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) P/B ratio

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As of 11 November 2026, Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) trades at a P/B ratio of 13.5×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.9× (January 2015) to 19.6× (February 2025); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Discount Stores industry median of 6.4× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.8×.

P/B ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/B ratio Change
FY2026 11.7× (18.11%)
FY2025 14.3× (13.43%)
FY2024 16.5× 69.70%
FY2023 9.7× (13.27%)
FY2022 11.2× 0.49%
FY2021 11.2× 35.80%
FY2020 8.2× (0.25%)
FY2019 8.2× 5.63%
FY2018 7.8× 25.78%
FY2017 6.2× 7.60%

Quarterly newest first

Period P/B ratio Change
Aug 2026 11.7× (6.62%)
May 2026 12.5× (9.66%)
Feb 2026 13.9× 3.84%
Nov 2025 13.4× (6.52%)
46 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 4.9× High 19.6×
Ten-year median 9.0×
Current reading's percentile 80

P/B ratio against peers

Company P/B ratio
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare 3.0×
DG Dollar General Corporation compare 3.3×
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. compare 3.5×
TGT Target Corporation compare 4.1×
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare 6.4×
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare 7.9×
WMT Walmart Inc. compare 9.6×
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation 13.5×
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare 22.2×
Discount Stores industry median 6.4×
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.8×
Market median 1.7×

What P/B ratio is

Price to Book Value tells an investor how much the market pays for a company’s shares relative to the accounting net worth that belongs to common shareholders.

Stock Price ÷ (Common Equity (Total) (latest quarter) ÷ Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter))

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