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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) EPS (diluted)

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Costco Wholesale Corporation's EPS (diluted) for fiscal 2026 was $20.76, up 14.0% from $18.21 in fiscal 2025. Over the past ten years it has ranged from $5.33 (fiscal 2016) to $20.76 (fiscal 2026) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. EPS (diluted) has risen for 10 consecutive fiscal years. Costco Wholesale Corporation ranks 1st of 10 Discount Stores companies by EPS (diluted).

EPS (diluted), annual

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Annual newest first

Period EPS (diluted) Change
FY2026 $20.76 14.00%
FY2025 $18.21 9.96%
FY2024 $16.56 16.95%
FY2023 $14.16 7.76%
FY2022 $13.14 16.59%
FY2021 $11.27 24.94%
FY2020 $9.02 9.20%
FY2019 $8.26 16.50%
FY2018 $7.09 16.61%
FY2017 $6.08 14.07%

Quarterly newest first

Period EPS (diluted) Change
Aug 2026 $6.75 36.92%
May 2026 $4.93 7.64%
Feb 2026 $4.58 1.78%
Nov 2025 $4.50 (23.34%)
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Against its own ten years

Low $5.33 High $20.76
Ten-year median $10.15
Current reading's percentile 100

EPS (diluted) against peers

Company EPS (diluted)
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation $20.76
TGT Target Corporation compare $9.63
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare $8.19
DG Dollar General Corporation compare $7.69
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. compare $5.21
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare $4.57
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare $4.48
WMT Walmart Inc. compare $2.77
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare −$1.61

What EPS (diluted) is

Diluted EPS tells an investor how much profit a company earned for each share, counting the extra shares that options and convertible securities could create.

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