Costco Retained Earnings vs Accounts Payable Analysis

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Retained Earnings vs Accounts Payable

Retained Earnings vs Accounts Payable Correlation Analysis

The overlapping area represents the amount of trend that can be explained by analyzing historical patterns of Costco Wholesale Corp Retained Earnings account and Accounts Payable. At this time, the significance of the direction appears to have almost identical trend.

The correlation between Costco Wholesale's Retained Earnings and Accounts Payable is 0.95. Overlapping area represents the amount of variation of Retained Earnings that can explain the historical movement of Accounts Payable in the same time period over historical financial statements of Costco Wholesale Corp, assuming nothing else is changed. The correlation between historical values of Costco Wholesale's Retained Earnings and Accounts Payable is a relative statistical measure of the degree to which these accounts tend to move together. The correlation coefficient measures the extent to which Retained Earnings of Costco Wholesale Corp are associated (or correlated) with its Accounts Payable. Values of the correlation coefficient range from -1 to +1, where. The correlation of zero (0) is possible when Accounts Payable has no effect on the direction of Retained Earnings i.e., Costco Wholesale's Retained Earnings and Accounts Payable go up and down completely randomly.

Correlation Coefficient

0.95

Relationship Direction	Positive
Relationship Strength	Very Strong

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Retained Earnings

The cumulative amount of net income that a company retains for reinvestment in its operations, rather than distributing it to shareholders as dividends.

Accounts Payable

An accounting item on the balance sheet that represents Costco Wholesale obligation to pay off a short-term debt to its creditors. The accounts payable entry is usually reported under current liabilities. If accounts payable of Costco Wholesale Corp are not paid within the agreed terms, the payables are considered to be in default, which may trigger a penalty or interest payment, or the revocation of additional credit from the supplier. Accounts payable may also be considered a source of cash, since they represent funds being borrowed from suppliers. Given these cash flow considerations, suppliers have a natural inclination to push for shorter payment terms, while creditors want to lengthen the payment terms. The amount a company owes to suppliers or vendors for products or services received but not yet paid for. It represents the company's short-term liabilities.

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Tax Provision is likely to drop to about 1.8 B in 2024. Selling General Administrative is likely to drop to about 19.2 B in 2024

	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Gross Profit	27.6B	29.7B	32.1B	33.7B
Total Revenue	227.0B	242.3B	254.5B	267.2B

