Costco Selling General Administrative vs Operating Income Analysis

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Costco Wholesale financial indicator trend analysis is way more than just evaluating Costco Wholesale Corp prevailing accounting drivers to predict future trends. We encourage investors to analyze account correlations over time for multiple indicators to determine whether Costco Wholesale Corp is a good investment. Please check the relationship between Costco Wholesale Selling General Administrative and its Operating Income accounts. Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Costco Wholesale Corp. Also, note that the market value of any company could be tightly coupled with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in state.

Selling General Administrative vs Operating Income

Selling General Administrative vs Operating Income Correlation Analysis

The overlapping area represents the amount of trend that can be explained by analyzing historical patterns of Costco Wholesale Corp Selling General Administrative account and Operating Income. At this time, the significance of the direction appears to have very strong relationship.

The correlation between Costco Wholesale's Selling General Administrative and Operating Income is 0.87. Overlapping area represents the amount of variation of Selling General Administrative that can explain the historical movement of Operating Income in the same time period over historical financial statements of Costco Wholesale Corp, assuming nothing else is changed. The correlation between historical values of Costco Wholesale's Selling General Administrative and Operating Income is a relative statistical measure of the degree to which these accounts tend to move together. The correlation coefficient measures the extent to which Selling General Administrative of Costco Wholesale Corp are associated (or correlated) with its Operating Income. Values of the correlation coefficient range from -1 to +1, where. The correlation of zero (0) is possible when Operating Income has no effect on the direction of Selling General Administrative i.e., Costco Wholesale's Selling General Administrative and Operating Income go up and down completely randomly.

Correlation Coefficient

0.87

Relationship Direction	Positive
Relationship Strength	Strong

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Selling General Administrative

Operating Income

Operating Income is the amount of profit realized from Costco Wholesale Corp operations after accounting for operating expenses such as cost of goods sold (COGS), wages and depreciation. Operating income takes the gross income and subtracts other operating expenses and then removes depreciation. Operating Income of Costco Wholesale Corp is typically a synonym for earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) and is also commonly referred to as operating profit or recurring profit. Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), representing the amount of profit a company generates from its operations.

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Tax Provision is likely to drop to about 1.7 B in 2024. Selling General Administrative is likely to drop to about 18.4 B in 2024

	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Gross Profit	27.6B	29.7B	34.2B	35.9B
Total Revenue	227.0B	242.3B	278.6B	292.6B

