Costco Wholesale Corp. shares slipped in the extended session Tuesday even after the membership warehouse chain reported quarterly results that topped Wall Street estimates.
Costco COST, -1.01% shares fell 1.5% after hours, following a 1% decline in the regular session to close at $552.96. Costco reported fourth-quarter net income of $2.16 billion, or $4.86 a share, compared with $1.87 billion, or $4.20 a share, in the year-ago period.Analysts on average expected earnings of $4.82 a share on revenue of $78.81 billion, according to FactSet.
Sales at stores open for at least a year rose 1.1%, or 3.8% adjusted for gasoline and currency, compared with the 3.5% Street estimates. Total annual revenue rose to $242.29 billion from $226.95 billion in the previous fiscal year. Analysts were forecasting $252.93 billion in revenue.
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