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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) P/E ratio

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As of 22 October 2026, Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) trades at a P/E ratio of 48.9×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 25.3× (August 2015) to 63.1× (February 2025); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Discount Stores industry median of 21.8× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 18.5×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2026 45.4× (11.70%)
FY2025 51.4× (2.80%)
FY2024 52.9× 35.28%
FY2023 39.1× (0.86%)
FY2022 39.5× (1.06%)
FY2021 39.9× 3.83%
FY2020 38.4× 9.44%
FY2019 35.1× 7.66%
FY2018 32.6× 26.89%
FY2017 25.7× (15.03%)

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Aug 2026 45.4× (4.41%)
May 2026 47.5× (8.73%)
Feb 2026 52.1× 6.82%
Nov 2025 48.7× (5.25%)
46 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 25.3× High 63.1×
Ten-year median 36.4×
Current reading's percentile 81

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare n/m
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare 16.0×
TGT Target Corporation compare 16.3×
DG Dollar General Corporation compare 17.9×
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare 20.6×
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare 23.0×
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. compare 33.0×
WMT Walmart Inc. compare 43.7×
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation 48.9×
Discount Stores industry median 21.8×
Consumer Defensive sector median 18.5×
Market median 18.4×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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