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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) Operating cash flow

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Costco Wholesale Corporation's operating cash flow for fiscal 2026 was $15.8B, up 18.7% from $13.3B in fiscal 2025. Over the past ten years it has ranged from $3.3B (fiscal 2016) to $15.8B (fiscal 2026) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. Operating cash flow has risen for 4 consecutive fiscal years. Costco Wholesale Corporation ranks 2nd of 10 Discount Stores companies by operating cash flow.

Operating cash flow, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating cash flow Change
FY2026 $15.8B 18.67%
FY2025 $13.3B 17.60%
FY2024 $11.3B 2.45%
FY2023 $11.1B 49.73%
FY2022 $7.4B (17.48%)
FY2021 $9.0B 1.09%
FY2020 $8.9B 39.41%
FY2019 $6.4B 10.08%
FY2018 $5.8B (14.15%)
FY2017 $6.7B 104.31%

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating cash flow Change
Aug 2026 $4.7B 36.04%
May 2026 $3.4B 15.12%
Feb 2026 $3.0B (36.09%)
Nov 2025 $4.7B 21.23%
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Against its own ten years

Low $3.3B High $15.8B
Ten-year median $8.1B
Current reading's percentile 100

Operating cash flow against peers

Company Operating cash flow
WMT Walmart Inc. compare $42.9B
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation $15.8B
TGT Target Corporation compare $8.7B
DG Dollar General Corporation compare $3.3B
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare $3.1B
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare $1.1B
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare $390.5M
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare $340.8M
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. compare $274.4M

What Operating cash flow is

Operating Cash Flow shows how much cash a company’s day-to-day business actually brings in, after paying suppliers, staff and taxes.

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