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Costco Wholesale Corporation

COST Consumer Defensive Discount Stores

Costco Wholesale Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended August 2026) was $303.2 billion, up 10.1% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to August 2026, revenue grew 11.1%, EPS grew 14.8%, free cash flow grew 30.7% and total debt rose 6.46%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100; revenue growth for ten consecutive years, operating cash flow growth for three.

1,003.66 14.55 −1.43%
Market cap
$451.2B
P/E
48.9×
Fwd P/E
43.4×
Dividend yield
0.69%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
9.04
Beneish M
−2.66
Dividend safety
80/100
Overview Business Profile Earnings & Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios Filings 10-Q 10-K

Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) Debt to equity

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Costco Wholesale Corporation's debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 31 August 2026 was 0.2×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.2× (fiscal 2026) to 0.6× (fiscal 2017) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is below the Discount Stores industry median of 0.4× and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.3×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2026 0.2× (13.30%)
FY2025 0.2× (20.47%)
FY2024 0.2× (3.14%)
FY2023 0.3× (18.86%)
FY2022 0.3× (23.36%)
FY2021 0.4× 1.87%
FY2020 0.4× (7.08%)
FY2019 0.4× (12.77%)
FY2018 0.5× (16.59%)
FY2017 0.6× 43.78%

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Aug 2026 0.2× 1.71%
May 2026 0.2× (4.57%)
Feb 2026 0.2× (5.19%)
Nov 2025 0.2× (5.79%)
46 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.2× High 0.6×
Ten-year median 0.4×
Current reading's percentile 8

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare 0.0×
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. compare 0.1×
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation 0.2×
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare 0.3×
DG Dollar General Corporation compare 0.5×
WMT Walmart Inc. compare 0.5×
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare 0.9×
TGT Target Corporation compare 0.9×
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare 2.4×
Discount Stores industry median 0.4×
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.3×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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