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Costco Wholesale Corp. – ‘10-Q’ for 11/20/22 – ‘EX-101.CAL’

On: Thursday, 12/29/22, at 4:26pm ET · For: 11/20/22 · Accession #: 909832-22-35 · File #: 0-20355

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

12/29/22  Costco Wholesale Corp.            10-Q       11/20/22   55:4.2M

Quarterly Report — Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    862K 
 2: EX-10.2     Material Contract                                   HTML     18K 
 3: EX-10.3     Material Contract                                   HTML     28K 
 4: EX-10.4     Material Contract                                   HTML     24K 
 5: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
 6: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
12: R1          Cover                                               HTML     69K 
13: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Income         HTML     99K 
14: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Comprehensive  HTML     42K 
                Income                                                           
15: R4          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    138K 
16: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     34K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
17: R6          Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity      HTML     70K 
                Statement                                                        
18: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows     HTML     98K 
19: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     24K 
20: R9          Investments                                         HTML     47K 
21: R10         Fair Value Measurement                              HTML     30K 
22: R11         Debt                                                HTML     35K 
23: R12         Equity                                              HTML     30K 
24: R13         Stock-Based Compensation Plans                      HTML     36K 
25: R14         Net Income per Common and Common Equivalent Share   HTML     26K 
26: R15         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     39K 
27: R16         Segment Reporting                                   HTML     51K 
28: R17         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     32K 
                (Policies)                                                       
29: R18         Investments (Tables)                                HTML     47K 
30: R19         Fair Value Measurement (Tables)                     HTML     27K 
31: R20         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     31K 
32: R21         Equity (Tables)                                     HTML     23K 
33: R22         Stock-Based Compensation Plans (Tables)             HTML     34K 
34: R23         Net Income per Common and Common Equivalent Share   HTML     26K 
                (Tables)                                                         
35: R24         Segment Reporting (Tables)                          HTML     49K 
36: R25         Accounting Policies - Additional Information        HTML     46K 
                (Detail)                                                         
37: R26         Accounting Policies - Leases (Details)              HTML     18K 
38: R27         Investments - Available-for-sale and                HTML     44K 
                Held-to-maturity Investments (Detail)                            
39: R28         Investments - Maturities of Available-for-sale and  HTML     52K 
                Held-to-maturity Securities (Details)                            
40: R29         Fair Value Measurement - Fair Value of Financial    HTML     29K 
                Assets and Financial Liabilities Measured on                     
                Recurring Basis (Details)                                        
41: R30         Debt (Carrying Value and Estimated Fair Value of    HTML     47K 
                Company's Long-term Debt) (Details)                              
42: R31         Equity - Additional Information - Dividends         HTML     20K 
                (Detail)                                                         
43: R32         Equity (Stock Repurchased During Period) (Details)  HTML     24K 
44: R33         Equity - Additional Information - Stock Repurchase  HTML     20K 
                Programs (Details)                                               
45: R34         Stock-Based Compensation Plans - Additional         HTML     44K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
46: R35         Stock-Based Compensation Plans - Summary of RSU     HTML     39K 
                Transactions (Details)                                           
47: R36         Stock-Based Compensation Plans - Summary of         HTML     21K 
                Stock-Based Compensation Expense (Details)                       
48: R37         Net Income per Common and Common Equivalent Share   HTML     37K 
                - Schedule of Earnings per Share Effect on Net                   
                Income and Weighted Average Number of Dilutive                   
                Potential Common Stock (Details)                                 
49: R38         Segment Reporting Information by Segment (Detail)   HTML     37K 
50: R39         Segment Reporting Segment Reporting Information by  HTML     32K 
                Item Category (Details)                                          
53: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     92K 
51: XML         XBRL Instance -- cost-20221120_htm                   XML    861K 
52: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     74K 
 8: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- cost-20221120_cal               XML    126K 
 9: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- cost-20221120_def                XML    266K 
10: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- cost-20221120_lab                     XML    976K 
11: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- cost-20221120_pre              XML    539K 
 7: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- cost-20221120                         XSD     83K 
54: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              328±   495K 
55: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000909832-22-000035-xbrl      Zip    230K

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2 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

10/11/23  Costco Wholesale Corp.            10-K        9/03/23   82:6.2M
 6/01/23  Costco Wholesale Corp.            S-3ASR      6/01/23    5:499K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA

3 Previous Filings that this Filing References

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

11/09/22  Costco Wholesale Corp.            8-K:5,9    11/07/22   11:142K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
10/05/22  Costco Wholesale Corp.            10-K        8/28/22   83:8.4M
 6/02/22  Costco Wholesale Corp.            10-Q        5/08/22   52:5M

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Filing Submission 0000909832-22-000035 – Alternative Formats (Word / Rich Text, HTML, Plain Text, et al.)

Costco Wholesale Corp. – ‘10-Q’ for 11/20/22 – ‘EX-101.CAL’

On: Thursday, 12/29/22, at 4:26pm ET · For: 11/20/22 · Accession #: 909832-22-35 · File #: 0-20355

Quarterly Report — Form 10-QFiling Table of Contents

‘EX-101.CAL’ — XBRL Calculations — cost-20221120_cal

This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.

2 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

3 Previous Filings that this Filing References

Quarterly Report — Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents