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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
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Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) EBITDA

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Costco Wholesale Corporation's EBITDA for fiscal 2026 was $14.4B, up 12.1% from $12.8B in fiscal 2025. Over the past ten years it has ranged from $4.8B (fiscal 2015) to $14.4B (fiscal 2026) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. EBITDA has risen for 11 consecutive fiscal years. Costco Wholesale Corporation ranks 2nd of 10 Discount Stores companies by EBITDA.

EBITDA, annual

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Annual newest first

Period EBITDA Change
FY2026 $14.4B 12.10%
FY2025 $12.8B 11.17%
FY2024 $11.5B 13.06%
FY2023 $10.2B 5.14%
FY2022 $9.7B 14.18%
FY2021 $8.5B 19.90%
FY2020 $7.1B 13.66%
FY2019 $6.2B 5.27%
FY2018 $5.9B 7.95%
FY2017 $5.5B 11.24%

Quarterly newest first

Period EBITDA Change
Aug 2026 $4.7B 37.28%
May 2026 $3.4B 6.53%
Feb 2026 $3.2B 4.67%
Nov 2025 $3.1B (25.64%)
46 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low $4.8B High $14.4B
Ten-year median $7.8B
Current reading's percentile 100

EBITDA against peers

Company EBITDA
WMT Walmart Inc. compare $47.4B
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation $14.4B
TGT Target Corporation compare $9.2B
DG Dollar General Corporation compare $3.5B
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare $2.9B
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare $1.2B
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare $401.4M
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. compare $352.5M
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare $6.1M

What EBITDA is

EBITDA shows what a company earns from its operations before interest, taxes and the non-cash charges for depreciation and amortization.

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