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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/Sales

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As of 22 October 2026, Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) trades at a EV/Sales of 1.4×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.5× (August 2015) to 1.8× (February 2025); the current reading is higher than 85% of that period. That is above the Discount Stores industry median of 1.1× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.0×.

EV/Sales, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
FY2026 1.3× (9.97%)
FY2025 1.5× (2.13%)
FY2024 1.5× 55.37%
FY2023 1.0× (1.81%)
FY2022 1.0× (0.46%)
FY2021 1.0× 12.14%
FY2020 0.9× 7.77%
FY2019 0.8× 14.86%
FY2018 0.7× 30.97%
FY2017 0.5× (9.08%)

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
Aug 2026 1.3× (3.59%)
May 2026 1.4× (8.57%)
Feb 2026 1.5× 7.72%
Nov 2025 1.4× (5.18%)
46 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.5× High 1.8×
Ten-year median 0.9×
Current reading's percentile 83

EV/Sales against peers

Company EV/Sales
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare 0.6×
TGT Target Corporation compare 0.8×
DG Dollar General Corporation compare 0.8×
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. compare 0.9×
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare 1.4×
WMT Walmart Inc. compare 1.4×
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation 1.4×
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare 1.4×
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare 1.9×
Discount Stores industry median 1.1×
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.0×
Market median 2.1×

What EV/Sales is

EV/Sales tells an investor how the value of a whole company, counting its debt and cash, compares with the sales it brings in.

((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)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)

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