Costco Companies Placed on CreditWatch Positive Mar 99
Standard & Poors, March 1999
Abstract
NEW YORK (Standard & Poor's CreditWire) March 31, 1999-- Standard & Poor's today placed its ratings on Costco Companies Inc. on CreditWatch with positive implications (see list below). The CreditWatch placement is based on Costco's better-than-expected operating and financial performance. Year-to-date results are up over a strong 1997 and 1998, with operating income 13% higher in the first half 1999 over the prior year period. The lease-adjusted operating margin rose to 4.3% in fiscal 1998 from 3.4% three years earlier. Costco's improved performance is due to comparable sales increases of 9% for the first half of fiscal 1999, following two years of high single digit comparable sales growth, increased sales of higher-margined goods, and more efficient distribution. Financial ratios have...
Companies mentioned in this report are: Costco Wholesale Corp.
Action: On CreditWatch:Positive
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