Costco Wholesale COST
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Costco Wholesale (COST) Current Deferred Tax Assets (2009 - 2015)

Costco Wholesale's (COST) quarterly Current Deferred Tax Assets came in at $834.0 million in Q4 2015, up 29.3% YoY from $645.0 million in Q4 2014, and up 11.5% on a QoQ basis from $748.0 million in Q3 2015.

Costco Wholesale (COST) Current Deferred Tax Assets (2009 - 2015) Analysis & Trends

Costco Wholesale (COST) has 7 years of Current Deferred Tax Assets data on file, last reported at $834.0 million in Q4 2015.

  • Quarterly Current Deferred Tax Assets rose 29.3% year-over-year to $834.0 million in Q4 2015, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Nov 2015 was $834.0 million (up 29.3% YoY) and the FY2015 annual result came in at $748.0 million, up 11.81% from the prior year.
  • Current Deferred Tax Assets improved to $834.0 million in Q4 2015, from $748.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Current Deferred Tax Assets ranged from a high of $834.0 million in Q4 2015 to a low of $360.0 million in Q3 2011.
  • A 5-year average of $603.7 million and a median of $580.5 million in 2013 frame the typical range for Current Deferred Tax Assets.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2011 — Current Deferred Tax Assets fell 17.62% — and 2012, when it jumped 52.78%.
  • Tracing COST's Current Deferred Tax Assets over 5 years: stood at $478.0 million in 2011, then rose by 5.02% to $502.0 million in 2012, then gained by 9.96% to $552.0 million in 2013, then grew by 16.85% to $645.0 million in 2014, then advanced by 29.3% to $834.0 million in 2015.
  • The last three Current Deferred Tax Assets figures came in at $834.0 million (Q4 2015), $748.0 million (Q3 2015), and $765.0 million (Q2 2015), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Walmart 824.27 Bn 813.54 Bn 44.69 Bn
2 Costco Wholesale 420.42 Bn 400.43 Bn 9.01 Bn
3 Target 74.99 Bn 71.45 Bn 7.38 Bn
4 Dollar General 27.11 Bn 25.76 Bn 3.41 Bn
5 Dollar Tree 25.75 Bn 24.74 Bn 1.83 Bn
6 BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings 12.37 Bn 12.34 Bn 1.03 Bn
7 Bbb Foods 6.05 Bn 5.36 Bn 250.62 Mn
8 Pricesmart 5.24 Bn 4.92 Bn 262.22 Mn
9 Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings 4.63 Bn 4.38 Bn 275.96 Mn

Historic Data

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Nov 22, 2015 834.00 Mn
Nov 22, 2015 834.00 Mn
Aug 30, 2015 748.00 Mn
Aug 30, 2015 748.00 Mn
May 10, 2015 765.00 Mn
May 10, 2015 765.00 Mn
Feb 15, 2015 760.00 Mn
Feb 15, 2015 760.00 Mn
Nov 23, 2014 645.00 Mn
Nov 23, 2014 645.00 Mn
Aug 31, 2014 669.00 Mn
Aug 31, 2014 669.00 Mn
May 11, 2014 660.00 Mn
May 11, 2014 660.00 Mn
Feb 16, 2014 641.00 Mn
Feb 16, 2014 641.00 Mn
Nov 24, 2013 552.00 Mn
Nov 24, 2013 552.00 Mn
Sep 1, 2013 621.00 Mn
Sep 1, 2013 621.00 Mn