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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Aug '26 May '26 Feb '26 Nov '25 Older periods
ROE
28.40% 29.15% 29.65% 30.32%

+8 more TTM periods

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