Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) Fourth Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call September 26, 2024, 5:00 pm ET
Company participants
Gary Millerchip, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Ron Vachris – CEO
Conference Call Participants
Simeon Gutman – Morgan Stanley
Chris Horvers – JPMorgan
Chuck Grom – Gordon Haskett
Brandon Cheatham – Citigroup
John Heinbockel – Guggenheim Values
Scott Ciccarelli – Truist Values
Rupesh Parikh – Oppenheimer
Kelly Bania – BMO Capital Markets
Michael Baker – D.A. Davidson
Karen Short – Melius Research
Greg Melich – Evercore ISI
Operator
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for waiting. My name is Krista and today I will be your conference operator. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to Costco Wholesale Corporation's Q4 2024 conference call. All lines have been silenced to avoid background noise. After the speakers' interventions, there will be a question and answer session. [Operator Instructions] Thank you.
I will now turn it over to Gary Millerchip, Chief Financial Officer. Gary, the word is yours.
Gary Miller Chip
Good afternoon everyone and thank you for joining Costco's Q4 2024 earnings call. I would like to begin by reminding you that these discussions will include forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual events, results and/or performance to change. differ materially from those indicated in said statements. Risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those described in today's call, as well as other risks identified from time to time in the company's public statements and reports filed with the SEC.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and the company undertakes no obligation to update these statements except as required by law. Comparable sales and comparable sales excluding impacts