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Costco Wholesale Corporation COST

Consumer Defensive  —  Discount Stores
915.68 5.34 0.59% as of 1 Oct
Market cap
$403.5B
P/E
44.1×
S&P 500 Member Nasdaq 100 Member Cash Flow Champion (3y) Revenue Champion (10y)
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Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) Book value per share

Costco Wholesale Corporation's book value per share at the end of fiscal 2026 was 80.6×, up 22.8% from 65.7× in fiscal 2025. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 24.7× (fiscal 2015) to 80.6× (fiscal 2026) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. Costco Wholesale Corporation ranks 1st of 10 Discount Stores companies by book value per share.

Book value per share, annual

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Annual

Period Book value per share Change
FY2026 80.6× 22.77%
FY2025 65.7× 23.44%
FY2024 53.2× (5.74%)
FY2023 56.5× 21.31%
FY2022 46.5× 14.07%
FY2021 40.8× (3.52%)
FY2020 42.3× 19.34%
FY2019 35.4× 18.60%
FY2018 29.9× 18.25%
FY2017 25.3× (10.13%)

Quarterly

Period Book value per share Change
Aug 2026 80.6× 6.83%
May 2026 75.5× 4.44%
Feb 2026 72.3× 5.89%
Nov 2025 68.3× 3.91%
46 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 24.7× High 80.6×
Ten-year median 41.5×
Current reading's percentile 100

Book value per share against peers

Company Book value per share
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation 80.6×
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. compare 46.0×
DG Dollar General Corporation compare 42.1×
TGT Target Corporation compare 39.3×
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare 31.5×
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare 18.0×
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare 17.3×
WMT Walmart Inc. compare 13.1×
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare 2.9×

What Book value per share is

BV per Share tells an investor how much of a company’s accounting net worth stands behind each share.

(Shareholders Equity (Total) ÷ Shares (Basic, Weighted))

The full definition of Book value per share →

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