Pricecostco Reports Slightly Higher Profits
PriceCostco Inc. on Thursday reported its third-quarter earnings edged up slightly from the year before, due in part to stronger sales.
The membership wholesalewarehouse chain earned $32.6 million, or 17 cents a share, for the quarter ended May 7, up from $32 million, or 15 cents a share, a year earlier.
Sales were $3.82 billion, up from $3.55 billion in 1994’s third quarter.
For the first nine months, earnings were $62.5 million, or 33 cents per share, on sales of $12 billion, compared with $61.3 million, or 28 cents per share, on sales of $11.17 billion a year earlier.
The 1994 results reflected a pretax merger and restructuring charge of $120 million.
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