Gross Profit Total Revenue

Costco Wholesale fundamental ratios Correlations

	Total Assets	Short Long Term Debt Total	Other Current Liab	Total Current Liabilities	Total Stockholder Equity	Property Plant And Equipment Net	Net Debt	Retained Earnings	Cash	Non Current Assets Total	Non Currrent Assets Other	Cash And Short Term Investments	Net Receivables	Common Stock Shares Outstanding	Non Current Liabilities Total	Inventory	Other Current Assets	Other Stockholder Equity	Total Liab	Total Current Assets	Short Term Debt	Intangible Assets	Accounts Payable	Short Term Investments	Common Stock	Current Deferred Revenue
Total Assets		0.89	0.77	1.0	0.98	1.0	-0.55	0.96	0.92	1.0	0.85	0.93	0.96	0.62	0.93	0.99	-0.19	0.94	1.0	1.0	-0.2	0.64	0.99	0.24	0.2	0.65
Short Long Term Debt Total	0.89		0.55	0.87	0.8	0.89	-0.31	0.76	0.9	0.88	0.65	0.9	0.79	0.63	0.97	0.84	-0.35	0.89	0.91	0.89	-0.14	0.6	0.87	0.22	0.47	0.74
Other Current Liab	0.77	0.55		0.78	0.79	0.76	-0.48	0.8	0.65	0.77	0.65	0.66	0.79	0.41	0.64	0.8	0.22	0.67	0.76	0.77	0.18	0.44	0.79	0.25	-0.22	0.3
Total Current Liabilities	1.0	0.87	0.78		0.97	0.99	-0.53	0.96	0.9	0.99	0.87	0.91	0.97	0.59	0.91	0.99	-0.22	0.93	0.99	0.99	-0.24	0.61	1.0	0.2	0.2	0.64
Total Stockholder Equity	0.98	0.8	0.79	0.97		0.97	-0.64	0.99	0.9	0.97	0.82	0.92	0.95	0.64	0.85	0.96	-0.07	0.92	0.96	0.98	-0.15	0.66	0.97	0.31	0.08	0.58
Property Plant And Equipment Net	1.0	0.89	0.76	0.99	0.97		-0.5	0.95	0.91	1.0	0.84	0.92	0.97	0.65	0.93	0.99	-0.21	0.96	0.99	0.99	-0.22	0.67	0.99	0.26	0.23	0.64
Net Debt	-0.55	-0.31	-0.48	-0.53	-0.64	-0.5		-0.69	-0.7	-0.51	-0.41	-0.68	-0.43	-0.11	-0.37	-0.47	-0.21	-0.36	-0.5	-0.58	0.06	-0.09	-0.53	0.01	0.08	-0.51
Retained Earnings	0.96	0.76	0.8	0.96	0.99	0.95	-0.69		0.9	0.96	0.84	0.9	0.93	0.53	0.82	0.95	-0.11	0.86	0.94	0.97	-0.19	0.56	0.95	0.23	0.01	0.59
Cash	0.92	0.9	0.65	0.9	0.9	0.91	-0.7	0.9		0.9	0.69	1.0	0.8	0.52	0.91	0.86	-0.16	0.83	0.92	0.94	-0.13	0.5	0.9	0.16	0.3	0.79
Non Current Assets Total	1.0	0.88	0.77	0.99	0.97	1.0	-0.51	0.96	0.9		0.87	0.91	0.97	0.62	0.93	0.99	-0.21	0.95	0.99	0.99	-0.24	0.65	0.99	0.23	0.21	0.63
Non Currrent Assets Other	0.85	0.65	0.65	0.87	0.82	0.84	-0.41	0.84	0.69	0.87		0.68	0.88	0.29	0.73	0.86	-0.34	0.74	0.85	0.82	-0.36	0.39	0.86	-0.07	0.13	0.4
Cash And Short Term Investments	0.93	0.9	0.66	0.91	0.92	0.92	-0.68	0.9	1.0	0.91	0.68		0.82	0.59	0.91	0.87	-0.13	0.86	0.92	0.95	-0.08	0.57	0.91	0.26	0.27	0.76
Net Receivables	0.96	0.79	0.79	0.97	0.95	0.97	-0.43	0.93	0.8	0.97	0.88	0.82		0.62	0.85	0.99	-0.19	0.93	0.96	0.95	-0.22	0.68	0.97	0.28	0.12	0.48
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	0.62	0.63	0.41	0.59	0.64	0.65	-0.11	0.53	0.52	0.62	0.29	0.59	0.62		0.61	0.62	0.15	0.82	0.61	0.62	0.15	0.98	0.59	0.8	0.22	0.27
Non Current Liabilities Total	0.93	0.97	0.64	0.91	0.85	0.93	-0.37	0.82	0.91	0.93	0.73	0.91	0.85	0.61		0.9	-0.28	0.89	0.95	0.93	-0.16	0.6	0.92	0.18	0.38	0.71
Inventory	0.99	0.84	0.8	0.99	0.96	0.99	-0.47	0.95	0.86	0.99	0.86	0.87	0.99	0.62	0.9		-0.19	0.93	0.98	0.98	-0.21	0.65	0.99	0.24	0.14	0.59
Other Current Assets	-0.19	-0.35	0.22	-0.22	-0.07	-0.21	-0.21	-0.11	-0.16	-0.21	-0.34	-0.13	-0.19	0.15	-0.28	-0.19		-0.15	-0.24	-0.17	0.67	0.14	-0.19	0.33	-0.32	-0.32
Other Stockholder Equity	0.94	0.89	0.67	0.93	0.92	0.96	-0.36	0.86	0.83	0.95	0.74	0.86	0.93	0.82	0.89	0.93	-0.15		0.94	0.93	-0.13	0.84	0.93	0.45	0.32	0.55
Total Liab	1.0	0.91	0.76	0.99	0.96	0.99	-0.5	0.94	0.92	0.99	0.85	0.92	0.96	0.61	0.95	0.98	-0.24	0.94		0.99	-0.22	0.62	0.99	0.2	0.25	0.67
Total Current Assets	1.0	0.89	0.77	0.99	0.98	0.99	-0.58	0.97	0.94	0.99	0.82	0.95	0.95	0.62	0.93	0.98	-0.17	0.93	0.99		-0.16	0.63	0.99	0.25	0.19	0.67
Short Term Debt	-0.2	-0.14	0.18	-0.24	-0.15	-0.22	0.06	-0.19	-0.13	-0.24	-0.36	-0.08	-0.22	0.15	-0.16	-0.21	0.67	-0.13	-0.22	-0.16		0.12	-0.22	0.42	-0.26	-0.29
Intangible Assets	0.64	0.6	0.44	0.61	0.66	0.67	-0.09	0.56	0.5	0.65	0.39	0.57	0.68	0.98	0.6	0.65	0.14	0.84	0.62	0.63	0.12		0.62	0.78	0.2	0.17
Accounts Payable	0.99	0.87	0.79	1.0	0.97	0.99	-0.53	0.95	0.9	0.99	0.86	0.91	0.97	0.59	0.92	0.99	-0.19	0.93	0.99	0.99	-0.22	0.62		0.2	0.2	0.63
Short Term Investments	0.24	0.22	0.25	0.2	0.31	0.26	0.01	0.23	0.16	0.23	-0.07	0.26	0.28	0.8	0.18	0.24	0.33	0.45	0.2	0.25	0.42	0.78	0.2		-0.15	-0.14
Common Stock	0.2	0.47	-0.22	0.2	0.08	0.23	0.08	0.01	0.3	0.21	0.13	0.27	0.12	0.22	0.38	0.14	-0.32	0.32	0.25	0.19	-0.26	0.2	0.2	-0.15		0.45
Current Deferred Revenue	0.65	0.74	0.3	0.64	0.58	0.64	-0.51	0.59	0.79	0.63	0.4	0.76	0.48	0.27	0.71	0.59	-0.32	0.55	0.67	0.67	-0.29	0.17	0.63	-0.14	0.45

