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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) EV/EBITDA

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As of 22 October 2026, Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 30.4×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 12.4× (August 2015) to 40.1× (February 2025); the current reading is higher than 83% of that period. That is above the Discount Stores industry median of 13.4× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 10.3×.

EV/EBITDA, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
FY2026 28.1× (11.54%)
FY2025 31.8× (4.77%)
FY2024 33.4× 45.33%
FY2023 23.0× 0.07%
FY2022 23.0× 3.10%
FY2021 22.3× 6.48%
FY2020 20.9× 3.55%
FY2019 20.2× 17.69%
FY2018 17.2× 33.10%
FY2017 12.9× (11.18%)

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
Aug 2026 28.1× (4.39%)
May 2026 29.4× (8.47%)
Feb 2026 32.1× 7.24%
Nov 2025 30.0× (5.74%)
46 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 12.4× High 40.1×
Ten-year median 20.8×
Current reading's percentile 83

EV/EBITDA against peers

Company EV/EBITDA
TGT Target Corporation compare 8.9×
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare 9.5×
DG Dollar General Corporation compare 9.5×
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare 12.2×
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare 13.4×
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. compare 14.3×
WMT Walmart Inc. compare 21.3×
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation 30.4×
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare 1,198×
Discount Stores industry median 13.4×
Consumer Defensive sector median 10.3×
Market median 11.1×

What EV/EBITDA is

Enterprise Value over EBITDA tells an investor how the market values a whole company, with debt added and cash taken off, against its operating earnings.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ EBITDA (TTM)

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