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.

Revenue
+11.1%
EPS
+14.8%
Free cash flow
+30.3%
Total debt
+6.46%

Quarter to August 2026, against a year earlier

1,092.38 4.77 +0.44%
Market cap
$482.0B
P/E
52.3×
Fwd P/E
46.2×
Dividend yield
0.53%
F-score
7/9
ROIC
35.3%
Net debt / EBITDA
−1.1×
Dividend safety
80/100

Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) EV/FCF

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As of 11 November 2026, Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) trades at a EV/FCF of 49.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 16.5× (October 2017) to 160× (September 2022); the current reading is higher than 75% of that period.

EV/FCF, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/FCF Change
FY2026 43.1× (17.17%)
FY2025 52.0× (10.45%)
FY2024 58.0× 40.18%
FY2023 41.4× (73.20%)
FY2022 155× 374.67%
FY2021 32.6× 33.03%
FY2020 24.5× (34.68%)
FY2019 37.5× 3.49%
FY2018 36.2× 116.38%
FY2017 16.7× (84.96%)

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/FCF Change
Aug 2026 43.1× (6.57%)
May 2026 46.1× (3.11%)
Feb 2026 47.6× 8.82%
Nov 2025 43.7× (15.92%)
46 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 16.5× High 160×
Ten-year median 38.2×
Current reading's percentile 73

EV/FCF against peers

What EV/FCF is

EV/Free CF shows how the value of a whole company, debt included, compares with the free cash its business produces.

((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)) ÷ (Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM))

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