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Costco Wholesale Account Relationship Matchups

Costco Wholesale fundamental ratios Accounts

	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Total Assets	55.6B	59.3B	64.2B	69.0B	69.8B	73.3B
Short Long Term Debt Total	10.2B	10.1B	9.0B	8.9B	8.3B	8.7B
Other Current Liab	3.7B	12.4B	14.1B	15.0B	15.9B	16.7B
Total Current Liabilities	24.8B	29.4B	32.0B	33.6B	35.5B	37.2B
Total Stockholder Equity	18.3B	17.6B	20.6B	25.1B	23.6B	24.8B
Property Plant And Equipment Net	25.2B	27.4B	29.0B	30.7B	31.6B	33.2B
Net Debt	(2.1B)	(1.1B)	(1.2B)	(4.8B)	(1.6B)	(1.6B)
Retained Earnings	12.9B	11.7B	15.6B	19.5B	17.6B	18.5B
Cash	12.3B	11.3B	10.2B	13.7B	9.9B	10.4B
Non Current Assets Total	27.4B	29.8B	31.5B	33.1B	35.6B	37.4B
Non Currrent Assets Other	1.3B	1.4B	1.4B	1.4B	2.9B	3.1B
Cash And Short Term Investments	13.3B	12.2B	11.0B	15.2B	11.1B	11.7B
Net Receivables	1.6B	1.8B	2.2B	2.3B	2.7B	2.9B
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	443.9M	444.3M	444.8M	444.5M	444.8M	443.4M
Liabilities And Stockholders Equity	55.6B	59.3B	64.2B	69.0B	69.8B	73.3B
Non Current Liabilities Total	12.0B	11.7B	11.5B	10.4B	10.7B	11.3B
Inventory	12.2B	14.2B	17.9B	16.7B	18.6B	19.6B
Other Current Assets	1.0B	1.3B	1.5B	1.7B	1.7B	1.3B
Other Stockholder Equity	6.7B	7.0B	6.9B	7.3B	7.8B	8.2B
Total Liab	36.9B	41.2B	43.5B	43.9B	46.2B	48.5B
Total Current Assets	28.1B	29.5B	32.7B	35.9B	34.2B	36.0B
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income	(1.3B)	(1.1B)	(1.8B)	(1.8B)	(1.8B)	(1.7B)
Short Term Debt	95M	799M	73M	1.1B	103M	97.9M
Accounts Payable	14.2B	16.3B	17.8B	17.5B	19.4B	20.4B
Short Term Investments	1.0B	917M	846M	1.5B	1.2B	1.0B
Current Deferred Revenue	6.8B	7.8B	8.5B	8.8B	2.5B	2.5B
Good Will	988M	996M	993M	994M	1.1B	1.2B
Other Assets	978M	1.1B	4.1B	1.4B	1.6B	1.6B
Long Term Debt	7.5B	6.7B	6.5B	5.4B	4.8B	5.1B
Long Term Debt Total	8.2B	7.7B	6.5B	6.7B	7.7B	7.5B
Capital Surpluse	6.7B	7.0B	6.9B	7.3B	8.4B	7.3B
Cash And Equivalents	12.3B	11.3B	10.2B	13.7B	15.8B	10.4B
Property Plant Equipment	25.2B	27.4B	27.4B	30.7B	35.3B	26.6B
Other Liab	1.3B	1.4B	2.6B	1.2B	1.4B	1.6B
Net Tangible Assets	17.3B	16.6B	20.6B	24.1B	27.7B	19.5B
Net Invested Capital	25.9B	25.1B	27.2B	31.5B	36.2B	27.7B
Non Current Liabilities Other	1.9B	2.4B	2.6B	2.6B	2.9B	2.2B
Net Working Capital	3.3B	64M	698M	2.3B	2.6B	2.8B
Short Long Term Debt	95M	799M	73M	1.1B	972.9M	599.5M

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