Costco Wholesale Corporation COST

910.34 (14.25) (1.54%) as of 30 Sep
Market cap
$410.1B
P/E
43.8×
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Older periods Nov '25 Feb '26 May '26 Aug '26
ROE

+8 more TTM periods

30.32% 29.65% 29.15% 28.40%
ROA
10.63% 10.90% 10.92% 11.11%
ROIC
35.43% 35.00% 36.57% 35.34%
Return on Tangible Assets
24.26% 23.74% 23.67% 24.11%
Average Days of Receivables
4.21 4.82 4.66 4.77
Free Cash Flow per Share
20.28 20.50 19.84 21.15
Free Cash Flow
9,003.00 9,099.00 8,806.00 9,390.00
Capital Expenditures
(5,760.00) (5,912.00) (6,194.00) (6,435.00)
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Cash ROIC
16.94% 16.24% 14.88% 14.84%
Accounts Receivable Turnover
90.54 83.68 88.63 84.66
Accounts Payable Turnover
10.78 12.70 12.13 12.47
Inventory Turnover
11.60 13.21 13.45 14.12
Average Days of Payables
35.13 30.23 31.91 31.20
Days of Inventory on Hand
31.59 27.81 27.71 26.69
Tax Rate
(0.25) (0.25) (0.25) (0.25)
Research and Development Expense of Revenue
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Selling, General and Administrative Expense of Revenue
9.08% 9.10% 9.05% 8.97%
Share Based Compensation of Revenue
0.31% 0.31% 0.31% 0.30%
Interest Coverage
70.07 73.42 76.88 80.59
Operating CF/Net income
1.78 1.76 1.70 1.72
Depreciation/Fixed assets
0.08 0.07 0.07 0.08
Capex/Depreciation
(2.33) (2.35) (2.41) (2.41)
Revenue per Share
631.57 644.82 661.35 682.82
Operating CF per Share
33.25 33.81 33.79 35.64
Capex per Share
(12.97) (13.32) (13.95) (14.49)
Capex to Sales
0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02

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Columns are period end dates · fundamentals updated 28 Sep 2026