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Net Income per Common and Common Equivalent Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Nov. 25, 2018

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted

The following table shows the amounts used in computing net income per share and the weighted average number of shares of potentially dilutive common shares outstanding (shares in 000’s):

	12 Weeks Ended
	November 25, 2018				November 26, 2017
Net income attributable to Costco	$	767			$	640
Weighted average number of common shares used in basic net income per common share	439,157				437,965
RSUs	3,592				2,886
Weighted average number of common shares and dilutive potential of common stock used in diluted net income per share	442,749				440,851

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Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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