Report
John Brick, CFA
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Costco’s self-reinforcing model can continue to withstand competition from discounters and Amazon.

Wide-moat Costco’s results are on track to meet our full-year estimates for 8.5% revenue and 13% earnings per share growth. We plan to raise our fair value estimate 3%-5% from the current $154; this reflects our expectations for fiscal 2018 U.S. corporate tax reform rather than material changes to our assumptions. The company posted fiscal third-quarter top-line growth of 8% to $28.22 billion, driven by same-club sales of 5%, and operating margins of 3.4% (versus 3.3% last year). Renewal rates i...
Underlying
Costco Wholesale Corporation

Costco Wholesale and its subsidiaries are principally engaged in the operation of membership warehouses based on the concept of providing its members low prices on a selection of nationally branded and private-label products. The company's merchandise are: food and sundries, which include dry foods, packaged foods, and groceries, snack foods, candy, alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages, and cleaning supplies; hardlines, which include appliances, electronics, health and beauty aids, hardware, and garden and patio; fresh food, which include meat, produce, deli, and bakery; softlines, which include apparel and small appliances; and ancillary, which include gas stations and pharmacy businesses.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

Analysts
John Brick, CFA

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