Gross Profit Total Revenue

Costco Wholesale fundamental ratios Correlations

	Total Assets	Short Long Term Debt Total	Other Current Liab	Total Current Liabilities	Total Stockholder Equity	Property Plant And Equipment Net	Net Debt	Retained Earnings	Cash	Non Current Assets Total	Non Currrent Assets Other	Cash And Short Term Investments	Net Receivables	Common Stock Shares Outstanding	Non Current Liabilities Total	Inventory	Other Current Assets	Other Stockholder Equity	Total Liab	Total Current Assets	Short Term Debt	Intangible Assets	Accounts Payable	Short Term Investments	Common Stock	Current Deferred Revenue
Total Assets		0.92	0.38	1.0	0.98	1.0	-0.71	0.97	0.97	1.0	0.92	0.98	0.98	0.66	0.93	0.99	-0.18	0.95	1.0	1.0	0.2	0.63	1.0	0.33	0.17	0.84
Short Long Term Debt Total	0.92		0.3	0.92	0.84	0.93	-0.48	0.81	0.9	0.93	0.84	0.9	0.88	0.64	0.99	0.9	-0.33	0.91	0.95	0.91	0.19	0.61	0.93	0.28	0.38	0.8
Other Current Liab	0.38	0.3		0.37	0.4	0.38	-0.19	0.38	0.3	0.37	0.24	0.32	0.43	0.45	0.34	0.45	0.53	0.4	0.37	0.39	-0.64	0.44	0.4	0.39	-0.29	-0.04
Total Current Liabilities	1.0	0.92	0.37		0.97	0.99	-0.7	0.96	0.96	1.0	0.92	0.96	0.98	0.64	0.92	0.99	-0.22	0.94	0.99	0.99	0.23	0.61	0.99	0.3	0.18	0.84
Total Stockholder Equity	0.98	0.84	0.4	0.97		0.97	-0.79	0.99	0.96	0.97	0.89	0.97	0.96	0.65	0.85	0.96	-0.08	0.92	0.96	0.98	0.17	0.63	0.96	0.38	0.04	0.82
Property Plant And Equipment Net	1.0	0.93	0.38	0.99	0.97		-0.66	0.95	0.95	1.0	0.89	0.96	0.98	0.7	0.93	0.99	-0.2	0.97	0.99	0.99	0.21	0.68	0.99	0.36	0.22	0.83
Net Debt	-0.71	-0.48	-0.19	-0.7	-0.79	-0.66		-0.82	-0.8	-0.68	-0.74	-0.8	-0.63	-0.24	-0.51	-0.65	-0.13	-0.53	-0.66	-0.73	-0.07	-0.2	-0.69	-0.12	0.11	-0.72
Retained Earnings	0.97	0.81	0.38	0.96	0.99	0.95	-0.82		0.96	0.96	0.91	0.96	0.94	0.56	0.82	0.95	-0.11	0.87	0.94	0.97	0.19	0.54	0.95	0.32	-0.01	0.82
Cash	0.97	0.9	0.3	0.96	0.96	0.95	-0.8	0.96		0.96	0.92	1.0	0.91	0.54	0.91	0.93	-0.17	0.87	0.96	0.98	0.17	0.51	0.96	0.24	0.19	0.89
Non Current Assets Total	1.0	0.93	0.37	1.0	0.97	1.0	-0.68	0.96	0.96		0.92	0.96	0.98	0.67	0.94	0.99	-0.21	0.95	1.0	0.99	0.21	0.64	0.99	0.32	0.2	0.84
Non Currrent Assets Other	0.92	0.84	0.24	0.92	0.89	0.89	-0.74	0.91	0.92	0.92		0.9	0.86	0.37	0.87	0.9	-0.3	0.76	0.92	0.91	0.27	0.31	0.92	0.01	0.08	0.82
