Costco Wholesale Corporation COST

Consumer Defensive — Discount Stores

910.34 (14.25) (1.54%) as of 30 Sep

Market cap: $410.1B
P/E: 43.8×

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Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios 10-Q 10-K

	Aug '26	Aug '25	Aug '24	Aug '23	Aug '22	Aug '21	Aug '20	Aug '19	Aug '18	Aug '17
P/E ratio Full definition →	45.42	51.44	52.93	39.12	39.46	39.89	38.42	35.10	32.61	25.70
P/S ratio Full definition →	1.38	1.51	1.53	1.01	1.01	1.02	0.92	0.84	0.72	0.53
P/FCF ratio Full definition →	44.63	53.19	58.83	42.95	157.57	33.33	25.41	38.25	36.45	16.27
P/Operating CF Full definition →	89.31	107.79	131.85	65.45	92.43	68.65	36.25	56.01	65.79	37.47
P/B ratio Full definition →	11.70	14.29	16.51	9.73	11.22	11.16	8.22	8.24	7.80	6.20
Price to Tangible BV Full definition →	11.70	14.29	16.51	9.73	11.22	11.16	8.22	8.24	7.80	6.20
EV/Sales Full definition →	1.33	1.48	1.51	0.97	0.99	1.00	0.89	0.82	0.72	0.55
EV/EBITDA Full definition →	29.29	31.80	33.39	22.98	22.96	22.27	20.91	20.20	17.16	12.89
EV/Operating CF Full definition →	25.52	30.55	33.93	23.50	42.37	20.44	16.71	19.79	17.59	10.51
EV/FCF Full definition →	43.02	51.98	58.04	41.41	154.52	32.55	24.47	37.47	36.20	16.73
Quick Ratio Full definition →	0.57	0.50	0.39	0.52	0.42	0.47	0.60	0.47	0.45	0.41
Current Ratio Full definition →	1.06	1.03	0.97	1.07	1.02	1.00	1.13	1.01	1.02	0.99
Net Debt/EBITDA Full definition →	(1.05)	(0.75)	(0.46)	(0.86)	(0.46)	(0.55)	(0.80)	(0.42)	(0.12)	0.16
Debt/Assets Full definition →	6.92%	7.41%	8.44%	9.36%	10.22%	12.64%	13.70%	15.03%	16.11%	18.34%
Debt/Equity Full definition →	0.17	0.20	0.25	0.26	0.32	0.41	0.41	0.44	0.50	0.60
Asset Turnover Full definition →	3.65	3.75	3.67	3.64	3.68	3.41	3.30	3.54	3.67	3.71
Operating CF/Net income Full definition →	1.72	1.65	1.54	1.76	1.26	1.79	2.21	1.74	1.84	2.51
Capex/Depreciation Full definition →	(2.41)	(2.27)	(2.11)	(2.08)	(2.05)	(2.01)	(1.71)	(2.01)	(2.07)	(1.83)
Interest Coverage Full definition →	80.59	67.42	54.94	50.71	49.32	39.23	33.97	31.58	28.18	30.68
ROE Full definition →	28.40%	30.69%	30.27%	27.53%	30.18%	27.22%	23.34%	25.51%	25.92%	22.89%
ROA Full definition →	11.11%	11.02%	10.61%	9.45%	9.47%	8.72%	7.93%	8.49%	8.12%	7.71%
ROIC Full definition →	35.34%	33.12%	31.58%	31.15%	30.15%	31.30%	26.11%	22.84%	22.54%	21.47%
Return on Tangible Assets Full definition →	24.11%	24.41%	26.49%	21.71%	23.06%	21.26%	15.96%	17.31%	15.64%	14.90%
Average Days of Receivables Full definition →	4.77	4.25	3.90	3.44	3.60	3.36	3.39	3.67	4.30	4.05
Research and Development Expense of Revenue Full definition →	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Selling, General and Administrative Expense of Revenue Full definition →	8.97%	9.07%	8.96%	8.91%	8.71%	9.46%	9.83%	9.82%	9.80%	10.04%
Intangible Assets out of Total Assets Full definition →	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Share Based Compensation of Revenue Full definition →	0.30%	0.31%	0.32%	0.32%	0.32%	0.34%	0.37%	0.39%	0.38%	0.40%
Graham Net Nets Full definition →	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.03)	(0.03)	(0.05)	(0.06)	(0.06)	(0.05)	(0.07)	(0.12)
Graham Number Full definition →	194.19	164.23	140.98	133.55	117.70	102.39	92.80	81.45	69.33	58.89
Earnings Yield Full definition →	2.20%	1.94%	1.89%	2.56%	2.53%	2.51%	2.60%	2.85%	3.07%	3.89%
