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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) Price to free cash flow

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As of 22 October 2026, Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) trades at a price to free cash flow of 48.1×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 16.0× (October 2017) to 163× (September 2022); the current reading is higher than 69% of that period. That is above the Discount Stores industry median of 37.7× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 15.2×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2026 44.6× (16.09%)
FY2025 53.2× (9.60%)
FY2024 58.8× 36.97%
FY2023 43.0× (72.74%)
FY2022 158× 372.82%
FY2021 33.3× 31.14%
FY2020 25.4× (33.56%)
FY2019 38.2× 4.94%
FY2018 36.4× 124.02%
FY2017 16.3× (85.28%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Aug 2026 44.6× (6.43%)
May 2026 47.7× (2.52%)
Feb 2026 48.9× 8.79%
Nov 2025 45.0× (15.45%)
46 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 16.0× High 163×
Ten-year median 39.0×
Current reading's percentile 69

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare 12.6×
DG Dollar General Corporation compare 15.2×
TGT Target Corporation compare 16.1×
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare 24.9×
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare 37.7×
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare 37.7×
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation 48.1×
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. compare 63.0×
WMT Walmart Inc. compare 70.3×
Discount Stores industry median 37.7×
Consumer Defensive sector median 15.2×
Market median 14.4×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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