Cash And Short Term Investments	0.98	0.9	0.32	0.96	0.97	0.96	-0.8	0.96	1.0	0.96	0.9		0.93	0.59	0.9	0.94	-0.14	0.89	0.96	0.98	0.16	0.56	0.96	0.31	0.17	0.88
Net Receivables	0.98	0.88	0.43	0.98	0.96	0.98	-0.63	0.94	0.91	0.98	0.86	0.93		0.71	0.89	0.99	-0.19	0.95	0.97	0.98	0.22	0.68	0.98	0.4	0.13	0.77
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	0.66	0.64	0.45	0.64	0.65	0.7	-0.24	0.56	0.54	0.67	0.37	0.59	0.71		0.63	0.68	0.13	0.83	0.65	0.64	0.05	0.97	0.65	0.82	0.17	0.36
Non Current Liabilities Total	0.93	0.99	0.34	0.92	0.85	0.93	-0.51	0.82	0.91	0.94	0.87	0.9	0.89	0.63		0.92	-0.28	0.9	0.95	0.92	0.15	0.6	0.94	0.25	0.35	0.78
Inventory	0.99	0.9	0.45	0.99	0.96	0.99	-0.65	0.95	0.93	0.99	0.9	0.94	0.99	0.68	0.92		-0.19	0.95	0.99	0.98	0.2	0.65	0.99	0.34	0.14	0.77
Other Current Assets	-0.18	-0.33	0.53	-0.22	-0.08	-0.2	-0.13	-0.11	-0.17	-0.21	-0.3	-0.14	-0.19	0.13	-0.28	-0.19		-0.15	-0.24	-0.16	-0.79	0.14	-0.18	0.29	-0.32	-0.31
Other Stockholder Equity	0.95	0.91	0.4	0.94	0.92	0.97	-0.53	0.87	0.87	0.95	0.76	0.89	0.95	0.83	0.9	0.95	-0.15		0.94	0.93	0.19	0.82	0.94	0.5	0.29	0.75
Total Liab	1.0	0.95	0.37	0.99	0.96	0.99	-0.66	0.94	0.96	1.0	0.92	0.96	0.97	0.65	0.95	0.99	-0.24	0.94		0.99	0.21	0.61	1.0	0.29	0.22	0.84
Total Current Assets	1.0	0.91	0.39	0.99	0.98	0.99	-0.73	0.97	0.98	0.99	0.91	0.98	0.98	0.64	0.92	0.98	-0.16	0.93	0.99		0.18	0.61	0.99	0.33	0.14	0.84
Short Term Debt	0.2	0.19	-0.64	0.23	0.17	0.21	-0.07	0.19	0.17	0.21	0.27	0.16	0.22	0.05	0.15	0.2	-0.79	0.19	0.21	0.18		0.04	0.19	-0.09	0.13	0.28
Intangible Assets	0.63	0.61	0.44	0.61	0.63	0.68	-0.2	0.54	0.51	0.64	0.31	0.56	0.68	0.97	0.6	0.65	0.14	0.82	0.61	0.61	0.04		0.62	0.78	0.2	0.33
Accounts Payable	1.0	0.93	0.4	0.99	0.96	0.99	-0.69	0.95	0.96	0.99	0.92	0.96	0.98	0.65	0.94	0.99	-0.18	0.94	1.0	0.99	0.19	0.62		0.3	0.19	0.82
Short Term Investments	0.33	0.28	0.39	0.3	0.38	0.36	-0.12	0.32	0.24	0.32	0.01	0.31	0.4	0.82	0.25	0.34	0.29	0.5	0.29	0.33	-0.09	0.78	0.3		-0.18	0.09
Common Stock	0.17	0.38	-0.29	0.18	0.04	0.22	0.11	-0.01	0.19	0.2	0.08	0.17	0.13	0.17	0.35	0.14	-0.32	0.29	0.22	0.14	0.13	0.2	0.19	-0.18		0.39
Current Deferred Revenue	0.84	0.8	-0.04	0.84	0.82	0.83	-0.72	0.82	0.89	0.84	0.82	0.88	0.77	0.36	0.78	0.77	-0.31	0.75	0.84	0.84	0.28	0.33	0.82	0.09	0.39