Free Cash Flow Yield Full definition →	2.24%	1.88%	1.70%	2.33%	0.63%	3.00%	3.94%	2.61%	2.74%	6.15%
Revenue per Share Full definition →	682.85	619.92	573.20	545.88	511.56	442.19	377.03	347.25	322.85	294.28
Operating CF per Share Full definition →	35.65	30.03	25.54	24.94	16.66	20.22	20.03	14.45	13.17	15.34
Capex per Share Full definition →	(14.49)	(12.38)	(10.61)	(9.74)	(8.77)	(8.10)	(6.35)	(6.82)	(6.77)	(5.71)
Free Cash Flow per Share Full definition →	21.15	17.65	14.93	15.20	7.89	12.12	13.68	7.64	6.40	9.63
Cash per Share Full definition →	47.98	34.42	25.10	34.32	24.90	27.48	30.08	21.48	16.55	13.18
Shareholders Equity per Share Full definition →	80.65	65.69	53.21	56.46	46.54	40.80	42.29	35.44	29.88	25.27
Interest Debt per Share Full definition →	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Book value per Share Full definition →	80.65	65.69	53.21	56.46	46.54	40.80	42.29	35.44	29.88	25.27
Free Cash Flow Full definition →	9,390.00	7,837.00	6,629.00	6,745.00	3,501.00	5,370.00	6,051.00	3,358.00	2,805.00	4,224.00
Working Capital Full definition →	2,630.00	1,272.00	(1,218.00)	2,296.00	698.00	64.00	3,276.00	248.00	363.00	(178.00)
Capital Expenditures Full definition →	(6,435.00)	(5,498.00)	(4,710.00)	(4,323.00)	(3,891.00)	(3,588.00)	(2,810.00)	(2,998.00)	(2,969.00)	(2,502.00)
Net Current Asset Value Full definition →	(6,660.00)	(9,555.00)	(11,963.00)	(8,057.00)	(10,823.00)	(11,685.00)	(8,731.00)	(6,331.00)	(7,438.00)	(7,951.00)
EV/EBIT Full definition →	34.57	39.23	41.44	28.97	28.78	29.39	27.24	26.56	22.67	17.19
Capex to Sales Full definition →	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
Price to Operating Income Full definition →	35.86	40.14	42.00	30.05	29.35	30.09	28.29	27.11	22.82	16.72
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Depreciation/Fixed assets Full definition →	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.07	0.07	0.08
Cash ROIC Full definition →	14.84%	15.62%	16.30%	14.43%	9.15%	14.23%	15.27%	10.54%	10.41%	17.96%
Accounts Receivable Turnover Full definition →	84.66	92.92	101.66	107.07	112.24	116.87	108.11	95.32	91.31	96.14
Accounts Payable Turnover Full definition →	12.47	12.24	12.05	12.03	11.69	11.21	11.21	11.60	11.82	12.99
Inventory Turnover Full definition →	14.12	13.05	12.60	12.30	12.41	12.90	12.26	11.85	11.80	11.90
Average Days of Payables Full definition →	31.20	30.10	31.88	30.02	32.67	34.81	35.69	32.08	33.30	31.34
Days of Inventory on Hand Full definition →	26.69	27.56	30.61	28.59	32.78	30.40	30.83	31.30	32.72	32.08
Average Receivables Full definition →	3,581.00	2,962.00	2,503.00	2,263.00	2,022.00	1,676.50	1,542.50	1,602.00	1,550.50	1,342.00
Average Payables Full definition →	21,187.00	19,602.00	18,452.00	17,665.50	17,063.00	15,225.00	12,925.50	11,458.00	10,422.50	8,610.00
Average Inventory Full definition →	18,720.00	18,381.50	17,649.00	17,279.00	16,061.00	13,228.50	11,818.50	11,217.50	10,437.00	9,401.50
Average Assets Full definition →	83,072.00	73,465.00	69,412.50	66,580.00	61,717.00	57,412.00	50,478.00	43,115.00	38,588.50	34,755.00
Average Common Equity Full definition →	32,483.50	26,393.00	24,340.00	22,852.50	19,362.50	18,391.50	17,144.50	14,343.50	12,091.00	11,705.50

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