Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) reported quarterly earnings of $3.78 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $3.70 by 2.16 percent. This is a 29.01 percent increase over earnings of $2.93 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $58.515 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $58.069 billion by 0.77 percent. This is a 9.07 percent increase over sales of $53.648 billion the same period last year.