Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) reported quarterly earnings of $4.50 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $4.27 by 5.44 percent. This is a 17.8 percent increase over earnings of $3.82 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $67.307 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $67.137 billion by 0.25 percent. This is a 8.30 percent increase over sales of $62.151 billion the same period last year.