Benzinga | May 27, 2021 04:16PM EDT

Costco Wholesale Q3 EPS $2.75 Beats $2.34 Estimate, Sales $44.38B Beat $43.64B Estimate

Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) reported quarterly earnings of $2.75 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $2.34 by 17.52 percent. This is a 45.5 percent increase over earnings of $1.89 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $44.38 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $43.64 billion by 1.70 percent. This is a 19.09 percent increase over sales of $37.27 billion the same period last year.