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Costco Wholesale Account Relationship Matchups

Costco Wholesale fundamental ratios Accounts

	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Total Assets	55.6B	59.3B	64.2B	69.0B	79.3B	83.3B
Short Long Term Debt Total	10.2B	10.1B	9.0B	8.9B	10.2B	10.7B
Other Current Liab	3.7B	4.6B	11.9B	6.3B	7.2B	7.6B
Total Current Liabilities	24.8B	29.4B	32.0B	33.6B	38.6B	40.6B
Total Stockholder Equity	18.3B	17.6B	20.6B	25.1B	28.8B	30.3B
Property Plant And Equipment Net	24.6B	26.4B	27.4B	29.4B	33.8B	35.5B
Net Debt	(2.1B)	(1.1B)	(1.2B)	(4.8B)	(4.3B)	(4.1B)
Retained Earnings	12.9B	11.7B	15.6B	19.5B	22.4B	23.6B
Cash	12.3B	11.3B	10.2B	13.7B	15.8B	16.5B
Non Current Assets Total	27.4B	29.8B	31.5B	33.1B	38.1B	40.0B
Non Currrent Assets Other	2.8B	3.4B	4.1B	3.7B	4.3B	4.5B
Cash And Short Term Investments	13.3B	12.2B	11.0B	15.2B	17.5B	18.4B
Net Receivables	1.6B	1.8B	2.2B	2.3B	2.6B	2.8B
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	443.9M	444.3M	444.8M	444.5M	511.1M	442.2M
Liabilities And Stockholders Equity	55.6B	59.3B	64.2B	69.0B	79.3B	83.3B
Non Current Liabilities Total	12.0B	11.7B	11.5B	10.4B	11.9B	12.5B
Inventory	12.2B	14.2B	17.9B	16.7B	19.1B	20.1B
Other Current Assets	1.0B	1.3B	1.5B	1.7B	2.0B	1.2B
Other Stockholder Equity	6.7B	7.0B	6.9B	7.3B	8.4B	8.9B
Total Liab	36.9B	41.2B	43.5B	43.9B	50.5B	53.1B
Total Current Assets	28.1B	29.5B	32.7B	35.9B	41.3B	43.3B
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income	(1.3B)	(1.1B)	(1.8B)	(1.8B)	(1.6B)	(1.5B)
Short Term Debt	95M	799M	73M	1.1B	1.2B	1.3B
Accounts Payable	14.2B	16.3B	17.8B	17.5B	20.1B	21.1B
Short Term Investments	1.0B	917M	846M	1.5B	1.8B	1.0B
Current Deferred Revenue	6.8B	7.8B	2.2B	8.8B	10.1B	10.6B
Good Will	988M	940M	993M	994M	1.1B	1.2B
Other Assets	978M	1.1B	4.1B	1.4B	1.6B	1.6B
Long Term Debt	7.5B	6.7B	6.5B	5.4B	4.8B	5.1B
Long Term Debt Total	8.2B	7.7B	6.5B	6.7B	7.7B	7.5B
Capital Surpluse	6.7B	7.0B	6.9B	7.3B	8.4B	7.3B
Cash And Equivalents	12.3B	11.3B	10.2B	13.7B	15.8B	10.4B
Property Plant Equipment	25.2B	27.4B	27.4B	30.7B	35.3B	26.6B
Other Liab	1.3B	1.4B	2.6B	1.2B	1.4B	1.6B
Net Tangible Assets	17.3B	16.6B	20.6B	24.1B	27.7B	19.5B
Net Invested Capital	25.9B	25.1B	27.2B	31.5B	36.2B	27.7B
Non Current Liabilities Other	1.9B	2.4B	2.6B	2.6B	2.9B	2.2B
Net Working Capital	3.3B	64M	698M	2.3B	2.6B	2.8B
Short Long Term Debt	95M	799M	73M	1.1B	972.9M	599.5M

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Quarterly Earnings Growth

0.188

Dividend Share

4.08

Earnings Share

15.31

Revenue Per Share

560.607

Quarterly Revenue Growth

0.057

The market value of Costco Wholesale Corp is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Costco that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Costco Wholesale's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Costco Wholesale's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Costco Wholesale's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Costco Wholesale's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.

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Costco Selling General Administrative vs Operating Income Analysis

Selling General Administrative vs Operating Income

Selling General Administrative vs Operating Income Correlation Analysis

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Selling General Administrative

Operating Income

Costco Wholesale fundamental ratios Correlations

Costco Wholesale Account Relationship Matchups

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Total Current Liabilities	+ 1.0	Total Assets
Property Plant And Equipment Net	+ 1.0	Total Assets
Non Current Assets Total	+ 1.0	Total Assets
Total Liab	+ 1.0	Total Assets
Total Current Assets	+ 1.0	Total Assets
Accounts Payable	+ 1.0	Total Assets

Retained Earnings	- 0.82	Net Debt
Cash And Short Term Investments	- 0.8	Net Debt
Cash	- 0.8	Net Debt
Short Term Debt	- 0.79	Other Current Assets
Net Debt	- 0.79	Total Stockholder Equity
Non Currrent Assets Other	- 0.74	Net Debt