock $.01 par value; no shares issued and outstanding (per books) | |
| Add: Noncontrolling interests (per books) | |
| Total equity | |
| Add: Short-term borrowings (per books) | |
| Add: Current portion of long-term debt (per books) | |
| Add: Long-term debt, excluding current portion (per books) | |
| Total equity and debt | |
| Less: Cash and cash equivalents | |
| Less: Short-term investments | |
| Enterprise value (EV) | |
Historical Enterprise Value (EV)
Costco Wholesale Corp., EV calculation
| Sep 3, 2017 | Aug 28, 2016 | Aug 30, 2015 | Aug 31, 2014 | Sep 1, 2013 | Sep 2, 2012 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. shares of common stock outstanding1 | |||||||
| Share price1, 2 (USD $) | |||||||
| USD $ in millions | |||||||
| | Common equity (market value) | ||||||
| | Add: Preferred stock $.01 par value; no shares issued and outstanding (per books) | ||||||
| | Add: Noncontrolling interests (per books) | ||||||
| | Total equity | ||||||
| | Add: Short-term borrowings (per books) | ||||||
| | Add: Current portion of long-term debt (per books) | ||||||
| | Add: Long-term debt, excluding current portion (per books) | ||||||
| | Total equity and debt | ||||||
| | Less: Cash and cash equivalents | ||||||
| | Less: Short-term investments | ||||||
| | Enterprise value (EV) | ||||||
2 Close price on the filing date of Costco Wholesale Corp.'s Annual Report.
| Item | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| EV | Enterprise value is total company value (the market value of common equity, debt, and preferred equity) minus the value of cash and short-term investments. | Costco Wholesale Corp.'s EV increased from 2015 to 2016 and from 2016 to 2017. |
