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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.

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
52.6×
Fwd P/E
46.2×
Dividend yield
0.52%
F-score
7/9
ROIC
35.3%
Net debt / EBITDA
−1.1×
Dividend safety
80/100
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Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) Gross margin

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Costco Wholesale Corporation's gross margin over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 12.8%. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 12.2% (fiscal 2022) to 13.3% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 33% of that period. That is below the Discount Stores industry median of 27.3% and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 35.0%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2026 12.8% (0.02)
FY2025 12.8% 0.23
FY2024 12.6% 0.35
FY2023 12.3% 0.11
FY2022 12.2% (0.73)
FY2021 12.9% (0.21)
FY2020 13.1% 0.11
FY2019 13.0% (0.03)
FY2018 13.0% (0.28)
FY2017 13.3% (0.03)

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Aug 2026 12.7% (0.03)
May 2026 12.8% 0.01
Feb 2026 12.8% (0.31)
Nov 2025 13.1% 0.16
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Against its own ten years

Low 12.2% High 13.3%
Ten-year median 12.9%
Current reading's percentile 41

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare 41.6%
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare 38.7%
DG Dollar General Corporation compare 31.2%
TGT Target Corporation compare 29.3%
WMT Walmart Inc. compare 25.2%
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare 18.2%
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. compare 17.7%
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare 16.5%
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation 12.8%
Discount Stores industry median 27.3%
Consumer Defensive sector median 35.0%
Market median 47.0%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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